Ministry for Primary Industries Archives

Alliance Red Meat Sam Halstead and Carol Stiles

Red meat winners in Guild awards

October 22, 2019

Red meat was well represented in awards presented at the annual Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators awards in Wellington on Friday night. RadioNZ’s Countrylife presenter Carol Stiles won the Alliance Group Ltd Red Meat […]

MIA Matters: Meat exporters on high Brexit alert

October 9, 2019

As we move towards the end of October and the UK leaving the EU, New Zealand’s meat exporters dealing with the region are on high alert. Nobody still really knows what will happen on 31 […]

Sirma Karapeeva: Trading “gnarly issues”

September 16, 2019

International business is what spins Sirma Karapeeva’s wheels. She’s found her niche as trade and economic manager for the Meat Industry Association (MIA), she says, working on business-related issues, such as Brexit, trade barriers and […]

Government ignores own scientific advice for methane target

August 15, 2019

Advice to the Government from the Ministry for Primary Industries’ officials shows that the Government’s proposed methane reduction target goes well beyond the science of what is needed for New Zealand to meet its 1.5⁰C […]

Beef + Lamb NZ Genetics to be integrated into B+LNZ Ltd

August 12, 2019

Beef + Lamb NZ Genetics is to be integrated into Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd as a separate business unit. B+LNZ Genetics was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary in 2013 to consolidate farmer investment […]

Julie McDade: From US TV to beef processing

June 26, 2019

From US TV networks to New Zealand beef works veterinarian it’s been a “bizarre” career progression into Greenlea Premier Meats’ senior management for Dr Julie McDade, but she’s relishing the challenge, she tells MeatExportNZ. Greenlea’s […]

Farmers should get the credit for climate change activity

April 15, 2019

Farmers should receive real credit for what they are doing now in a challenging environment, delegates heard from the speakers at last week’s NZ Agricultural Climate Change Conference (NZACCC). They also learned of a new […]

Agricultural Climate Change Conference attracts high number of registrations

April 5, 2019

Next week’s NZ Agricultural Climate Change Conference (NZACCC) being held in Palmerston North has had high numbers of registrants, which organisers believe reflects the increasing importance now being put on climate change mitigation in farming. […]

Focus on environment and exports at Beef + Lamb NZ annual meeting

March 22, 2019

Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Annual Meeting in Timaru on 21 March has focused on how the conversation on food has changed, with consumers thinking more about the provenance of their food and how […]

Ministry ups its forecast to $10.1 billion for red meat and wool exports

March 21, 2019

Red meat and wool sector exports are forecast to reach $10.1 billion in the June 2019 year-end, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). MPI’s latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries (SOPI) March […]

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