A low methane sheep genetics project to give more farmers access to animals to help reduce the production of methane from their farm has been launched. The $4.2 million low […]
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Bid to buy iconic station gathers momentum
A group of New Zealand farming and agribusiness people is bidding to buy an iconic central North Island station to stop it being planted in permanent exotic forest. Mangaohane Station, […]
Massey study investigating combined solar, pastoral farming
A Massey University study in Taranaki is exploring the potential for solar farming co-existing with sheep grazing, providing two sources of income for farmers. Led by Professors Danny Donaghy and […]
Toko farmer a convert to paperless MyOSPRI
“Convenient, fast – I highly recommend it.” That’s Toko, Taranaki sheep and beef farmer Nick Brown’s verdict on the online portal MyOSPRI. Nick is one of more than 1000 sheep […]
Low input sheep trial nears completion
The Low Input Sheep Progeny Test will be wound down from the end of this year having highlighted the role genetics can play in a sheep’s ability to perform with […]
Sheep farmers encouraged to sign up for MyOSPRI
Animal disease and stock traceability firm OSPRI is keen to get sheep farmers using its online portal MyOSPRI to send electronic Animal Status Declarations (eASDs). According to OSPRI, over […]
Government support for Māori landowners to invest in growing sheep milk industry
The Government is backing a project to support Māori landowners to invest in New Zealand’s rapidly growing sheep milk industry, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said today. “We are backing the […]
Growers support wool industry merger
Wools of New Zealand (WNZ) and Primary Wool Co-operative (PWC) shareholders have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a proposed merger of operations between WNZ and Primary Wool Co-operative-owned CP Wool […]
Sheep flock down, beef herd up in latest stock number survey
The total number of sheep in New Zealand decreased 0.8 percent (by 199,000 head) to an estimated 25.83 million while beef cattle numbers rose 2.5 percent to 3.98 million, according […]
WOMOLife Wins Wool Harvesting Training Contract
Kaiaka Wool Industry Training NZ has awarded the contract for its new $1.8 million pilot training programme to multi-format training provider WOMOLife. Kaiaka will train up to 270 shearers and […]
