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A whole ewe world: Waikato shearer places 12th at Europe's largest agricultural show
Wellington placed 12th in ladies' shearing at Europe's biggest agricultural show.
'Walk away': Australia’s farmers rubbish NZ-Europe free trade deal
EU deals show globalisation is not dead - but some sectors ask what difference that makes.
NZ wool market shows improvement
The weak wool market showed some improvement at the latest New Zealand weekly auction.
NZ Merino inks 5-year, $45M contract with Italy's Reda
NZ Merino has signed a five-year, $45 million deal to supply fine wool to Italian luxury fabric manufacturer Successori Reda.
Slipper-maker extends wool contract
Glerups, the Danish woollen slipper maker, has extended its contract with New Zealand woolgrowers to meet increased demand for its product.
Lamb crop forecast to decline
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.
Editorial: Saudi sheep farm deal far too woolly
If NZ taxpayers have provided a businessman with a sheep farm in compensation for his loss, it raises many more questions than Minister Murray McCully has been inclined to answer.
Sheep meat price drops 10%
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.
NZ Merino signs $8m deal with US firm
The New Zealand Merino Company, which markets wool to customers on behalf of suppliers, has inked an $8 million one-year deal to supply 600 tonnes of New Zealand fine and medium micron wool to US....
Sheep shortage pushes wool up
New Zealand wool prices have risen over the last few weeks and have performed strongly over the last year because of a wool shortage, ASB Bank said in the latest issue of its Commodities Weekly.