Ongoing demand for red meat while winter feed availability prompts farmers to hold onto prime lambs pushing returns and stoking optimism. Throughout the country livestock markets are well into winter mode. Calving is under way in most districts, while lambing is set to start soon. With mild...

Starting late August, around 60 sales nationwide will again gauge the health of red meat sector as farmers reinvest in genetic base After the record breaking two-year-old bull sales season that concluded early in the winter, yearling bulls will take their turn in sale arenas in late August...

With limited supply, around 20 Mid and South Canterbury farms converting puts pressure on market for herds Several South Island farms are set to convert to dairy over the next few years, changes that will increase demand for cows. Strong milk returns, alongside low profitability for grain and arable...