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The Country’s Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson’s General Manager for Rural Real Estate, Peter Newbold, to take a look rural property this month. Newbold comments on the prominence of sheep and beef properties, and how it is interesting to see good solid heartland areas leading the way. He...

Listen now. The Country’s Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson’s Roddy Bridson, to talk about New Zealand’s livestock market and online auctions. Summer has finally arrived in Southland as Bridson explains that the season is in full swing. Mackay notes that next Thursday will feature New Zealand...

This week The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's Steve Fussell, a wool rep and auctioneer based out of Central Hawkes Bay, to take a look at the wool market this month. Wool auctions are currently in their fortnightly cycle and should move to weekly in two weeks' time in...

Ben Wright and Brooke Cushion make a nationwide mark among young rural professionals PGG Wrightson secured a quinella at the tenth annual Heartland Bank Young Auctioneers Competition, held in Canterbury in early November. Ben Wright, a sheep and beef representative for the company based in Manawatu...

A '100 per cent country boy' makes the shift from rural transport to livestock rep With roots in the region, Cameron Gray started as a PGG Wrightson South Canterbury and Waimate livestock representative in October 2021. A 100 per cent country boy, Cameron's home patch is Cannington, Cave, 35...

Finishing a few head of stock keeps Simon in tune with what's happening for his clients Simon Eddington is PGG Wrightson livestock genetics representative for the Upper South Island. Taking his work home and trying to practice what he preaches, Simon has lived for the past 20 years on a 13-hectare...

Efficient and easy to use option leaves clients free to find better uses for their capital. PGG Wrightson offers an easy solution for on-farm cashflow: Go-Stock. Since 2016 Go-Stock has put 1.55 million lambs and 240,000 cattle onto New Zealand farms. For farmers operating under Go-Stock, PGG...

Cattle, yearlings, weaners and lambs all selling well By early November, the North Island's slow, chilly start to spring had ended, temperatures were rising, and the grass was growing fast. Particularly gratifying: Hawke's Bay, in drought for the past three years, received plenty of rain at an ideal...

Farmers considering offering herds for purchase need to start preparing now. Listings for forwarding sales of dairy herds for settlement on 1 May and 1 June 2022 are starting to come onto the market. Any farmer considering selling a herd should contact their Livestock representative now. Early...

Clients of livestock business benefiting from fresh talent, professionally trained Succession planning is a significant issue for farmers. In common with much of the agriculture sector, around ten years ago, PGG Wrightson confronted the fact that our livestock team wasn't growing any younger. To...

Warmer conditions after a late spring, plus excellent export demand, drive optimism A late start to the spring slowed grass growth in the South Island, meaning some early lambs gained less weight than farmers look for. However, with plenty of rain, the season began in earnest once temperatures rose...

Selections focus on FE, worms, marbling and progeny performance This year's annual ram sale season is underway, showing the current strength of the red meat sector. Clients are focused on genetics resilient or resistant to facial eczema and worms. Eating quality is a critical factor in most...

The Country’s Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson’s General Manager for Rural Real Estate, Peter Newbold, to take a look rural property this month. Newbold talks about how the selling is strong and the value is good in the rural property market with great prices in all sectors. The last rural...

Online livestock sales, which have gained plenty of traction under Covid, look set to go to a new level next month, with an elite Southland Friesian herd set to become the biggest single livestock offering sold so far online. PGG Wrightson South Island Dairy Sales Manager Mark Cuttance is overseeing...

The Livestock Report. Listen now. The Country's Rowena Duncum is joined by PGG Wrightson's Canterbury Livestock manager, Grant Nordstrom, to talk about New Zealand's livestock market and the "no-show Show week" in Canterbury. The livestock selling season kicked off with the first on-farm lamb sale...

Marlborough shearer Angus Moore has picked his moments – even more than he thinks. After winning the Canterbury Shears’ New Zealand Corriedale Open Championship final in Christchurch on Friday, he expressed some surprise when told it was his 19th Open win in the 15 seasons since he graduated after...

Alexandra teenager Charis Morrell (left) after her first Senior woolhandling win, at the New Zealand Corriedale woolhandling championships. She was pictured with sometimes workmate Foonie Waihape, who was fourth in the Open event. Master Woolhandler Joel Henare clocked-up another milestone in...

Pictured in a 150th anniversary blade shearing event in Central Hawke's Bay three years ago. The Canterbury Shears' New Zealand Corriedale Shearing and Woolhandling Championships are safely underway in Christchurch after weeks of planning to run a safe event amid the coronavirus crisis, which caused...