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Waimate Spring Shears president Warren White preparing for the competition taking place in the town on Friday and Saturday. Photo / John Bisset, Stuff Top shearers from throughout New Zealand will compete for national titles at the 2022 Waimate Shears New Zealand Spring Shearing Competition. The...

Pictured: Daniel McIntyre, New Zealand Mernio Championships Open shearing champion, and Cushla Abraham, New Zealand Merino Championships Open woolhandling champion. Masterton woolhandler Cushla Abraham brought both form and a major surprise to Central Otago town Alexandra as she won the New Zealand...

Samson Te Whata in action at the Golden Shears. Photo / Pete Nikolaison Australia-based Kiwi shearing legend Samson Te Whata returns to the New Zealand Merino Shears in Alexandra later this month, on a journey of both nostalgia and future hope. A four-time 1980s winner of the New Zealand fine wool...

Joel Henare, of Gisborne, after winning the 2021 New Zealand Merino Shears Open woolhandling title. He's unavailable for the upcoming transtasman series, and two positions in the team will be on the line at the 2022 Merino Shears. Photo/Barbara Newton. Both the winner and runner-up in the New...

PGW’s eight strategic priorities include ‘Our Differentiated Offering’, which is a competitive advantage for the company. One aspect of PGW’s differentiated offering is the leveraging of its Technical Team, who are dedicated to growing technical knowledge and ability across the company, our clients...

Merchiston Estate, northeast of Marton in Manawatū, was settled in the 1880s and has been in the Rowe family for four generations. Merchiston Angus was established by the late Lloyd Rowe in 1955 on 1,000 hectares of prime flat land, previously predominantly sheep and beef. After Lloyd’s sons...

The PGW Academy is one of our many ‘Invest in our People’ strategic priority initiatives. The PGW Academy, established in 2006, focuses on developing talent within the company. Since its inception more than 270 employees have completed the programme and have proceeded to enrich PGW, our clients’...

Rowena Duncum from The Country touched base with Steve Wilkinson, the Lower North Island Regional Manager for PGG Wrightson Livestock, based in Wairarapa. With spring finally here, has there been any change in livestock pricing coming through? Steven agrees - the covers are coming off, weather's...

Palle Petersen and Senior Wool Buyer, Dave Hudson, with a consignment of Wool Integrity scoured wool – ready for export. Now a subsidiary of PGG Wrightson, the Bloch and Behrens Wool Company dates back to 1856 when it was formed by Ludwig Behrens and Julius Bloch in Copenhagen. General Manager...

Ewe Matter Mate is a story of community involvement, engagement, and the drive of two friends to make a difference to loved ones touched by mental health and wellbeing challenges. PGG Wrightson Livestock Administrator, Heather Wright shares her story of tenacity and how she turned her own family...

Deer industry offering multiple options Steve Annan has been PGG Wrightson North Island deer and velvet coordinator since November 2021. While he cherishes the role, he concedes he has come in at a challenging time, when venison prices are struggling to recover from the economic after-effects of...

Working with positive people – in the saleyards and on the sports field Paul Mitchell has managed to combine livestock and rugby through most of his life. His first job out of school in 1983 was in the Te Kūiti Wrightsons store. However, he was a casualty of one of the stock and station mergers that...

New Zealand’s virtual saleyard now operating regularly in eight North Island saleyards Reflecting the growing appetite for online transactions in many other industries, bidr, New Zealand’s virtual saleyard, continues to make solid progress as farmers increasingly appreciate the convenience of...

High quality and firm values for most sought after likely to feature at this year’s sales This year’s yearling bull sale season will commence shortly. More than 60 sales are scheduled throughout the country during September and October. Considering the wet winter, the bulls on offer are showing the...

Defer-a-Bull proving a smart option to manage cashflow around bull procurement Sales of service bulls for dairy farmers are set to commence in mid-September. Those with a forward plan to secure their bulls for the season will stay ahead. Starting a discussion with your livestock representative early...

Northland bull "Reality" tops auction at $340 per straw PGG Wrightson’s second annual online bull semen sale, featuring some of New Zealand's premium Angus and Hereford genetics, was conducted on bidr on 24 August 2022. Northland Angus bull Matauri Reality 839 stole the headlines, with 43 of his...

Sunshine required to initiate spring flush – and re-energise livestock markets July and August are traditionally the quietest months for South Island livestock markets. This year has been no exception, in fact the wetter than usual winter reduced activity still further. Yarding numbers have been...

Values holding firm, though tallies reduced for cattle and hoggets Winter weather has impacted North Island livestock tallies, with a noticeable reduction of the flow of stock into saleyards. Solid processor schedules continue to underpin the strong market for cattle and hoggets. When hoggets are...