Deer Industry NZ Archives - Page 7 of 7

Keep the faith and retain hinds, deer farmers urged

September 17, 2015

With all the work that’s going on in the deer industry’s Passion2Profit (P2P) Primary Growth Partnership programme, deer farmers are asked to keep the faith and retain hinds, in the latest Deer Industry News (August/September […]

Science close to unlocking velvet’s secret

August 25, 2015

New Zealand and South Korean scientists believe they will soon be able to identify the compounds that give deer antler velvet its immune-boosting properties. If they are successful, it will allow velvet extracts to be […]

Venison prices heading in the right direction

August 3, 2015

Firm demand from Europe and a more favourable exchange rate mean venison producers can expect prices during the spring peak and through into 2016 to be higher than last year. Since peaking at 72c Euro […]

Advance Parties gaining traction

July 2, 2015

Deer Industry NZ is fielding an upsurge in the number of farmers wanting to join an Advance Party (AP). These are an innovative concept, designed to get deer farmers to encourage and support each other […]

Summer high for Mountain River Venison

June 29, 2015

A new summer product is pulling North American chefs towards New Zealand venison, thanks to market activity from Mountain River Venison Ltd, one of the five venison exporters involved in the deer industry’s Passion2Profit (P2P) […]

Oliver new Deer Industry NZ board member

June 15, 2015

William Oliver of Te Kuiti has been appointed to the Deer Industry NZ (DINZ) board for a three-year term. One of three candidates for a vacant producer position on the eight-strong board, he was appointed […]

Deer industry to co-operate with Korean health food giant

March 24, 2015

The New Zealand deer industry signed an agreement yesterday afternoon with one of Korea’s largest health food manufacturers, the Korea Ginseng Corporation (KGC), to help it develop more products containing New Zealand velvet antler. The […]

Korea tariff reductions benefit value-added velvet

March 23, 2015

The potential to add value to velvet in New Zealand as tariffs reduce is the one big positive for deer farmers to come out of the Korea-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. “It’s no secret that […]

Great season for velvet producers

March 5, 2015

Deer farmers have now enjoyed a six year-run of firming prices for velvet antler, venison’s valuable co-product, making velvet production one of the most profitable livestock farming ventures. Deer Industry NZ (DINZ) says the 2014/15 […]

Deer conference dialogue live on the web

February 18, 2015

Venison marketers, processors and farmers will be able to view this year’s Deer Industry Conference live on the internet and be able to ask questions of speakers in real time, using a comment thread, email […]

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