Displaying items by tag: red meat
Hopes that good prices will stem herd decline
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.
Venison a bright spot on horizon
Deer farmers are enjoying the best venison prices in four years with the schedule up 11% at the spring peak on the year before.
Sheep woes continue on
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.
Best lamb comes from Oturehua
Alliance scores Spanish coup
Alliance Group is now processing, packaging and exporting Pure South lamb directly to a Spanish supermarket retailer.
Low lamb prices hurt sheep and beef profits
MIE ‘noise’ won’t bring change – BLNZ
No amount of noise from farmer ginger groups will bring change in the meat industry if the company boards choose not to adopt the measures they are calling for.
Beef+Lamb may shift its focus
Beef+Lamb NZ say it is looking at changes to its market development investment strategy – if it stays in market development at all.
Red meat sector welcomes TPP signing
The Trans Pacific Partnership will eliminate over time most of the tariffs on New Zealand's red meat sector, says Beef + Lamb chairman James Parsons.
Tough going at present, but future is bright – Alliance
Rural News asked the country's second biggest meat processor and exporter – Alliance Group – about the current woes in the red meat sector.