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Alliance scores Spanish coup
Alliance Group is now processing, packaging and exporting Pure South lamb directly to a Spanish supermarket retailer. It is believed to be one of the shortest supply chain linkages of its kind in the...
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Sheep woes continue on
Sheep and beef farmers, especially in the South Island, are going to take a substantial hit in their incomes this year as lamb prices weaken. In its mid-season update, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ)...
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Wool wows them
Young design and architecture students who spent a weekend in a woolshed in the central North Island have gone away ecstatic about wool. The students are determined to use it in their projects when...
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SOE confirms move from dairy
Deer milking, manuka honey, sheep milking and blueberries are among Landcorp's options for land it had planned to convert to dairy farms. The state farmer confirmed last week it was revising its land...
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Research boost for sheep milk
New Zealand's sheep milk industry is set to benefit from new research by AgResearch. AgResearch scientists presented the initial results from two years of research from the $6 million MBIE-funded...
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Udderly fascinating study underway at Massey
Can we predict how long a commercial ewe will last in a flock? Does hogget mating affect longevity? And do high-performing ewes die sooner? These and similar questions have prompted Massey University...
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Farmers urged to stay safe during shearing
New Zealand sheep farmers are being urged to take care as pens fill up in wool-sheds across the country. Sheep shearing has accounted for more than $3 million in injury claims to ACC over the past...
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Stud insures against sudden death of sheep
Despite a tough year or two for dryland farmers in North Canterbury, Hawarden Suffolk stud breeder Penni Loffhagen is philosophical. "The January rains were great. It was about as much as we'd got for...
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Entries open for sheep awards
Entries have opened for Beef+Lamb New Zealand's annual NZ Sheep Industry Awards. The industry will celebrate its best and brightest at Beef +Lamb NZ's fifth annual awards in the Wairarapa in July. The...
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Limit to wool bale weight
New amendments in the Industry Code of Practice have been made in relation to the maximum allowable weight of bales of greasy wool. The National Council of New Zealand Wool Interests has made the...
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Getting it right in hogget breeding
Hogget breeding can increase the number of lambs weaned on a farm each year and increase lifetime performance, but only if done correctly. A few simple rules should be followed this April/May for...
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What’s happening in the wool market?
This month we catch up with Rabobank commodity analyst Georgia Twomey, who is responsible for analysing developments in wool markets. She is one of Rabobank's 80 food and agribusiness research analysts...
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Wool attracts mixed support
New Zealand Wool Services International Limited's CEO John Dawson reports that targeted buying saw some types well supported at the North Island auction. Others either held steady or eased slightly. Of...
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Wool needs a hard sell
The wool industry globally needs to more actively promote the fibre's attributes. It also needs to explain to the public the reasons for some farming practices, which people perceive are not in the...
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Three times lucky for Golden Fleece winner
Tekapo farmer Martin Murray can claim the country's best fleece for 2016, having won the Royal Agricultural Society Golden Fleece competition on his third attempt. Entered in the fine fleece category,...
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New funding for irrigation
The lush green pasture of an already irrigated sheep and cattle farm in Central Canterbury was chosen by Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy as the place to announce nearly $8 million in fresh...
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Kiwi shearer scores unique treble
South Canterbury shearer Allan Oldfield has made the most of the Big OE with a string of four unique victories in a fortnight in the UK and Ireland. On his first trip to the Northern Hemisphere,...
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North Island wool levels steady
The high volume of short second shears eased slightly at the latest NZ Wool Services International's auction compared to the last North Island auction on May 12, says chief executive John Dawson. Apart...
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Saudi sheep deal helps emerging industry
Those seeking to grow the fledgling sheep milk industry have just taken a big step forward in breeding a composite sheep especially for New Zealand conditions. The Awassi breed, originally imported to...
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Exciting wool development
A $21 million wool research partnership may go public on a new product or products from wool within the next six to 12 months that will use millions of tonnes of wool. Commercial sensitivity prevents...
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