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BEEF AND SHEEP

The scotch fillet was voted New Zealand's favourite beef cut.
Beef and Sheep

Revealed: New Zealand's favourite beef cut

More than 10,000 votes were cast.
Lower beef and sheep farmer sentiment has pushed rural confidence down.
Beef and Sheep

Low sheep and beef farmer sentiment pushes rural confidence down

Rabobank's latest rural confidence survey shows confidence slipped to -32 percent.

Although the UK is a relatively small market for New Zealand beef, it is high-value.
Beef and Sheep

Post-Brexit UK trade deals could have implications for Kiwi beef exporters

Although the UK is a relatively small market for New Zealand beef, it is high-value.
In March, red meat exports topped $1 billion, the first time such a figure has been reached in a single month.
Beef and Sheep

Red meat exports stay strong despite COVID-19 downturn

New Zealand exported $859 million worth of red meat products in April.
Megan Whitehead nears the end of her own personal contribution 608.
Beef and Sheep

New world record 'one of the great moments in shearing in New Zealand'

"This takes it to another level."

The new holders of the four-stand women's 9-hours strong wool lamb world record.
Beef and Sheep

History made as women's shearing team set new world record

They hit their target with time to spare.

University graduate, Marlborough shearer and contractor Sarah Higgins, one of the four women attempting a World record tomorrow at Waihi-Pukawa, near Turangi. She was pictured shearing at Waimate in October.
Beef and Sheep

Unique 'four-women' shearing record bid underway in North Island woolshed

The group are on track to make history.
A Nelson ewe produced five lambs in 2018.
Beef and Sheep

Ewe gives birth to six lambs

It's a one-in-a-million occurrence.
It is believed to be the first human study in the world to investigate how differences in the composition of New Zealand sheep milk affect digestion.
Beef and Sheep

Sheep milk more easily digested than cow milk - study

The research is good news for New Zealand's burgeoning sheep milk industry.