Eating quality farmers' focus
Adam and Sam Spiers unashamedly live and breathe the red meat industry.
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The pros and cons of rearing calves
It pays to do some homework before taking on rearing calves for the store market.
Feilding Store Stock Sale
After last week's decimated storm sale, there was more interest for Feilding stock.
Hopes for settled weather for lambing season
Farmers don't want a repeat of past seasons' winter blasts striking during lambing.
Northland livestock sale
The wet weather has had little impact on stock prices in Northland.
Listen: Steak of Origin winner Tim Brittain
Winner "absolutely rapt" that his sirloin was chosen by judges last night.
'Alternative proteins' a threat?
Labs are learning to make artificial meat and milk from animal and vegetable ingredients
MPs to deliver party messages on meat industry
Representatives from major political parties will discuss visions for the meat industry
New Zealand's tastiest steak has been named
Results from the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Steak of Origin competition
Alliance makes strong gains
An investment in technology and new products make Alliance a NZ success story.
A prime cut above the rest
COMMENT: Mark Hiddleston shares the secrets of top-performing red meat producers
Solid buying market for quality stock
Quality stock sold on a solid market at yesterday's store sale at Stortford Lodge.
Beef + Lamb looking at alternative proteins
Beef + Lamb New Zealand is leading a project to assess potential red meat sector
Slower lamb price increase in June
Farm-gate lamb prices continued to rise over the last month
Twin beef titles for Gore farmer
Gore farmer Mike Thompson has claimed the Otago-Southland beef carcass competition title
Feilding Store Stock Sale
Stock entries for this sale were absolutely decimated by the stormy weather
Northland stock sale
It is not long ago when we were congratulating ourselves on the kind, early winter weather
Get ready for bobby calves
The Alliance Group is primed for bobby calves processing as the season gets underway
Small sound sale for Levin's stock
The Levin sale was not big in numbers but was a sound market for all stock.
Livestock fine print warning
Livestock commentator David Cotton urges sellers to read the fine print
Listen: Dr Jacqueline Rowarth on the strong wool crisis
Dr Rowarth says strong wool can thrive but research and development is needed.
Listen: Dual-purpose sheep breeder Ike Williams on strong wool's future
South Canterbury sheep breeder Ike Williams on the future of the strong wool industry.
Listen: Jim Hopkins on wool, Winston and Katy Perry
Our rural raconteur believes Katy Perry could be the saviour of the wool industry.
Feilding stock sale
A fall in ewe entries had little effect on sale prices at the Feilding Prime Stock Sale.
No silver bullet to fix foot rot
When it comes to foot rot - a big problem for New Zealand sheep - there is no quick fix.
Productivity and quality pay off for Matarae
At Matarae Station, Willie and Emily Jones have a strong focus on development.
Lamb exports fall after Chinese buyers stockpile supplies
Shipments for the month were 30,683 tonnes, down 11 per cent on the previous year.
Alternative protein understudy
Beef and Lamb New Zealand is on a mission to ''distinguish hype from reality''
Wool promise from Winston Peters
The NZ First leader says they'll ban synthetic carpets in goverment-funded buildings.
Northland livestock report
Spring born feeder calves are starting to come forward now and should increase weekly.
Southern entries vie for top steak awards
Several Southern entries are among the finalists in this year's Steak of Origin.