MIA Focus: demand unabated in China for NZ red meat
A Meat Industry Association (MIA)-led delegation recently returned from the massive and busy inaugural China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai. They found – eight years after signing a free...
View ArticleNew captain for 2019 Meat Blacks
One of the final jobs of 2018 is to take a look at the 2019 Meat Blacks team that will lead the sector next year. There haven’t been too many adjustments to make, though the [...] The post New captain...
View ArticleBarber’s Wire: No need to panic over Brexit
In spite of the fast approaching deadline of 29 March, when the UK is due to leave the EU, not to mention the latest shipment date able to meet that deadline, there may be no [...] The post Barber’s...
View ArticleMeat processors support those affected by Christchurch attacks
New Zealand meat processors to launch charitable trust to support those affected by Christchurch attacks New Zealand’s four main meat processors and the Meat Industry Association (MIA) are to launch a...
View ArticleBarber’s Wire: Silver Fern Farms’ marginal profit shows benefit of new ownership
The 50 percent Chinese owned meat processor and exporter, Silver Fern Farms (SFF), has posted its first normal full year result since the change in shareholding structure after the long and sometimes...
View ArticleBarber’s Wire: Co-operative model not ideal for all business types
Co-operatives emerged in the 19th century as an important business structure designed to protect the interests of a group of members, based on the principle of equitable distribution of benefits...
View ArticleBarber’s Wire: More dairy beef unlikely to flood the market
Meat processors have tried for years to encourage dairy farmers to up their numbers of beef cross calves and either keep them or on-sell to rearers at three months old, notes Allan Barber. Rearing...
View ArticleBarber’s Wire: Brexit impact to drag on and on
Any hopes Brexit would be sorted this year are receding further into the distance with every new twist and there’s a strong chance the situation will have changed again by the time you read this, [...]...
View ArticleMIA Focus: Red meat sector open for 2019-2020 business
The red meat sector is open for business in the new 2019-2020 meat export season, which started on 1 October. Building on a record-breaking season last year, the Meat Industry Association (MIA) and its...
View ArticleBarber’s Wire: The Lamb Company slow-burning success story
The Lamb Company was established nearly 60 years ago in Toronto to represent several New Zealand meat companies in North America, focusing initially on lamb and the Canadian market, notes Allan Barber....
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