April 2015 | MeatExportNZ

Beef producers urging high quality TPP deal

April 30, 2015

Beef producers are adamant that any Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) outcome must provide new and substantial market access opportunities. Representatives from the Five Nations Beef Alliance are in Maryland USA this week pressing the need for […]

Eat out or in? The array on offer for consumers around the world

April 30, 2015

Just in time for lunch. In the latest Supermarkets in Your Pocket blog, José Miguel Flavián Erlac and Professor David Hughes take a look at the bewildering array of options on offer when consumers around […]

Research breakthrough for mitigation of methane emissions from livestock

April 30, 2015

A research breakthrough has been made to reduce methane gas emissions from farm animals, it was announced at the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC) Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Conference in Palmerston North. Over […]

Kiwi sheep and beef farmers and French counterparts share common ground

April 30, 2015

New Zealand and French livestock farmers face many similar challenges, says Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd (B+LNZ), following a visit here by French livestock sector leaders. “Farmers in France have a lot in common […]

Comment: Earthquake coming for meat industry?

April 29, 2015

Agri-food consultant and honorary Lincoln University professor Keith Woodford thinks there’s an earthquake coming for the meat industry. He believes Meat Industry Excellence has “missed the big picture” in focusing on amalgamation. He offers four […]

Charging ahead to find the nation’s top steak

April 29, 2015

The 2015 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Steak of Origin competition has charged ahead with the announcement of the successful semi-finalists this week. The competition, sponsored by Zoetis, seeks to find the nation’s most tender […]

Obituary: Angus David Bayvel

April 27, 2015

It is with great sadness I learned belatedly yesterday of the death from cancer of Dr David Bayvel, the veterinarian and former director of animal welfare for the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and later […]

Value to shout about

April 23, 2015

Professor David Hughes, emeritus professor of food marketing at Imperial College London, looks at the principal success factors behind the success of the ‘hard discounters’ Aldi and Lidl in his excellent blog, co-written with colleague […]

Farmers: registered for B+LNZ’s referendum vote?

April 22, 2015

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ Ltd) is encouraging New Zealand red meat farmers to check they are registered to vote in the sheep and beef levy referendum that will be held later this year. […]

Prosecutions for domestic sulphite use

April 22, 2015

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has successfully prosecuted 15 meat wholesalers/ retailers and three company directors in New Zealand for the non-compliant use of sulphites/sulphur dioxide in raw red meat sold in the country. […]

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