Alliance Group has increased the premium it pays farmers for its Handpicked Lamb programme as the demand for high-quality lamb grows. The Pure South Handpicked Lamb programme uses an assessment system to measure eating quality with the qualifying lamb exported to premium retail markets in Asia and North America. Alliance has now increased the premium […]
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Alliance Group announces Asia deal with Marks & Spencer
Leading food and solutions company Alliance Group is partnering with the global retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) on a range of value-add branded beef and lamb products in Singapore. The M&S-branded range, all further processed in New Zealand, is now available in 11 stores on the island, home to almost six million people. The […]
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 […]
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 […]