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Barber’s Wire: Jury still out on Alliance transformation

December 10, 2019

Alliance’s 2019 annual report states upfront the company is in the fourth year of its transformation strategy ‘to capture greater market value and maximise operational performance’ which has resulted in taking on some extra costs, […]

Barber’s Wire: Unique funding model supports red meat promotion

November 27, 2019

Beef + Lamb New Zealand Inc is the domestic organisation responsible for red meat promotion within New Zealand and is further distinguished from its near namesake by its unique funding model, notes Allan Barber. Its […]

Barber’s Wire: The Lamb Company slow-burning success story

November 13, 2019

The Lamb Company was established nearly 60 years ago in Toronto to represent several New Zealand meat companies in North America, focusing initially on lamb and the Canadian market, notes Allan Barber. In the intervening […]

Barber’s Wire: China – crouching tiger, hidden dragon of protein consumption

October 30, 2019

In a remarkably short time, China has developed into the single biggest factor in global protein consumption and its influence is likely to continue growing at a fast rate, writes Allan Barber. An analysis by […]

Barber’s Wire: Rural confidence bruised, but all is not lost

October 16, 2019

The latest Rabobank quarterly Rural Confidence Survey has shown a dramatic fall in farmers’ view of the outlook for agriculture in the coming year, although their pessimism is not so pronounced when considering the prospects […]

Barber’s Wire: Devil’s in the detail of Essential Freshwater

October 9, 2019

Sheep and beef farmers are generally in agreement with the principles behind the Ministry for the Environment’s discussion document on the national direction for essential freshwater, but there is substantial unease about the finer details, […]

Barber’s Wire: Brexit impact to drag on and on

September 19, 2019

Any hopes Brexit would be sorted this year are receding further into the distance with every new twist and there’s a strong chance the situation will have changed again by the time you read this, […]

Barber’s Wire: Social licence to operate as important as methane reduction

September 6, 2019

Amid all the debate about agriculture’s responsibility to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets, and the appropriate levels for those targets, it may seem counterintuitive to claim an equally pressing problem is to earn a social […]

Barber’s Wire: Plenty of challenges for the red meat sector

August 6, 2019

Last week’s Red Meat Sector Conference in Christchurch provided delegates with plenty of challenges for the red meat sector to think about when planning for their companies’ future operating environment, writes Allan Barber. Meat Industry […]

Barber’s Wire: Forestry not all Shane Jones has cracked it up to be

August 1, 2019

There’s an irony about the combination of the Provincial Growth Fund-funded One Billion Trees programme, sheep and beef land being sold without needing Overseas Investment Office (OIO) approval for conversion to forestry, the sharp fall […]

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