Subdued start to year or red meat sector exports #3
New Zealand’s red meat sector exports had a slow start to the year with total export values down by seven per cent compared to January 2022, according to an analysis … Read more
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Weekly Genetics Review: Watch your feet – assessing bulls ahead of a sale
Beef Central Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 20/09/2022 SPENDING time assessing the feet and leg structure of bulls ahead of sale can be one of the most effective long-term investments into … Read more
2023 Zanda McDonald finalists announced
First published in The Land, Australia, September 21 2022 The 2023 finalists in the Zanda McDonald Award, Australasia’s agricultural badge of honour, have been announced. Six passionate young professionals from … Read more
US feedlots look to dairy to help fill spaces as beef liquidation rolls on
First published in The Land, Australia, by Shan Goodwin, 19 September 2022 AS the United States beef herd liquidation rolls on, feedyards are increasingly filling spaces with dairy-cross animals and … Read more
AngusNZ Australia trip
August 30th August to September 3rd Tour members: Mike Smith, Jeremy Gunton, Rob Sherson, Jane Allan (report author) Day 1 Breakfast at 6.30am with Jeremy/Carman Cooper from Circle 8 in … Read more
Value of NZ beef exports continues to be strong
At $10,270 per tonne, the average export value for New Zealand beef continues to be strong and in July was 31% higher than at the same point last season. Beef … Read more
Informing New Zealand Beef update.
Beef farmers will be watching closely to see results from Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Informing Beef programme. The overall aim of the seven-year programme is to make the beef … Read more
He Waka Eke Noa – Primary Sector Climate Action Partnership
In 2019, the primary sector, iwi and Government agreed to work together to establish a regulatory framework that measured, managed, and reduced on-farm agriculture greenhouse gas emissions. The framework, He … Read more
Appropriate metric needed for methane measurement
The widely-used GWP 100 metric is not fit for purpose when accounting for the warming impact of methane in countries where methane emissions are stable or decreasing. This is according … Read more
Angus female top and averages broken at Circle 8
By Brent Tindal , The Land, September 8th Circle 8 Angus has broken the Australian Angus breed record average for registered females, as well as set a new benchmark for … Read more
Industry benefits from superior beef genetics
Beef + Lamb New Zealand Genetics Using genetically superior beef bulls across dairy herds will help create greater value right along the dairy beef supply chain. This was one of … Read more
Why do cows need magnesium
By Dave Warburton Mg is very “busy” stuff working hard inside the cow. Mg is needed by the cow for involvement in the activity of 300 + or more enzymes … Read more