deer Archives - Page 9 of 10

New Red Meat Code of Practice being worked on

June 4, 2015

A new Red Meat Code of Practice (CoP) is being worked on by the Meat Industry Association (MIA) and Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) in a joint project to update the former Industry Standards to […]

Deer industry starts on the way ahead for red meat

May 29, 2015

All eyes have been on the deer industry this week with the annual Deer Industry Conference kicking off in Napier and the big news that the contracts for the Passion2Profit (P2P) Primary Growth Partnership have […]

Minister welcomes new venison PGP programme

May 26, 2015

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has welcomed the formal start of a new Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) programme involving the deer industry. ’Passion2Profit’ (P2P) is a seven year programme which aims to deliver economic benefits […]

NZ’s sheep numbers drop back to 1943 levels

May 14, 2015

New Zealand had 29.8 million sheep at 30 June 2014, Statistics NZ says. “The number of sheep fell by three percent from 2013. The last time the sheep number was below 30 million was back in 1943,” agriculture statistics manager Neil […]

Twenty five years of serving up restaurant quality venison for Duncan (NZ) Ltd

May 8, 2015

Twenty five years of serving up quality venison for foodservice customers, earns venison exporter Duncan (NZ) Ltd a flag on the cover of the latest edition of the new look Deer Industry News. Alongside a profile […]

Alliance aims to reduce its carbon emissions by 3,300 tonnes

May 4, 2015

One of the world’s largest processors of sheepmeat, Alliance Group Limited, aims to reduce carbon emissions by 3,300 tonnes over the next three years, as part of a new energy management agreement with the Energy […]

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 […]

Venison’s tough start to the year

March 13, 2015

It’s been a tough start to the year for venison and the recently produced edition of Deer Industry News details why. Also included is more about the newly minted Passion2Profit Primary Growth Partnership, a profile […]

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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