Cheaper Pork Prices to Drive Greater Demand
NEW ZEALAND - Pig producers need to wait until cheap pork serves as beneficial to them, according to Scoop,

Long-Term, Returns will Improve says NZ Pork Chief
NEW ZEALAND - Further to comments made earlier this week that low NZ pork prices would bolster consumption, Sam McIvor, chief executive of New Zealand Pork says that producers will have to bide their time until the benefits from cheap pork reach them...

Waikato Piggery Plans May go to Appeal
NEW ZEALAND - A Waikato pig farmer is considering an appeal against a decision to reject expansion plans that would take his business 1,100 to 22,000 pigs.

Low Pork Price Should Encourage Cash-Strapped Consumers
NEW ZEALAND - Pork is now the cheapest meat in New Zealand – and this is sure to please Kiwis hit with recent food price hikes.

NZ Industry Hammered by Price Slump and Rising Costs
NEW ZEALAND - Pork may be bucking the trend of rising food prices - but it's at a cost to farmers who are losing around $50 for every pig sold.

Shoppers Can Now "txt" for Recipes
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand pork industry has launched a new promotional campaign - by text message.

Pork Consumption on the Up
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealanders consumed a record 21.4kg of pork per capita last year according to the New Zealand Pork Board’s recently released Annual Report.

High Lysine Corn Gazetted
NEW ZEALAND - High lysine corn, a genetically modified variety used for pig and poultry feed, has been gazetted in New Zealand and will now be allowed into the country.

Biosecurity Must Focus on Keeping Pests and Diseases Out
New Zealand - The New Zealand Pork Industry Board believes that the side effects of the Government’s aerial spraying programme adds further support to its position that effective biosecurity needs to focus on keeping pests and diseases out wherever p...

Pork Industry Board Welcomes Beekeepers’ Win
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand pig meat industry has applauded a Court of Appeal decision to maintain strict biosecurity regulations on the country's borders.

Fears over new pork importing rules
NEW ZEALAND - Pork farmers say a deadly disease could arrive in three years if new health standards for imported pig meat and products go ahead.

NZ Pork Industry appalled at MAF’s actions
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand Pork Industry Board appalled at MAF’s actions putting New Zealand’s pig health status at risk

Draft health standards for pig meat released
NEW ZEALAND - MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAF BNZ) today issued, for public consultation, four draft Import Heath Standards (IHSs) developed for pig meat and pig meat products. The draft standards are based on an import risk analysis on porcine reproductive...

Integration And Collaboration - Key Tools for Meat Industry
NEW ZEALAND - Meat processors, marketers and exporters met with scientists recently at a two day workshop focusing on market assurance and research and development initiatives in the red meat industry.

Merial Acquires New Zealand Animal Health Company
NEW ZEALAND - Merial Limited has acquired the New Zealand animal health products company Ancare. Merial is one of the world’s largest animal health companies.