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China bans Aussie meat imports as Covid-19 tensions rise
Canberra and Beijing have become increasingly embroiled in a bitter row.
Red meat exports top $1 billion in March
Overall exports to China were down for March but increased for all other major markets.
Meat workers 'more than happy' to be tested for Covid-19
More than 50 WellSouth staff took 400 testing kits to the Alliance Lorneville last week.
New role all about 'championing the cause of wool'
New chair of National Council of NZ Wool Interests ready to champion the cause.
Should meat companies be taking wage subsidies?
Alliance, SFF respond to Cameron Bagrie's claim meat companies shouldn't take subsidy.
David Surveyor on why Alliance closed for Easter
The Country has a special two-part interview with Alliance Group CEO David Surveyor.
The charity connecting farmers and food banks
The first initiative being rolled out is providing 500g packets of mince to food banks.
Concerns mount about taxpayer-funded wage subsidy honeypot
Anger in meat sector over Covid-19 wage subsidy payments to big operators.
Silver Fern Farms posts $70.7m net profit
Heightened exports reflected the impact of African swine fever on Chinese pork supply.
Online stock sales rocket to fill crisis need
What's is the future of the stock sales at Stortford Lodge?
Workers give up Easter break to clear logjam at meat plants
Drought and Covid-19 create a backlog of stock in waiting yards at meat plants.
Alliance trims staff levels for distancing
"Important to note this is not a lay-off," Alliance Group standing down some meat workers.
Shearing services will continue under the lockdown
Farming and shearing are both on MPI's list of essential services.
Worker safety top priority for meat industry
"Everyone's primary focus is on their people at the moment", says SFF CEO Simon Limmer.
NZ red meat exports reach $921 million in February
MIA figures show value largely unchanged from a year ago despite Covid-19.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Meat plant workers express safety concerns
"They're still working shoulder-to-shoulder. There's no masks or anything in sight."
Fieldays client gift quirk takes measure of virus
Greenlea's intended Fieldays gift to customers not entirely wasted?
Covid 19 coronavirus: The issues facing the meat industry
"If we can't guarantee their safety we won't keep operating - that's the simple reality."
Covid-19 coronavirus: Meatworks staff tell of safety fears
Staff say they feel like "cannon fodder" as they continue to work amid Covid-19 outbreak.
Three more sheep stolen and slaughtered on paddock
A Dargaville man frustrated at ongoing theft of his sheep has given up grazing them.
NZ meat businesses urged to take part in gender equality study
The study will identify strategies for making the meat sector more inclusive.
Industry better than ever says Merino Breeders president
Will Roberts has been in Otago attending the Merino Excellence 2020 Congress.
Biography of prominent figure in Otago's pastoral history
Jane Shennan is on a mission to tell the story of her great-grandfather, Watson Shennan.
New sheep breed key to organic success
'Shire breed has been key to us not just surviving in organic farming system but thriving'
Crowds flock to Omarama for lambs
Prices nearly matched last year's buoyant figures at the Omarama lamb sale.
Farmers need to speed up adaptation to changing climate - report
Possible impact of climate change on pastoral,arable & horticultural farm systems studied.
Regenerative agriculture study launched
B+LNZ's global study to understand similarities and differences to NZ farming practices.
The rise and rise of China in NZ's meat export trade
New Zealand's beef exports to China have grown rapidly over the last 10 years.
Chinese beef major contributor to New Zealand exports
New Zealand's red meat export sales hit a record $9.1 billion last year.
Slow China market challenge for Oamaru Meats Ltd
Oamaru Meats Ltd hindered by "congestion" just one month after resuming production.
Not as bad as you think
Stock prices may have eased, but remain way higher then five and six years ago.
'Extreme nervousness': CentrePort braces for slowdown from coronavirus
Port veteran says exporters are more nervous than they were about Sars or Asian crisis.