Livestock

Stud launches spring sale with a hefty $37,000 paid for yearling bull.

Prices hit a peak and continue to hold as positivity abounds.

Chinese dairy heifer demand has dropped away, with emerging markets yet to take its place.

Allied Farmers Limited reports $5.2m after-tax profit for the year.

Discrepancy in numbers as data collection struggles to keep up with the speed of land use change in the sheep & beef sector.

The astounding per-head prices required to secure replacement cattle now have a fair amount of people holding on to what they have.

In the north, total sheep numbers were largely unchanged and beef numbers went up marginally.

Numbers are concerning but medium-term outlook is positive, Kate Acland says.

Five-year averages have been falling like flies with demand responding to tightening supply.

Farmers catching on to using beef semen to generate more dairy-beef calves worth rearing and finishing.

Consultations on the next three years of NAIT strategy close soon.

Lamb and beef prices have risen well above normal in the space of a few weeks in the face of a plummeting supply of stock for processing.

Processor launches service with extensions to Marua abattoir near Hikurangi.

At their best, animal health plans can be highly productive, honest, and proactive consulting sessions.

After a hiatus of a few years, some beef rearers are back in the game this season, soaking up the healthy margins.

Lack of store and finished cattle as land use changes bite into supply.

Winter rally mostly driven by local trade.

Significantly more in-calf cows have answered the call of the auction saleyard this year.

A year-on-year comparison of in-lamb ewe sales may make for depressing reading, but a clearance of ewes for breeding rather than processing is a good result.

The store lamb throughput was significant on its own, but the addition of 2600 in-lamb ewes made it the largest yarding at Feilding since May 2014.

Large yarding and the debut of live-streaming for the sale meet strong demand.

Glanworth Angus at Pahiatua returns top sale in season’s seventh week.

Government announces public consultation plans as mass petition against lifting ban is delivered to Parliament.

At the height of the storm, sale blows lid off previous highest bids.

Exciting returns for two bulls out of Albert of Stern and a pair of sister cows.

Saleyard trialling a new offering this week as it livestreams its first sheep sale for remote buyers.

Livestock truck drivers face a dilemma: comply with strict transport rules or prioritise animal welfare amid unforeseen delays and regulatory pressures.

Angus studs push averages into $10,000 zone as top prices hold up well in week five of the season.

Top marks for schoolgirl’s easy solution to a sheep-farming headache.

Sudeley Angus T32 was bought by Gisborne stud Kaharau Angus.

Highlights of the recent beef bull winter sale season: steady sales, modest prices, and a few standout purchases.

The low buy-in price and improved spring forecast schedule offer some positive elements to this season’s market dynamic for traders and finishers.

Series of burglaries on farms in South Otago leave damage in wake.

Winter crops are battling and feed running desperately low as rain shuns region.

Enthusiasts of the black and white beasts promised a programme to remember.

Sherson family at Shian Angus leads the way in week three of the sale season.