Plenty of grass encourages stock buyers
Farmers around region making most of grass, pushing up prices at stock sales.
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Canterbury farmers: Sheep industry 'on a high'
Canterbury farmers have claimed the sheep industry is 'on a high'.
Positive tone to first South Island wool sale of year
Buyers were keen to fill orders and new season's lambs wool was especially sought-after.
Rare and exotic sheep on show at Wimbledom
Exotic sheep types will be on show in Wimbledon.
Stortford Lodge: Store lambs in demand
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Last weaner bull sale of year 'a boomer'
Favourable weather and good grass spurred buyers at weaner calf sale.
Stortford Lodge: Prices still strong
Prices remained strong for the last store sale of the year at Stortford Lodge yesterday.
Alliance chairman queries Govt's forest subsidy stance
Concern forest-planting subsidies come at expense of sheep and beef farming.
Why it's a good time to be a sheep farmer
Sheep meat remains at the front of what is overall a very upbeat red meat outlook.
Strong dairy beef sale at Dannevirke
Early summer weather meant prices soared at the Dannevirke Dairy Beef sale.
Record-high primary sector exports forecast
MPI's Situation and Outlook report forecast a 3.8 per cent increase for export earning.
Stortford Lodge: Rain drives up demand for cattle
A top-quality yarding leads to rising prices at Stortford Lodge.
Unidentified faces on old saleyard photos
Former stock agent is looking to put names to some faces from Tinwald Saleyards.
Alliance issues 9.5 million bonus shares to farmers
More than 3,000 farmer shareholders have received the shares.
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Listen: How African Swine Fever could help NZ beef market
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Stortford Lodge: Buyers keen on best of quality lambs
Store lamb prices rose at Stortford Lodge yesterday.
Store cattle and lambs lift in price
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M. bovis cost split details finalised
Boards announce how industry will fund its share of cost of responding to disease.
Breeders aim to take Southdown sheep 'to next level'
NZ breeding group focused on the future of the historic Southdown sheep.
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Wool Working Group: People need to be told 'what wool is about'
Education will be the key to lifting the state of the wool industry, say experts.
Is It time to introduce a wool levy?
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Beef + Lamb NZ: Sheep, beef farmers 'doing more with less'
NZ is showing a record high lambing percentage, with kudos for farmers.
Swine fever effects may lift China demand for beef
Pork supply shortage in China likely to push up beef consumption says report.
Stortford Lodge: Cattle up $100 a head on recent weeks
Cattle prices are up at Stortford Lodge.
South Canterbury meat processors gearing up for season
South Canterbury's meat processing companies are ramping up for the season.