Ministry for Primary Industries Archives

Damien O'Connor, Peter Russell, Mark Williamson,2018 NZ Food Awards

Alliance wins two major awards in 2018 NZ Food Awards

October 18, 2018

Alliance Group has won two major food awards for its premium Te Mana Lamb. Te Mana Lamb, developed as part of The Omega Lamb Project, won the New Zealand Food Safety Primary Sector Products and […]

Meat and wool export revenue to drop back by 1.3% in 2019

October 16, 2018

Meat and wool export revenue is forecast to drop back slightly by 1.3 percent in the year ending June 2019, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). MPI’s latest Situation […]

An innovative lamb product is vying for two of New Zealand’s top food awards

October 5, 2018

Alliance Group’s Te Mana Lamb has been announced as a finalist in two categories of this year’s New Zealand Food Awards: Frozen, which is offered in association with Palmerston North City Council; and the NZ […]

MIA Matters: Red meat business in good shape for the uncertainties of 2018-2019

October 4, 2018

The red meat business is in good shape to face uncertainties in markets overseas and at home as the 2018-2019 red meat export season kicks off this week, writes Meat Industry Association (MIA) chair John […]

Damien O'Connor, Minister of Agriculture

Animal welfare system stronger from today

October 1, 2018

Regulations to strengthen our animal welfare system come into effect from today. “Two thirds of us have pets and we love them. Further, New Zealand’s economy relies on our social license to produce the finest […]

Barber’s Wire: NAIT still a long way from objective

August 22, 2018

NAIT is like a long-running soap opera which viewers can watch faithfully for a couple of years, go back to after a long absence and find nothing much has changed, writes Allan Barber. It was […]

Barber’s Wire: RMPP Action Groups new farmer-led approach to extension

July 25, 2018

RMPP Action Groups are a key initiative of the Red Meat Profit Partnership, the $64 million Primary Growth Partnership project jointly funded by farmers via Beef + Lamb New Zealand, six meat processors, two banks […]

Sustainable farming boost

July 9, 2018

Three research projects looking at intramuscular fat in lambs, forage crops for pigs and a proposed national sustainability standard have been given the green light, alongside 12 others, in a funding boost for the Sustainable […]

Omega Lamb Project update in third year

July 4, 2018

The Omega Lamb Project is now in its third year and well over 100 restaurants in New Zealand and Hong Kong have had Te Mana Lamb on their menus. The project builds on a decade-long […]

NZ and Australian Renderers Symposium 2018

Renderers are not immune from disruption

June 13, 2018

Renderers are not immune from the disruption facing the red meat sector. The topic was central to the programme at this year’s joint NZ and Australian Renderers Symposium, hosted by the New Zealand Renderers Group […]

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