Posts Tagged ‘saleyards’
October 26, 2018
Seven years ago, the last time lamb prices were as high as they have been for the last 12 months, overseas customers suddenly decided enough was enough and turned off the tap, causing a sharp drop in price which reached its low point of less than $4.50 per kilo more than a year later. The difference this time appears to be a more gradual climb and a longer peak with no sign yet of a repeat collapse. (more…)
Tags:Alliance, Brexit, David Surveyor, EU chilled lamb shipments, frozen lamb, Heather Stacy, lamb prices, lamb procurement, meat exporters, pool distributions, saleyards, Silver Fern Farms, US trade war with China
Posted in Agribusiness, China exports, Consumer demand, Export trade, Free trade, Livestock, Meat, Meat industry, Red Meat marketing | 1 Comment »
September 15, 2017
There are large operators, small suppliers, traders and third party agents and, in times of tight livestock supply, the lines between them start to get a bit blurred and the classifications move around, depending on who is making the judgement. (more…)
Tags:Alliance, cull cows, Livestock agents, Murray Taggart, saleyards, traceability, Warren Robinson
Posted in Agribusiness, Biosecurity, Export trade, Food safety, International trade, Livestock, Meat, Meat industry, Red Meat marketing | 1 Comment »
March 2, 2016
In July last year I raised the problem of accurately identifying and recording all cattle movements, citing the issues experienced by a farmer friend who had no success in reconciling stock on his farm with NAIT’s records. The farmer had contacted NAIT which eventually got back to him, but the process of reconciliation was several weeks out of date. (more…)
Tags:FMD, Michelle Edge CEO, MPI, NAIT, OSPRI, RFID tags, saleyards, scanners, Stu Hutchings NAIT programme design
Posted in Agribusiness, Biosecurity, Dairy, Environment, Export trade, Food safety, International trade, Investment, Livestock, Meat, Meat industry, Red Meat marketing, Research and development, Stock and Station | Leave a Comment »
February 12, 2014
It may be a statement of the obvious, but the world for sheep farming, processing and sheep meat has changed dramatically, particularly in the past 30 years. (more…)
Tags:Canterbury, Central Otago, China, dairy conversions, Europe, farmer ownership of meat companies, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Marlborough, meat processing, meat trade, saleyards, Southland, UK, vineyards
Posted in Agribusiness, Consumer demand, Economy, Export trade, Investment, Livestock, Meat, Meat industry | 2 Comments »