Sam Judd: Should we eat fewer animal products?
Until I heard about the possibility of processed meats making me sick, my main reason for cutting down was to try and curb the middle age weight gain, writes Sam Judd.
Until I heard about the possibility of processed meats making me sick, my main reason for cutting down was to try and curb the middle age weight gain, writes Sam Judd.
New Zealand lamb prices have improved and look to be heading higher, ASB Bank said.
Recapitalised meat processor's two chairmen hen Wei Ping and Rob Hewett will bring different values to Silver Fern Farms.
The Notice of Meeting and Independent Report for the acquisition of 50 per cent of Silver Fern Farms by Shanghai Maling are revealing.
Alliance chairman Murray Taggart says any Silver Fern merger Farms risks making a "big beached whale" of the meat industry.
Maling's proposal to acquire 50% of Silver Fern Farms reaffirms that Chinese investors are interested in New Zealand's rural and food-based assets.
It's as though there's no institutional memory of the stranglehold giant British meat companies had on the industry stretching back through to 1882, writes Brian Rudman.
This season's lamb crop is expected to fall by 5.7 per cent compared with last year, says Beef and Lamb New Zealand in its latest season outlook.
Shanghai Maling Aquarius is understood to have a $300 million war chest to back its bid for a slice of the Kiwi meat co-operative.
Pre-tax profits for an average sheep and beef farm in New Zealand will increase to $109,900 this season - 9.6 per cent more than last season, but 3.1 per cent below the five-year average, Beef and Lamb New Zealand says in its 2016/6 season outlook.
China government backed Bright Food is understood to be the party in talks to take a stake in Silver Fern Farms.
Ownership of at least 30 to 40 per cent of New Zealand's biggest meat processor, Silver Fern Farms, looks set to pass to Chinese interests in a $100-million deal, say sources.
Will a Kiwi white knight emerge to fully recapitalise Silver Fern Farms, or will Chinese interests emerge as 50-50 partners with a New Zealand consortium to take the company forward?
Deal would increase dominance of New Zealand's biggest meat exporter but erode farmer control of the industry.
Crunch time is fast approaching for the farmer-funded industry group, Beef and Lamb New Zealand.
About one thousand meatworkers at eight Affco plants in the North Island have voted to strike for two days.
Silver Fern Farms says the group agitating for change at New Zealand's biggest meat processor has misled shareholders.
Silver Fern has enlisted the services of investment bank Goldman Sachs to advise it on possible equity raising options as it seeks to reduce debt.
More taxpayer money could be spent on a controversial demonstration farm in Saudi Arabia but nothing is planned at present, Prime Minister John Key says.
The drain on ACC will continue as long as Talley's continues to insist its' health and safety scheme is working, writes Dita De Boni.
Silver Fern shareholders are seeking to force a special meeting to discuss the benefits of a merger with Alliance Group.
An Angus sirloin was last night crowned the Grand Champion of steaks in New Zealand. Catherine Smith was one of the lucky judges.
Sheep meat prices have fallen by about 10 per cent over the past two months, driven by a drop in demand in China and difficult conditions in another important export market - Britain.
Representatives from the Five Nations Beef Alliance are in Maryland this week pushing for beef trade liberalisation through the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal.
Prosecutions of 15 butchers and three company directors over illegal chemicals found in raw meat shows a "dereliction of duty" by the Ministry for Primary Industries in its failure to monitor food, the Labour Party says.
Fifteen butchers and three company directors have been prosecuted for the illegal use of sulphites and sulphur dioxide in raw meat.
America's appetite for hamburgers has helped to drive beef returns to record highs in the first six months of the export season, says Beef and Lamb New Zealand.
Dry weather and weak dairy prices underpinned higher beef slaughter rates in the first quarter, driving prices lower, but they remain strong by historical standards, Rabobank said in its quarterly....