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Beef + Lamb NZ chairman James Parsons has warned against infighting and division becoming a characteristic of the sector.

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

Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) chairman Dave McGaveston has dismissed as "naïve" the Beef + Lamb NZ board argument that further funding of MIE is futile.

Entries are now open for the 2016 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Sheep Industry Awards.

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.

More than 130 of Australasia's leading agribusiness professionals will visit two farms in Pirinoa, South Wairarapa, next week.

Sheep and beef farmers, especially in the South Island, are going to take a substantial hit in their incomes this year as lamb prices weaken.

The world has changed and we need to understand that, says Mike Petersen, special agricultural trade envoy.

Farmers getting very lush lucerne are wondering whether a grain or carbohydrate supplement will help on their lucerne.

A North Island trial comparing the value of lambs sired by low versus high genetic merit rams validates that using genetic data does pay off.