The CountryShearing and Woolhandling Champs on target for FebruaryThree weeks out from the 2017 World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships, organising Committee Chairman Tom Wilson is a happy man.16 Jan 10:35 PM
The CountryAnother Beef and Lamb award for BarrelhouseMatt Charlton is re-arranging the walls of the Barrelhouse Restaurant and Bar to accommodate yet another plate signifying the "Highest 16 Jan 01:00 AM
The CountrySheep and beef competition opensThe Tararua Sheep and Beef Farm Business of the Year has been launched for another year. Chairman Dan Billing and the committee 15 Jan 11:00 PM
The CountryHeat on shearing world record bidThree shearers attempting to break a world record in a Hawke's Bay woolshed next Tuesday will get an early start in an attempt to 12 Jan 03:00 AM
The CountryWhere have all of the ewes gone?The North Island at least appears bereft of sheep at a time of year travellers would expect to see them dotted around paddocks in 11 Jan 09:00 PM
The CountryThree-way race for lambshearing recordThree shearers tackling a World lambshearing record in the Central North Island today are comfortably ahead of the target pace at 10 Jan 09:47 PM
The CountryNew record? Shore can!A crowd packed into a King Country woolshed had to wait till the last moments of a 480-minutes day before seeing a world ewe-shearing 10 Jan 02:12 AM
The CountryLet the fleeces fall fastNathan Stratford had been looking forward to sitting down and enjoying a beer over Christmas. But a successful campaign on the shearing 08 Jan 10:30 PM
The CountryNZ wins beef trade battleTrade barriers have cost New Zealand's beef sector up to $1 billion.22 Dec 10:04 PM
The CountryNumbers low at last Feilding stock saleThe last store sale for the year yesterday still could not attract store lambs in great numbers, with only just over 7000 offered22 Dec 07:28 PM
The CountryTrade deficit beats forecastsFalling beef and lamb exports - including a 50% decline in US beef exports - undermined New Zealand's trade balance, resulting in an unexpected $705million deficit for November.21 Dec 09:10 PM
ListenListen: Sir David Fagan challenges Bill English to a shearing contestThe world's most decorated shearer looks forward to the World Shearing and Woolhandling Champs in Invercargill on February 8-11.20 Dec 01:42 AM
The CountrySheep stolen from lifestyle blockDuring the last 10 days, 30 sheep have been taken from a lifestyle block bordering SH3 immediately south of Whanganui. Whanganui 19 Dec 05:23 PM
The CountryBay chef to speak up for Beef and Lamb NZSteve Beere from Mint Restaurant in Napier has been named one of Beef and Lamb New Zealand's five ambassador chefs for 2017. He 18 Dec 10:30 PM
The CountryAlliance Group develops super lambInvercargill based Alliance Group says chefs and restaurants have offered favourable feedback on its new class of lamb.16 Dec 11:00 PM
The CountryBeef prices tipped to remain highBeef prices are likely to remain well above historical averages next year, despite continued global growth, Rabobank's latest beef 16 Dec 06:51 PM
The CountryListen: Laura Morris says 'buy Christmas lamb not ham'Dom catches up with writer Laura Morris for a chat about rural life and her plans for the Christmas season.15 Dec 08:16 PM
The CountryLamb prices bounce from last week's lossThe cyclical nature of this Monday prime lamb sale that can confound some vendors was evident again yesterday when prime lamb prices 13 Dec 05:00 AM
The CountrySheep trials: Dream of a sweet run washed outRob Hastie and Dash finished with the second best run of the first day of the Tux Yarding Challenge in Kaitaia on Friday. The pair 13 Dec 03:00 AM
The CountryLambing up, exports worth $2.5 billionBeef + Lamb New Zealand's Lamb Crop 2016 report says the average lambing percentage across the country was up 2.1 percentage points 09 Dec 05:00 AM
The CountryListen: Hayley Moynihan on Rabobank's latest farmer confidence surveyThe positive outlook for the dairy and horticulture sectors had kept overall confidence in the agricultural economy relatively high.09 Dec 01:51 AM
The CountryWool: Looking on the bright side of lifeWhistle while you work is an old adage many sheep farmers may be clinging to as poor prices continue to dog the market. Independent 07 Dec 09:00 PM
The CountryListen: Rob Hewett - The Shanghai Maling deal is 'hugely positive'The Silver Fern Farms chairman celebrates banking the $267 million Shanghai Maling cheque and the completion of the 50:50 joint venture partnership.07 Dec 12:35 AM
The CountryNZ sheep, beef farmer confidence dropsA sharp slump in confidence among beef and sheep farmers has tempered dairy farmer optimism in the latest Rabobank confidence survey 05 Dec 11:00 PM
The CountryNorthland livestock reportThis has certainly been the year of changing weather - early winter was excellent then it all turned into mud which made a lot of 05 Dec 01:00 AM
The CountrySheep and beef clouds NZ farm outlookA weakening sheep and beef sector has clouded the outlook for an otherwise positive outlook for New Zealand's agriculture sector.04 Dec 10:52 PM
BDBDThe CountryLamb flap prices rise to 20-month highPrices for the humble lamb flap are on a tear, driven by increased demand from China and lower supply from New Zealand.04 Dec 10:20 PM
The CountryRichard Loe tackles health and safety post earthquakeRichard Loe updates us on health and safety, farm lamb sales and of course...a bit of rugger.28 Nov 01:37 AM
The CountryAlliance Group invests in new technologyLeading red meat processor and exporter Alliance Group has installed new beef x-ray technology at two of its plants.28 Nov 01:19 AM
The CountryWeaner bulls earn top prices at saleThe November 22 Dannevirke Weaner sale had vendors leaving happy and buyers a little disappointed. PGG Wrightson's Stock Agent Tim 27 Nov 09:00 PM
The CountrySteady prices made for beef at RongoteaOn November 16 a big yarding of yearling and weaner bulls fetched steady prices. Two year white face steers 485 kg - 613 kg made 17 Nov 11:30 PM
The CountryBrexit catalyst in NZ meat marketingBrexit has inadvertently become a catalyst for a "fresh level of thinking" among government, farmers and processors in the United 14 Nov 02:00 AM
The CountryStronger weaner beef sale at DannevirkeDannevirke's first weaner beef sale for the season on November 8 will encourage farmers to return for the next on November 22, because 13 Nov 08:00 PM
The CountryDoes NZ meat need a brand?One of the biggest weaknesses - and thus opportunities - for the meat and wool sector is the lack of a coherent New Zealand "brand" 11 Nov 07:49 PM
