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 to Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ)’s annual stock number survey. The decline in sheep numbers was across both breeding ewes, down 0.5 percent to […]
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Education resource highlights NZ dairy and red meat’s role in feeding global population
A new climate change education resource has been released by New Zealand’s pastoral farming sector. The resource, ‘The important role of New Zealand dairy and red meat in feeding a growing global population’, has been co-authored by Beef + Lamb New Zealand, DairyNZ and Federated Farmers of New Zealand. It explores the complex relationship between […]
Voting now open for sheepmeat and beef levy referendum
Farmers are being asked to have their say on the future of their industry in Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) 2021 sheepmeat and beef levy referendum. Voting packs are arriving in mailboxes this week and farmers have until midday on 9 July to vote. B+LNZ Chairman Andrew Morrison says it’s important farmers think about […]
New Zealand Meat Board to provide to Beef + Lamb NZ Genetics
The New Zealand Meat Board is giving $1 million from its investment income to help fund B+LNZ Genetics’ activities. The NZMB aims to help capture the best possible ongoing returns from quota markets for New Zealand and the meat industry. It also manages the investment of industry reserve funds, providing funding from these reserves for […]
Red Meat Report shows sector confidence and resilience
The latest Red Meat Report shows red meat exports have held up strongly in the face of significant disruptions. Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association have released their May 2021 Red Meat Report. In the report both B+LNZ chief executive Sam McIvor and Sirma Karapeeva, the MIA’s chief executive, reflect on […]
Red meat sector’s resilience highlighted in B+LNZ’s latest update
Media Release from Beef+Lamb NZ Following a challenging year with COVID-19 disruptions and drought, Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Mid-Season Update 2020-21 highlights the resilience and adaptability of New Zealand’s red meat sector as solid market fundamentals continue to support global demand. Although the outlook predicts that the sector will continue to be challenged […]
Putting the bite on five myths about meat
If one of your New Year resolutions was to do better for your health and the planet by eating less meat, thumbs up to you. Can’t fault the desire to be a more conscious consumer. But before you entirely swap out beef steaks and rack of lamb for eggplant and lentils, you might check out […]
Remarkable lambing performance in challenging year
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 […]