Bulls bred for commercial farmers
10 August 2018
Beef farmers John and Johnnie McFadzean are responding to demand and holding an auction of affordable, quality bulls as a result of the breeding programme for their commercial beef operation.
BEEF ARCHIVES
Our farmed meat is a green food
9 August 2018
Exporters are not shy in promoting New Zealand red meat as grass-fed and free-range but recent studies by Oxford and Otago Universities have lumped our system in with feedlots to claim the industry is environmentally degrading and unsustainable. Neal Wallace investigates the true environmental impact of grass-fed beef.
Synthetics a threat and opportunity
8 August 2018
A survey of 17 sheep and beef farmers found synthetic proteins aren’t seen as a high risk to New Zealand food producers.
SFF changing its rules
3 August 2018
Shareholders will vote next month on whether to accept changes to the constitution of Silver Fern Farms co-operative.
Our farming not yet where it needs to be
2 August 2018
Primary Industry Council chairman Lain Jager has challenged farmers to think about their future and decide what sort of food producers they want to be in the next 30 years.
Others move on protein protection
31 July 2018
The United States Food and Drug Administration and the European Union have tightened controls on what food products can use terms traditionally associated with meat and dairy but the New Zealand sectors are yet to move.
Plants must complement meat in diets
27 July 2018
Dietary guidelines have always stressed three-quarters of food intake should be derived from plants, Beef + Lamb New Zealand nutrition head Fiona Greig says.
Europe, Britain move to slash NZ meat imports
27 July 2018
Exporters have reacted with dismay to news New Zealand’s red meat quota to Europe could be split between Britain and the European Union as part of the Brexit process.
Consistent performer helps others
26 July 2018
The Cookson family are at the true heart of Northland’s beef finishing industry beside State Highway 1 at Kawakawa and consistently producing carcaseweight yield and financial results well above the provincial average. Their pursuit of knowledge from hosting trials and research projects energises the Cooksons and draws hundreds of farmers to their field days. Hugh Stringleman went along.
Report damns pastoral red meat
24 July 2018
New Zealand’s grass-fed, red meat system has been damned in an academic report calling for steps to reduce the consumption of meat because of health concerns and the impact of its production on the environment.
