Ruminant News from Oceania

Crisis talks held for Australia beef industry

  Last Updated: Friday 16th of July 2010 08:45:00 AM -0500CDT

About 500 cattle producers turned out for a beef industry crisis forum on a property at Gracemere, west of Rockhampton in central Queensland today.

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Foreigners swoop on NZ farms

  Last Updated: Saturday 10th of July 2010 01:18:00 AM -0500CDT

Foreigners have bought into more than 150,000 hectares of New Zealand farm land - almost the size of Stewart Island - in the past five years.

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Skills key to dairy profit

  Last Updated: Friday 9th of July 2010 01:04:00 AM -0500CDT

The management skills required to run a dairy farm during the price downturn could be the key to making money from milk in the future.

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Online calculator helping beef farmers

  Last Updated: Thursday 8th of July 2010 01:40:00 AM -0500CDT

A new online tool is helping cattle farmers in NSW and Victoria save thousands of dollars a year.

The BeefSpecs calculator was developed for Meat and Livestock Australia by the Beef CRC and Industry and Investment NSW.

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China meat giant signs deal with NZ firms

  Last Updated: Wednesday 7th of July 2010 01:03:00 AM -0500CDT

China's second-largest meat processor Kerchin Cattle has signed a multi-million dollar deal with two New Zealand companies.

The deal is the first agricultural contract to emerge from the free trade agreement with China and was confirmed during last month's Chinese delegation to New Zealand.

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