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As dairy farmers prepare for the busy spring mating period, managing cash flow remains a key consideration alongside securing quality service bulls. PGG Wrightson National Dairy Specialist Jamie Cunninghame says the company's long-running Defer-A-Bull programme continues to provide farmers with...

As part of our 175 Year Scholarship, two final-year tertiary students were awarded $2,000 each to help fund their studies. Applicants were asked to respond to the following question in 1,000 words or less: "For 175 years, PGG Wrightson has helped New Zealand farmers and growers adapt to change...

As part of our 175 Year Scholarship, two final-year tertiary students were awarded $2,000 each to help fund their studies. Applicants were asked to respond to the following question in 1,000 words or less: "For 175 years, PGG Wrightson has helped New Zealand farmers and growers adapt to change...

As part of our 175-year celebrations, we're pleased to announce Xinyu Wu from Massey University and Hamish Shaw from Lincoln University as the recipients of the PGW 175 Year Scholarship. The scholarship was established to support the next generation of rural professionals and invited final-year...

Fruitfed Supplies is becoming Fruitfed Horticulture, a name that better reflects the role our teams play alongside growers in New Zealand today. Fruitfed has evolved well beyond supplying products. Across New Zealand’s horticultural and viticultural sectors, our teams work in the field with growers...

Pre-lambing sale, mainly of heading dogs, averages just below $6000 and is set to become an annual event A recent working dog sale, organised in Balclutha ahead of lambing, attracted so much interest that it is now set to become an annual event. Russell Moloney, PGG Wrightson South Otago area...

Forty-eight-year Angus and Simmental breeding programme brings forth genetics that survive and thrive on North Island east coast One of the top Wairarapa beef studs, McFadzean Cattle Company, is preparing to host an on-farm sale of its best yearling bulls. PGG Wrightson Livestock Wairarapa sheep and...

New Zealand half marathon walk champion and livestock support officer, enjoying a job that is ‘one of the most scenic in the world’ Luana Pentecost is a New Zealand champion. Luana won the half marathon walk in her age group at the Masters Games in Dunedin in February this year, completing the 21.1...

Combined effort encompasses businesses, farmers, and the wider rural community to focus generosity on Cancer Society and Arohanui Hospice Extending a tradition that has evolved in the region in recent years, while also honouring a late colleague, PGG Wrightson Livestock’s Manawatū team last month...

Generous returns drive prime cattle through sales, while yardings of store cattle sit relatively high Despite the traditional winter hiatus, on relatively low numbers, values through Mid and South Canterbury livestock markets are strong. Generous returns based on current schedules are driving a...

Dependability and cashflow ease persuade Manawatū dairy farmer to come back year on year One Manawatū dairy farmer swears by Defer-A-Bull. Ben McKelvie owns two Oroua Downs dairy farms, one milking 250 cows once a day and the other milking 600 twice a day. Both calve in spring. For the past eight...

Rachel Shearer, General Manager of PGW Wool, speaks with Hamish McKay from The Country about renewed competition at auction, strong wool prices and the factors shaping the longer-term outlook for New Zealand wool. Competition returned to the wool auction room in August, with increased buyer activity...

Auckland homeowners looking to swap city living for a lifestyle block may be facing a different market than they were a few years ago, according to PGG Wrightson. PGG Wrightson General Manager Livestock & Real Estate Peter Newbold said softer Auckland property values had become a hurdle for some...

Every family has its storytellers. For the Balfours, many of those stories begin with Jimmy. Depending on who you ask, Robert Hamish ‘Jimmy’ Balfour will either be remembered as the decorated fighter pilot who took on impossible odds over the Pacific, the stock agent who could somehow convince...

Strong beef returns and growing demand for beef genetics are helping drive confidence ahead of New Zealand's spring yearling bull sale season, with around 60 sales scheduled nationwide between late August and October. PGG Wrightson Livestock National Genetics Manager Callum McDonald says the...

For John Nichol, PGG Wrightson has never simply been a company he has chaired or served on the board of. Long before joining the boardroom, its predecessor businesses were intertwined with his family's story, his career and, ultimately, his belief in the importance of New Zealand's rural sector...

Rachel Shearer, General Manager of PGW Wool, speaks with Jamie Mackay from The Country about recent market movements, global demand, and why the long-term outlook for wool remains positive. After several months of exceptional growth, the strong wool market has eased as major global buyers step back...

Ongoing demand for red meat while winter feed availability prompts farmers to hold onto prime lambs pushing returns and stoking optimism. Throughout the country livestock markets are well into winter mode. Calving is under way in most districts, while lambing is set to start soon. With mild...