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The Agri-Women's Development Trust business programme for sheep and beef farming women has been confirmed for 2016 with funding from the Red Meat Profit Partnership.

A global approach to positioning beef and lamb as premium consumer products is a step closer, with Australian research attracting new international collaboration.

The humble hotpot has been the catalyst for phenomenal growth of the red meat market in China, Silver Fern Farms (SFF) chief executive Dean Hamilton says.

Halal products are adding up to 30-40c/kg to beef returns, says Greenlea Premier Meats managing director Tony Egan.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) recent classification of red meat likely being carcinogenic could benefit New Zealand meat exports.

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.

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.

Research shows 89% of supermarket consumers in international markets consider the country of origin when deciding which beef to purchase.

Beef exports are up 46%($61 million) in August 2015 compared with August 2014, says Statistics New Zealand.

As the New Zealand dairy industry has expanded rapidly in recent years so too has the dairy support farm.