April 2015

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Barber’s Wire: Little sign of enthusiasm from processors for MIE recommendations

April 16, 2015

It all seems to have gone very quiet since the release of the Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) group’s report on the red meat sector last month and meat industry commentator Allan Barber is not convinced […]

MIA has a new trade and economic manager

April 9, 2015

Sirma Karapeeva recently joined the Meat Industry Association (MIA) as trade and economic manager, replacing Phil Houlding who recently took up a post in Washington. Karapeeva brings a deep knowledge of trade policy and has […]

Healthier lamb served up from latest PGP

April 9, 2015

Lamb lower in saturated fat could soon be on the menu with the approval of the business case for a new Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) programme between meat processor Alliance Group Ltd, farmer shareholder group […]

Meat industry looking to the future

April 7, 2015

Future directions in New Zealand meat research were under the microscope in two recent industry research workshops in Hamilton. A record-breaking 80 delegates were welcomed to Ruakura’s McMeekan Centre by AgResearch research director Dr Warren […]

Barber’s Wire: MIE plan stimulates debate but won’t fix the problem

April 1, 2015

The Pathways to Long-Term Sustainability document launched earlier this month makes some very valid points about the red meat industry’s shortcomings, but its recommendations are almost certainly impossible to implement, writes meat industry commentator Allan […]

Research breakthrough for mitigation of methane emissions from livestock

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