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New meat strategy positive – MIA
Beef+Lamb NZ’s new red meat marketing strategy results from a step-up in collaboration by the wider red meat sector, says Meat Industry Association chief executive Tim Ritchie.
Farmers could treble their calf cheques
Dairy farmers are being urged to review their breeding strategies for the upcoming mating season to get benefits gained by the breeding of low BW cows to proven beef sires.
Benefits of beef sires
Genetic lessons show Ireland heads off NZ
Beef + Lamb NZ Genetics is looking at how Ireland improves herd genetics, in a bid to improve the way it delivers genetic information to NZ farmers.
Beef progeny test delivering answers to farmers
Commercial farmers can be sure estimated breeding values (EBVs) for calf weaning weights will deliver what they predict.
Telling the red meat story
Beef + Lamb NZ's new market development proposals have to go out to affected staff for consultation because it will require some team restructuring, says chairman James Parsons.
Beef + Lamb looks at board review
The existing board structure of Beef + Lamb NZ (BLNZ) works well and perceived conflicts of interest over processor-nominated directors is not an issue, claims chairman James Parsons.
Sheep industry recognises top performance
The sheep industry celebrated its best and brightest at the Beef + Lamb NZ Sheep Industry Awards in Masterton last night.
NZ must be good global citizen while Brexit plays out
Many scenarios could play out in the Brexit and EU situation, says Beef + Lamb NZ chairman James Parsons.
Brexit may hit red meat exports
The red meat sector is concerned about the $2 billion sheep and beef exports to the UK and the EU following the UK's vote to leave the EU.