New feed mill to quadruple production
NEW ZEALAND - Construction of a $3 million feed mill is under way at Morrinsville feed firm Seales Ltd.

Grain price surge will help NZ farmers
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand dairy farmers will benefit enormously from an inevitable increase in international grain prices, says Irish dairying guru Michael Murphy.

Year of Pig a chance to improve pork purchasing
NEW ZEALAND - With Chinese New Year celebrations for the ‘year of the pig’ about to begin let’s spare a thought for the hundreds of thousands of pigs that exist in misery just so we can consume pork.

Pork eyes hungry market
NEW ZEALAND - Big opportunities await New Zealand pig farmers who can increase their production, writes Tim Cronshaw.

Rapid rise in New Zealand pork consumption according to Annual Report
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealanders consumed a record 20.6 kg of pork per capita last year, according to the Board’s recently released Annual Report for the year ending 30 September 2006.

NZ exporters 'will shine' in new UK food labelling plan
NEW ZEALAND - A UK supermarket's proposal to label products so customers can compare carbon footprints can't come soon enough, says Federated Farmers national president Charlie Pedersen.

New Zealand rejects claim livestock biggest environmental threat
NEW ZEALAND - Prime Minister Helen Clark and a farming leader in New Zealand, one of the world's biggest agricultural producers, rejected on Monday a United Nations' claim that cattle and other livestock were a bigger threat than cars to the global environment....

New Apple Tender™ New Zealand Trim Pork® a winner with consumers
NEW ZEALAND - 100% New Zealand Trim Pork® has enjoyed a quarter of a century of unswerving support from consumers since it was launched in 1981.

Atlas tracks foot and mouth
NEW ZEALAND - Scientists have mapped out the likely course that foot-and-mouth disease would take if an outbreak were to occur in Canterbury.

Biosecurity Focus Of Pork Conference
NEW ZEALAND - The Chairman of the New Zealand Pork Industry Board has challenged the government to improve both border controls and down-stream biosecurity systems which he says are inadequate and pose serious threats to the New Zealand economy.

NZ Minister Speaks To Pork Industry
NEW ZEALAND - Minister of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Jim Anderton's speech to the Pork Industry at Wairakei Resort, State Highway, Wairakei.

Kiwi food workers get minimum safety training
NEW ZEALAND - One in five New Zealanders working in the food industry has had no training in food safety, according to a new survey.

Pork leads increase in meat consumption
NEW ZEALAND - Stir fries, ham, roasts, chops and bacon - New Zealanders love them all and are eating more and more every year, reports the New Zealand Pork Industry Board.

Capitalising on pig welfare
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealanders are increasingly demanding moral meals with animals raised in what consumers regard as humane conditions. And a group of South Island farmers are seizing the opportunity to feed the niche market.

Piggy-backing on NZ pork
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Pork Board claims foreign imports are flooding our market, partly because they're produced cheaply through the use of growth hormones.