Post-Christmas prices at auction for all crossbred wool types have lifted. Supply and demand factors are playing into a scenario that favours growers: supply coming forward for sale is lower than anticipated, while manufacturers in China have increased demand, further stimulating the wool market...

A charitable trust that has recently modernised and is one of the largest farming entities in Hawke’s Bay has elected to undertake all its wool business through PGG Wrightson. Established in 1977, the Joan Fernie Charitable Trust (JFCT) owns three substantial Hawke’s Bay rural properties...

For PGG Wrightson South Island wool manager Rob Cochrane 50 years in the stock and station industry has flashed by. On 3 December 1973, aged 18 and fresh out of Christchurch Boys’ High School, Rob started work at Dalgety NZ Ltd, Christchurch. “I was the mail boy: sorting mail, licking stamps...