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Markets for New Zealand lamb have performed strongly for the last six months, says Affco general manager Andy Leonard.

The first New Zealand lamb to be sent to Iran in 25 years will be cut and packed into containers at the Wellington meat processing company of Taylor Preston later this week.

Pure South lamb from Alliance Group is now on the menu of a growing number of five-star hotels and in high-end retail stores in India as marketing in the world’s second most populous nation gathers pace.

National Lamb Day should be in spring and as high profile as the annual Bluff oyster launch, a Helensville field day heard.

New Zealand lamb has been named the hero of the dinner table when ranked against other family favourites by Kiwi home cooks.

New Zealand companies need to step up their efforts, in view of the hope for better lamb prices this season evaporating faster than a summer shower.

Semi-retirees from Gore, Peter and Corina Morris, took out the Mint Lamb Competition at the Canterbury A&P Show on November 9.

Will sheep and beef farmers in future grow trees to sell offsets to dairy under the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)?

Lamb producers in Australia appear to be faring much better than their New Zealand counterparts, with falling numbers and growing demand hiking prices.

Strains of the helicobacter bacteria, which live in the stomach, are now believed a possible cause of abortion in ewes, following MPI investigations.