Lochinver Station has been sold to privately owned New Zealand farming group Rimanui Farms Ltd.

Lochinver Station has been sold to privately owned New Zealand farming group Rimanui Farms Ltd.

Farm sales are easing says the Real Estate Institute of NZ (REINZ).

Beef + Lamb NZ director George Tatham says new members from Paraguay and Mato Grosso, Brazil will add a new dimension to the group, now called the International Beef Alliance.

Making the switch from dairying to bull farming several years ago was not the shift all Bruce Kinloch's neighbours would have considered, says Rumensin supplier Elanco.

Deer Industry New Zealand says the northern summer trial promotion of Cervena venison in the Netherlands went down well with chefs and their customers.

The Australian cattle industry is bracing for a near record annual cattle slaughter by year's end.

The effects of an El Nino this summer – if it hits – will not necessarily be the same as during the last one in the late 1990s because of changes to farming practices, says Beef + Lamb NZ chief economist Andrew Burtt.

New zealand beef export returns reached a record high, exceeding lamb and mutton returns for the first time in 20 years in the season ending September 30, analysis by Beef + Lamb New Zealand's economic service shows.

The future of farmer lobby Meat Industry Excellence is up for discussion, says chairman Peter McDonald.