Strong farmgate prices for red meat have also flowed through to better returns for processor and exporter Silver Fern Farms (SFF).

Those who don’t know Southland could be excused for not understanding that the province is in the midst of a drought, according local farmer Dean Rabbidge who is also Federated Farmers local Meat and Wool chair.

Major meat processor and exporter Silver Fern Farms (SFF) says the recent arrival of some much-needed overseas workers will help ease growing pressure on the company.

The country's major meat processors say they are well down the road in planning how to mitigate the Omicron variant's impact.

A critical lack of workers in New Zealand is pushing the meat industry to plead with the Government to urgently allow in more overseas staff.

Alliance Group has fought off soaring livestock prices and logisitcal challenges to record a healthy profit.

Silver Fern Farms' (SFF) chief executive Simon Limmer says NZ risks missing out on export business opportunities because it remains quite isolated from the rest of the world.

In six years, Rebecca Allen has transitioned from being a lab technician to director and owner of Pacific Rim Oenology Services Ltd.

Meat processor, Silver Fern Farms is on track to end all coal use by 2030.

Meat Industry Association chair John Loughlin says China is one of the most demanding export markets in the world.