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Some Australian cows are taking 13-hour flights to China before ending up on a plate.
Chinese demand for beef, which used to be called 'millionaire's meat', has grown fourfold since 2000, putting beef prices there among the most expensive in the world. Hence Elders' decision to fly the cows and milk the fresh beef market for all it's worth.
Crated and loaded onto the main deck of a Boeing 747 cargo plane by hydraulic lift, the 150 beasts this month were on Australia's first live flight to central China. Destination: the abattoir.
One of the country's leading experts on China has praised the NZ Government for its handling of the recent incident with China over that country's cyber attack on two of our parliamentary institutions in 2021.
Hopes of NZ sheepmeat prices picking up anytime soon in the country's key export market of China looks highly unlikely.
Zespri has unveiled the award-winning KiwiBrothersTM mascots in China for the first time to market its large kiwifruit crop.
Authorities in China have clamped down on companies in that country which have been packaging and selling their own local fruit under the Zespri brand.
Are Chinese buyers returning to the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions?
Third-year student Cady Burns has won the Waikato Regional Council Prize in Water Science for 2024.
The Rural Change programme, providing free private mental health professional sessions to the rural industry, is set to continue its next chapter within Rural Support Trust from 1 July 2024.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam McIvor will step down in July.
A new report shows farm employers across the dairy, sheep and beef, and arable sectors have continued to invest strongly in one of their greatest assets – their staff.
The country’s 4200 commercial fruit and vegetable growers will vote from May 14 on a new HortNZ levy.
