The CountryListen: Chris Russell talks lamb, sheep and a $250,000 heifer!We cross the ditch on Australia day where lamb is on the menu, wool is on a high and a dairy heifer has sold for $250,000!26 Jan 12:44 AM
The CountryPoll: Should Waitangi Day be Kiwi lamb day?The Country's Jamie Mackay reckons the Aussies have the right idea. Today is Australia Day and across the lucky country Aussies 25 Jan 11:44 PM
The CountryWool a way forward in filter technologyNot-so woolly thinking has gone into developing technology touted as having the ability to improve global health. Auckland-based 25 Jan 11:30 PM
The CountryBuyer pushes prices up on low volumesYesterday's Feilding Prime Stock Sale was unusually small, even by short week standards, with just over 1000 each of lambs and ewes 25 Jan 04:30 AM
The CountryNorthland livestock reportThe weather at present is certainly at the top of farmers' problems. Usually the dry comes later in autumn but it started very early 23 Jan 12:30 AM
The CountryTight supplies of lamb keeping prices steadyRelatively tight lamb supplies, particularly from New Zealand, are helping to underpin in-market lamb prices. New Zealand's lamb 22 Jan 10:00 PM
The CountryManageable lamb numbers at stock saleA much more manageable lamb yarding at last week's Feilding Prime Stock Sale - around half the number of last week - allowed for a 22 Jan 08:01 PM
The CountryHenare and Stratford sound warning ahead of World Shearing ChampionshipsJoel Henare and Nathan Stratford both went back-to-back with competition wins over the weekend, gearing up for the World Shearing Champs.22 Jan 07:46 PM
Sheep and BeefNow fewer than six sheep per personThe number of sheep in New Zealand fell by 1.5 million in the year to June, Statistics New Zealand said today. The drop of just over 19 Jan 09:57 PM
The CountryListen: Is the Australia Day lamb promotion really that controversial?Our Australian correspondent talks about the controversy surrounding the Australia Day lamb promotion.19 Jan 02:39 AM
The CountryGrazing trial uncovers big gainsAn on-farm grazing trial has shown Whangarei beef farmers James and Kate Donaldson that rotational grazing on vulnerable soils has 18 Jan 08:30 PM
The CountryWATCH NZH Local Focus: World shearing record smashedThree shearers from different corners of the country have smashed a world shearing record - 1611 strongwool ewes between them in just eight hours. Made with funding from NZ On Air.18 Jan 03:59 AM
The CountryConfidence low for southern sheep and beef farmersThe lowest farmer confidence in the sheep and beef sector has been recorded in the southern South Island. The latest quarterly report17 Jan 10:30 PM
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
