Religious leaders in the UK want all halal and kosher meat labelled with slaughter methods. With a large chunk of NZ lamb sold there, are our exports at risk?

Sheep and beef farm profits are expected to jump 35 per cent over 2013-14 from last year's drought-affected season.

Silver Fern Farms, the country's biggest meat processor, said it had hired PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to undertake a review of the company after it suffered a $28.6 million loss for the September year.

Having the capability to build end-to-end meat processing and packaging systems is helping Milmeq win major deals on the world stage, says chief executive Mike Lightfoot.

Another mistake with food exports has jeopardised jobs and triggered calls for an overhaul of meat inspection methods.

The sharp drop in the value of the New Zealand dollar and a swift end to last summer's drought has significantly improved the outlook for farmers, says Rabobank.

Behind-the-scenes moves are under way to restructure the New Zealand meat industry.

An agreement has been reached in Beijing to ensure New Zealand meat exports to China can resume on a normal basis.

New Zealand meat shipments stranded for weeks on Chinese wharves have received clearance from Chinese authorities, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says.

New Zealand sheep and beef meat is still held up at the Chinese border and officials say the documentation required to get the ball rolling only arrived in China today.

John Key says the refusal by Chinese officials to clear containers of frozen meat being held at the border is simply because of confusion over documentation.

Chinese measures to curb sales of counterfeit meat may be a factor in millions of dollars of exported New Zealand meat being held up on Chinese wharves.

The tiny Outback town of Richmond, 400km east of Mt Isa in northwest Queensland, celebrated its annual fossil festival last week.

Pacific health experts are calling for a quota on the amount of fatty food exported to the Pacific Islands, where heart disease, diabetes and obesity are the norm.

A Samoan MP and former health minister has reignited calls on New Zealand to stop sending fatty meat to the Pacific Islands over health concerns.

Nearly 1000 farmers gathered in Gore yesterday to overwhelmingly support a mandate for change in the beleaguered red meat industry.

British butchers should sell New Zealand lamb rather than local lamb to combat global warming, a study claims.