TheCattleSite Latest News: New Zealand
05 June 2018
Beef + Lamb NZ Welcomes Good Farming Practice Action PlanNEW ZEALAND - Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has welcomed today’s launch of the Good Farming Practice Action Plan as providing a whole of sector approach that builds on the good work already being done by individual industries....
01 June 2018
Moderate Increase of Input Prices for Sheep, Beef FarmsNEW ZEALAND - Rises across the board drive moderate increase of input prices for sheep and beef farms....
31 May 2018
Supply Pressure Building in Major World Beef MarketsNEW ZEALAND - It’s been a positive start to 2018 for the global beef sector – with production and consumption up and prices generally favourable – however, building pressures in some of the world’s major beef-producing nations have the potential...
29 May 2018
New Zealand to Cull 150k CowsNEW ZEALAND - New Zealand plans to slaughter about 150,000 cows as it tries to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria from the national herd....
28 May 2018
Beef + Lamb NZ Supports Phased Eradication DecisionNEW ZEALAND - Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) supports the decision announced by the Government to attempt phased eradication of Mycoplasma bovis (Mp. bovis) from New Zealand....
25 May 2018
Hawkes Bay Dairy Company Tackles Plastic Bottle MountainNEW ZEALAND - Hawkes Bay dairy processor, Origin Earth, this week launches its’ vision to remove 2500 two litre plastic milk bottles from the recycling waste stream every week....
24 May 2018
Yili's NZ Dairy Processor Grows SalesNEW ZEALAND - Oceania Dairy, the South Canterbury-based dairy company owned by Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, has continued to make products for the Chinese market in New Zealand at a loss, its 2017 accounts show....
18 May 2018
US Beef Market Poses Threat to NZ Returns This YearNEW ZEALAND - The likely forced slaughter of US cattle due to drought is set to pressure global beef trade and prices, posing a threat to New Zealand beef returns, a visiting North American cattle industry expert has warned local producers....
16 May 2018
Beef + Lamb NZ Unveils New Environmental StrategyNEW ZEALAND - A new blueprint to lift the environmental performance of New Zealand’s sheep and beef sector was unveiled today by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ)....
15 May 2018
No MPI Plans for Extra Cattle Movement RestrictionsNEW ZEALAND - Changing farms on so-called Gypsy Day, when large numbers of farmers shift stock, requires extra precaution because of Mycoplasma bovis but the Ministry for Primary Industries won't prevent animal movements beyond the 300 or so farms under...
14 May 2018
Mycoplasma Bovis Found in WaikatoNEW ZEALAND - Cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis continues to spread through New Zealand with a farm in Cambridge the latest to test positive....
11 May 2018
Greenpeace Exposes Dairy Pipeline IncursionNEW ZEALAND - Greenpeace has released drone video footage revealing a major dairy incursion into wilderness country in the Mackenzie....
10 May 2018
New Dairy Season to 'Hit a Six'NEW ZEALAND - The 2018/19 dairy season is expected to "hit a six", with a shaky start possible, but a strong finish anticipated, resulting in a third season with a "milk price starting with a six", according to a new industry report....
08 May 2018
Canterbury Dairy Herd Rises as New Zealand Total SteadiesNEW ZEALAND - The number of dairy cattle in Canterbury is continuing to rise, bucking a national trend of stable figures, Stats NZ said today....
07 May 2018
Cattle Disease Bill Could be $30k Per FarmNEW ZEALAND - Farmers could end up paying $30,000 each on average to help cover the cost of eradicating mycoplasma bovis....
02 May 2018
New Origin Brand Unveiled by Beef + Lamb New ZealandNEW ZEALAND - A blueprint and a new brand designed to capture more value for New Zealand’s sheepmeat and beef overseas has been unveiled today by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ)....
Cattle Industry Heavied into Paying for M. bovisNEW ZEALAND - Reports from the cattle industry that the Government is effectively forcing it outside its mandate to contribute towards biosecurity incursions are extremely concerning, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Nathan Guy says....
01 May 2018
Synlait And Farm IQ to Drive Insight-Led Dairy FarmingNEW ZEALAND - Synlait Milk has partnered with farm software company FarmIQ Systems to provide certified Lead With Pride™ dairy farmers with a cloud-based farm information system....
30 April 2018
B+L NZ on Productivity Commission's Draft Report on Low Emissions EconomyNEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand government has asked the Productivity Commission to identify options for how New Zealand can reduce its domestic greenhouse gas emissions through a transition to a low-emissions economy, while at the same time continuing...
19 April 2018
Dairy Product Prices Gain for First Time in Five AuctionsNEW ZEALAND - Dairy product prices rose at the Global Dairy Trade auction, gaining for the first time in five events, amid strong demand....
10 April 2018
Rabobank: China's Import Program, Weather-impacted NZ Season Perfect Ingredients for Short-term RallyNEW ZEALAND - A robust import programme by Chinese buyers, combined with a weather-impacted New Zealand season, were the perfect ingredients for the short-term rally in Q1 2018....
06 April 2018
Beef, Lamb Exports Expected to Break $3bnNEW ZEALAND - Both beef and lamb exports are expected to break the $3 billion mark for the first time as high lamb, mutton and beef prices bump up this season’s forecast profit for sheep and beef farmers, according to Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ)...
05 April 2018
Dairy Product Prices Fall for Fourth Straight AuctionNEW ZEALAND - Dairy product prices fell at the Global Dairy Trade auction, dragged lower by an unexpected plunge in anhydrous milk fat....
27 March 2018
Beef + Lamb NZ Welcomes Certainty for Infected Properties; Farmers Urged to Comply with NAITNEW ZEALAND - The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has announced that all cattle on properties infected with the Mycoplasma bovis (M.bovis) cattle disease will be culled and the farmers' losses compensated....
26 March 2018
22,000 M.bovis-infected Cattle to be CulledNEW ZEALAND - Tens of thousands of New Zealand cattle infected with the mycoplasma bovis disease will be culled, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has revealed....
23 March 2018
NZ-led Study Reveals DNA of Cattle, Sheep BacteriaNEW ZEALAND - International scientists led by New Zealanders have identified the genetic makeup of over 500 species of bacteria found in the gut of cattle and sheep....
21 March 2018
Fonterra CEO Resigns as Dairy Giant Announces Gross Loss in H1 ResultsNEW ZEALAND - Fonterra CEO has resigned and is to step down later this year as Theo Speirings held the helm of the world's largest dairy exporting company for nearly seven years, a statement said on Wednesday....
19 March 2018
NZ Dairy Manufacturer Plans to List on ASXNEW ZEALAND - The owners of a South Island dairy manufacturer plan to list their company on the Australian Securities Exchange, raising as much as A$20 million to expand....
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