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Lynley and Wayne Coffey with David Larson, Landmark Bendigo, at the Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show.

It was many moons ago that New Zealand farmer Wayne Coffey dreamt up the idea for a manual sheep handler.

Source A theLand release

Alliance wins two major food awards

Leading food company Alliance Group has won two major food awards for its premium TE MANA LAMB.

Source An Alliance Group release

NZ plays down threat to European agri interests in FTA talks

JPEG - 35.8 kb The Five Star feed lot is the largest commercial feed lot in New Zealand, with up to 20,000 cattle at any one time

New Zealand trade negotiators are trying to get their European counterparts to recognise that the nation’s agricultural exports are small-fry in comparison to the regional bloc’s farming sector.

Source/ReadMore A Bilaterals.org release

Fonterra revises 2018/19 forecast Farmgate milk price

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today revised its 2018/19 forecast Farmgate Milk Price from $6.75 per kgMS to a range of $6.25-$6.50 per kgMS and increased its forecast New Zealand milk collection volumes by 1.3 per cent to 1,550 million kgMS.

Source A Fonterra Release

Keith Woodford describes how Fonterra entrapped itself into factory farming in China

This is the first of a two-part series putting Fonterra’s China Farms under scrutiny written by Keith Woodford. In this first part, the focus is on the origins of how Fonterra managed to entrap itself in its loss-making China Farms project.

Source/ReadMore https://www.interest.co.nz/rural-news/96108/keith-woodford-describes-how-fonterra-entrapped-itself-factory-farming-china
Source A Interest.co.nz release

A new resource designed to help farmers measure their farm business performance has been launched by the Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP).

The Key Performance Indicators (KPI) booklet includes detailed descriptions of 16 core KPIs, some example calculations and resources for farmers who are considering how improvements can be made to their farm business.

Source A RMPP release

Scientists recognised for controlling plant disease

Two wins for Plant & Food Research at the Kudos Awards - Dr Philip Elmer, a senior scientist in plant pathology and biological control, has been presented with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award, while his team was awarded the Kudos Science Trust - Agriculture Science Award.

Source A Plant & Food Research release

Processing underway at Alliance’s new $15.9 million venison plant

Alliance is demonstrating its commitment to New Zealand’s deer industry with the opening of a new $15.9m venison processing plant at Lorneville, Southland.

Source An AllianceFarmers release

50-Year plan needed for farming confidence

New Zealand farmers need to take a long-term view if they are to meet the freight train of compliance requirements and other changes heading their way.

Source/ReadMore A FreshPlaza release

Three regions head of the pack for Red Meat Profit Partnership Action Network registrations

Farmers in Waikato/Bay of Plenty, Canterbury and Otago are leading the way in registering for the Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP) Action Network, according to the latest statistics.

Source Red Meat Profit Partnership release

Free range sheep breeding potential joint ventures

In March 2018, the Chilean capital of Santiago played host to delegations from 11 countries, including Canada, who converged on the city to sign the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) reports Paul Bryce for British Columbia's Modern Agriculture publication.