NZ: Carbon Neutral Beef a Trot too Far
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand beef and sheep industry believe that the latest initiative to build a carbon neutral sector is unsustainable and goes far beyond their international obligations.

Meat Industry Taskforce Announce Process
NEW ZEALAND - The Meat Industry Taskforce has today outlined the process it is undertaking to complete a sector strategy for the red meat industry in New Zealand.

End of an Era for Meat & Wool New Zealand CEO
NEW ZEALAND - Meat & Wool New Zealand Chairman, Mike Petersen has announced today that the CEO, Mark Jeffries has resigned.

Natural Treatment Could Milk Dairy Output
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand government has decided to help fund a new project which will test a new, natural cattle treatment that is rumoured to boost milk output by a significant amount.

PPCS on the Side of Traceability
NEW ZEALAND - PPCS, the country’s largest meat processor and marketer, has thrown its weight behind Government plans to inject $10.1 million in capital to set up the National Animal Identification and Tracing initiative (NAIT) and a further $13.2 million...

Budget Money for Animal ID Welcomed
NEW ZEALAND - Meat & Wool New Zealand has welcomed the Government’s commitment to assist in the funding of a national animal identification and tracing system and farm register, announced in the Budget today (Thursday).

FTA Study with Japan is Good News
NEW ZEALAND - Meat & Wool New Zealand Chairman Mike Petersen is very pleased with the announcement that Japan has agreed to enter into a study analysing the potential benefits that a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) could bring to the two countries.

ETS Threatens to Wipe Out Sheep, Beef and Deer Farming
NEW ZEALAND - Meat & Wool New Zealand, the Meat Industry Association and Deer Industry New Zealand have warned Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Select Committee that the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in its current form threatens the sustainability...

Change ETS: Fonterra's Warning on Global Warming
NEW ZEALAND - Fonterra, a New Zealand based dairy company have this week voiced concerns that greenhouse gas emissions will rise in relation to the revenues of offshore dairy competitors unless changes are made to the proposed Emission trading sc...

Welcoming Risk Management in New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND - An independent international review of New Zealand Food Safety Authority’s (NZFSA) approach to ensuring food safety for consumers has found it to be aligned with best practice in comparable authorities internationally.

Regret over Failure of Talks
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Meat Industry Taskforce Chairman has expressed his disappointment that talks over the industry restructuring project led by the Alliance Group had failed to progress to the next stage.

New Zealand Meat Industry Mega Merger Falls
NEW ZEALAND - Plans to unite the New Zealand beef and lamb industry into one united body have stalled.

Fonterra Release Online Trading Platform
NEW ZEALAND - Fonterra is introducing a new internet-based sales channel for its internationally traded commodities – a world first for the global dairy industry.

New Zealand and the Survival of the Fittest
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand's meat industry will have to make some big adaptions in order to keep pace with the rapidly evolving global meat industry, a new report has warned.

Dairy Prices Predicted to Remain Strong
NEW ZEALAND - International dairy prices are predicted to stay strong, despite slipping from the record peaks that they surged to late last year.

Fonterra Splash Out on Milk Payouts
NEW ZEALAND - The chairman of Fonterra, Henry Van der Heyden, has forecast a record payout to dairy farmers due to the drought-plagued season. The milksolids forecast is believed to balloon from the previous record of $6.90 to $7.30.

Farmer Convicted for Obstructing Investigation
NEW ZEALAND - A dairy farmer with numerous properties around the Manawatu region in New Zealand was convicted for obstructing an animal welfare inspector from carrying out his duties. The news has been welcomed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry...

Farmer Views Sought on Industry Restructure Funding
NEW ZEALAND - Meat and Wool New Zealand and the New Zealand Meat Board are questioning farmers over the potential use of farmer reserves to assess the meat industry restructuring concept being proposed by the Alliance Group.