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THE SHEEP industry’s newest genetics body is revamping the sector’s selection systems to emulate the scale and power of those used in the dairy industry.

COW NUMBERS in the US are at their lowest for 63 years, contributing to a boom in beef export volumes and prices, says Beef + Lamb NZ chief economist Andrew Burrt.

The chairperson of the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) says while animals will continue to be needed for research, testing and teaching, she expects the number to gradually decline.

DRY CONDITIONS in the northern North Island and continued land use change in the South Island saw New Zealand's sheep numbers decrease 3.2% over the 2013-14 season, while beef cattle numbers increased 1.6%.

THE RED meat sector is showing signs of putting decades of low profits and lack of reinvestment behind it.

THE FINALISTS have been announced for the third Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Sheep Industry Awards.

BEEF + LAMB New Zealand (B+LNZ) Genetics is officially in business.

NEW ZEALAND FACES risks to its environmental and economic future if issues facing the sheep meat industry are not resolved, says Environment Southland chairman Ali Timms.

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

RECENT RESEARCH by a group of scientists, Dr Paul (Long) Cheng, Chris Logan, Professor Grant Edwards and Dr Huitong Zhou, from the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Lincoln University, is helping to unravel a long-standing puzzle in the farming world.