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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.

Deer farmers are enjoying the best venison prices in four years with the schedule up 11% at the spring peak on the year before.

Deer milking, manuka honey, sheep milking and blueberries are among Landcorp's options for land it had planned to convert to dairy farms.

The New Zealand deer industry is signing an agreement with one of Korea's largest health food manufacturers, the Korea Ginseng Corporation (KGC), to help it develop more products containing NZ velvet antler.

Deer farmers have now enjoyed a six year-run of firming prices for velvet antler, making velvet production one of the most profitable livestock farming ventures.

Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ) and MPI have agreed on long-awaited primary-growth partnership (PGP), to be called ‘Passion2Profit’.

DEER FARMERS are being strongly advised to use three drench families in combination to keep parasites under control.

THE GOVERNMENT is supporting a major initiative to increase deer farm profitability.

THE NEW Zealand Veterinary Association is extending its leptosure disease control programme to include sheep, beef cattle and deer.

Four young chefs and eight journalists from Germany have had a three-week tour of top New Zealand restaurants and other sites courtesy of Deer Industry New Zealand.