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UK farmers get wider choice of NZ sheep genetics
New Zealand's largest red meat genetics company, Focus Genetics, has merged its resources with the UK's leading supplier of sheep technologies, providing UK farmers with a wider range of improved sheep...
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Dry suits wool
WHILE THE hot, dry weather that’s hit Hawkes Bay has caused grief to many sheep farmers, it’s been a bonus for wool. Waipukurau wool broker Philippa Wright and her son Nick have seen excellent lambs...
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‘Crunch’ time for decisions in the parched north
IF DROUGHT conditions continue next week, it’s ‘crunch time’ for decision-making on beef and dairy farms in Northland and Waikato. The dry is affecting beef finishing in Northland, and DairyNZ is...
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Trials of sheep breeds
A PERENNIAL challenge for sheep breeders is knowing what market they are breeding for, a leading New Zealand sheep geneticist says. Professor Hugh Blair of Massey University told delegates to the...
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Vets get hogget lambing message
OVER HALF New Zealand’s ewe lambs could go to the ram every year, earning more for farmers and country alike, says one of the country’s leading animal scientists. Massey University’s Professor Paul...
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Sheep conference gains good feedback
THE CHIEF organiser of the 8th International Sheep Veterinarian Congress, held in Rotorua last month, says he has had nothing but positive comment about the four-day conference. And despite having to...
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Sheepmeat saved by China
MANY SHEEP and beef farmers will need to arrange bank help to carry them through the drought, says Professor Keith Woodford, Lincoln University. Woodford, professor of farm management and...
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Sheep, beef leaders focus on environment
Twenty-five sheep and beef farming leaders will attend the first Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Environmental Leadership Forum in Wellington next week. The B+LNZ-funded forum will be delivered by...
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Half of sheep, beef farmers worried
Half of New Zealand's sheep and beef farmers are worried about their on-going viability, the latest quarterly 'Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey' has shown. Conducted since 2003, the survey is...
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Promotion winner pleased as punch
A SHEEP and beef farm manager from the Wellington region’s west coast has landed the top prize in Cooper’s Bumper Season promotion. Callum Watson, who manages Papanui Station for the Belfast...
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Strategic grain leads to gains
WHAT WOULD 283% lambing do to fill the financial hole left by tumbling meat and wool prices? That’s what Matt Wyeth, Masterton, achieved this year with 1400 ewes of his 6500 Highlander flock....
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Alliance names new chairman
Murray Taggart has been appointed the new chairman of meat processor, Alliance Group Ltd. He replaces Owen Poole effective from October 1. Poole announced at shareholder meetings of the company in 2012...
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Sheep industry celebrates excellence
New Zealand's top ram breeders have been celebrated at the second annual Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Sheep Industry Awards. More than 300 people attended a dinner in Invercargill where 10...
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Early scans can ID fat sheep
SELECTION OF breeding stock could be fine-tuned with fat and muscle scans as early as post weaning, new Australian research shows. “There is a very strong correlation between young and older animals...
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Genetic growth potential underpinned by feed allowance
RECENT RESEARCH by a group of scientists, Dr Paul (Long) Cheng, Chris Logan, Professor Grant Edwards and Dr Huitong Zhou, from the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Lincoln University, is...
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NZVA extends Lepto programme to sheep, beef, deer
THE NEW Zealand Veterinary Association is extending its leptosure disease control programme to include sheep, beef cattle and deer. The extended scheme, to be called Leptosure+, is a natural...
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Sheep industry 'needs leadership'
NEW ZEALAND FACES risks to its environmental and economic future if issues facing the sheep meat industry are not resolved, says Environment Southland chairman Ali Timms. Timms says there is widespread...
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Beef + Lamb NZ Genetics underway
BEEF + LAMB New Zealand (B+LNZ) Genetics is officially in business. B+LNZ Genetics general manager, Graham Alder says the contract with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has been...
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Sheep industry finalists announced
THE FINALISTS have been announced for the third Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Sheep Industry Awards. About 300 people are expected to attend the awards dinner – which recognise top-performing New...
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Sheep and beef farmers regain mojo
THE RED meat sector is showing signs of putting decades of low profits and lack of reinvestment behind it. According to the just-released ANZ privately owned business barometer survey, beef and sheep...
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