Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Mid-Season Update 2019-20 has a positive outlook for New Zealand’s sheep and beef exports.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Mid-Season Update 2019-20 has a positive outlook for New Zealand’s sheep and beef exports.

The virtual collapse of the international food service sector may have an adverse effect of some exports of New Zealand meat.

While it is early days yet, Kiwi farmers are well placed to weather the COVID-19 storm, according to Rabobank NZ chief executive Todd Charteris.

Farmers are hoping that processing capacity at meat plants will return to normal within a month.

Australian exports are plunging and this could spell good news for New Zealand beef farmers, according to Rabobank analyst Blake Holgate.

There is massive demand for New Zealand beef and lamb in the United States as that country struggles to cope with COVID-19.

Under pressure from drought and COVID-19, Woodville dairy farmer Ben Allomes says: ‘we can’t shut our doors and just walk away’.

ANZ is warning that New Zealand will be unable to avoid the fallout from the COVID-19 crisis.

Farmers are being urged to act now in response to new COVID-19 protocols for processing companies that will impact processing capacity.