Recently the Inland Revenue Department released the national average market price (herd scheme value) for livestock to be used when preparing 2016 annual financial statements.

The New Zealand beef industry has got "in a bit of a hole" because it doesn't pay for carcase differentiation, says John Bayly of Waitangi Angus.

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Don't be afraid of change; it's the reason your phone isn't still attached to the wall by a tangled length of wire.

MIE has overwhelmingly lost its bid for more funding from Beef + Lamb NZ (BLNZ), with 75% of farmers voting against the proposal.

It is easy to talk ourselves into doom and gloom nowadays, given a push by ill-informed media reporting and commentary on the agricultural sector.

Leaving the European Union would put the UK's access to vital farm subsidies and free market trade at risk, prominent British farm leaders are warning.

The deer industry hopes its good prices will stem the decline of the national deer herd and even cause a slight increase, Deer Industry NZ chief executive Dan Coup says.

Japan declined to eliminate its tariff on beef, but cut it from the current 38.5% to 9% under full implementation of the TPP. 

Horticulture has "the brightest future of all" in New Zealand's primary industries, according to Mike Petersen, special agricultural trade envoy.