Despite COVID-19 related processing restrictions and a widespread drought in the first half of 2020, sheep and beef farmers achieved a near record 130.3% lambing percentage. This is the finding of the Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Lamb Crop Outlook report for 2020 that measures the lambing performance and forecasts lamb and sheep exports […]
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Red Meat Sector Launches New Strategy
The red meat sector launched a new strategy, a collaboration between Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association, at a function in Wellington this week. The strategy sets four key goals for the sector to achieve by 2030: Sustainably profitable: lift innovation, performance and productivity. Premium value: build a platform to create […]
Looming crisis for transport – RTF
The trucking industry wants to see Labour engage better with the business community in its second term of Government, says Road Transport Forum chief executive Nick Leggett. “Solutions to the issues and opportunities that Covid-19 has thrown up lie in the knowledge and expertise held by New Zealand’s businesses, rather than its bureaucracy,” Leggett says. […]