Posts Tagged ‘sheep and beef farming’
May 21, 2018
When it comes to being paid for their livestock, South Island farmers appear to be earning considerably less for some species than their North Island counterparts. Trying to unpick the reasons for the differential is complicated by a number of factors, like traditional meat company secrecy, schedule price as distinct from premiums paid for volume supply, cooperative pool payments and loyalty rewards, shorter seasons, cartage, labour agreements and relative plant efficiencies. (more…)
Tags:AgFirst, Alliance, ANZCO, Bob Thompson, cooperatives, lamb prices, meat processor schedules, procurement competition, sheep and beef farming, Silver Fern Farms, South Island meat schedules, South Pacific Meats
Posted in Agribusiness, Export trade, Livestock, Meat, Meat industry | Leave a Comment »
June 24, 2016
When sheep and beef farmers are questioning whether they will ever receive the returns they need, there is potentially considerable hope for the future. The changing demographics and spheres of global influence indicate a substantial change in the relative economic power of the markets with which we trade. (more…)
Tags:100% Pure, ANZ report, ASEAN, B&LNZ, Cameron Bagrie, Ireland's Origin Green, joint marketing and promotion, Mike Petersen, RCEP, Scotland the Brand, sheep and beef farming, TPP
Posted in Agribusiness, Biosecurity, Consumer demand, Economy, Environment, Export trade, International trade, Investment, Livestock, Meat, Meat industry, Overseas investment, Research and development | 1 Comment »
May 2, 2015
Previous downturns or relative changes in sector profitability have generally led to a change of land use; and because sheep farming was the predominant 20th century rural activity, land use change was usually to a form of farming other than sheep. (more…)
Tags:China demand, cost of production, Dairy payout, EU, European dairy production, Fonterra, red meat sector, sheep and beef farming, United States dairy farming
Posted in Agribusiness, Consumer demand, Dairy, Economy, Export trade, Fonterra, Investment, Livestock, Meat, Meat industry | 1 Comment »
November 21, 2014
It is sometimes tempting to think nothing much has changed with meat exports in recent years when you read all the publicity about the problems in the meat industry. Since the beginning of this century the contrast with the dairy industry has been particularly marked, but suddenly this season the positions have been reversed. Sheep and beef farmers can hold their heads high again and it seems likely this state of affairs may even persist for longer than just this season. (more…)
Tags:1970s, AFFCO, Alliance, Brooks of Norwich, Common Market, delicensing of meat plants, Dewhurst, EU, EU quota, inflation, Labour government, Lange, Meat Board, MIE, NZ Farmers UK, oil shock, PPCS, sheep and beef farming, Silver Fern Farms, Smithfield, Tesco, Vesteys, Weddel
Posted in Agribusiness, Consumer demand, Dairy, Demographics, Economy, European agriculture, Export trade, International trade, Investment, Livestock, Meat, Meat industry, Overseas investment, Research and development | Leave a Comment »
October 24, 2012
MPI’s 2012 pastoral farm analyses, taken from the Farm Monitoring Report, show significant falls in income predicted for dairy, and sheep and beef, and an increase for deer farming.
The reports show typical income patterns based on information gathered from a representative sample of farm properties. (more…)
Tags:dairy farming, deer farming, Farm profitability, Ministry for Primary Industries, sheep and beef farming
Posted in Agribusiness, Dairy, Export trade, Livestock, Meat industry | 1 Comment »
