NZ Beef Takes a Fall as US Domestic Volumes Rise
NEW ZEALAND - It was another sluggish week for beef exporters, with reduced prices for product exported to the US, directly attributed to the high availability of US domestic product.

New CEO for Meat and Wool New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND - Meat & Wool New Zealand Chairman, Mike Petersen has announced the appointment of Dr Scott Champion as the organisation’s new Chief Executive Officer.

Meat and Wool New Zealand Welcomes FTA Success
NEW ZEALAND - Meat and Wool New Zealand Chairman, Mike Petersen, has applauded the success of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the 10 ASEAN countries.

NZ Annual Welfare Report Released
NEW ZEALAND - The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) issued its 2007 Annual Report today.

NZ Scientists Try New TB-Control Ideas
NEW ZEALAND - Landcare Research scientists are to try out new pest-control methods in Marlborough this spring which may pave the way for a dramatic reduction in 1080-poison use in New Zealand.

Strong Dairy Sector Underpins Agriculture's Economic Importance
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is predicting the strength of the dairy sector will reinforce agriculture's cornerstone position in the New Zealand economy over the next five years.

New Integrated Supply Chain in NZ Meat Sector
NEW ZEALAND - A summary of a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) business case used to prove the merits of the proposed partnership between Silver Fern Farms Limited (Silver Fern Farms) and PGG Wrightson Limited (PGW) has today been made publicly available.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Nutrient Budgets – Good Environmental Stewardship
NEW ZEALAND - Meat and Wool New Zealand and the fertiliser industry have teamed up to encourage sheep and beef farmers to adopt nutrient budgets for their farms - an important element of good environmental stewardship and also a sound business strate...

NZ Collaborating on Productivity and Better Animal Health
NEW ZEALAND - AgResearch in New Zealand is to collaborate with one of the world’s leading animal health research institutes to raise ruminant productivity and welfare standards in the long term.

Meat Industry Taskforce Meets
NEW ZEALAND - The Meat Industry Taskforce in New Zealand met for the first time this week to plan for the future of the beef and lamb industry across the country.