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Excellent payout and future prospects giving farmers the confidence to invest in stock This season’s market for dairy herds is particularly buoyant. Enquiry is as strong as it has been in a few years. As farmers sit on one of the highest ever payouts, while also anticipating equivalent prosperity...

Listen Now. Jamie Mackay from The Country caught up with the other Jamie – Jamie Cunningham, National Dairy Specialist at PGG Wrightson – live from the farming capital of New Zealand – Feilding. First topic for discussion was how the red-light system is affecting the Friday sale at the Feilding sale...

A rare opportunity to buy foundation females, a stock family that goes back 70 years. Merchiston Angus is a stud business north east of Marton. It was established in 1955 on a property held in the same family through four generations. In addition to the Angus stud, Merchiston has sheep and...

Woolshed workers in central Otago, including four main shearers, Eru, Brayden, Cole, and David, and many other volunteers, led by Jared, set out to shear 9,500 sheep in 24hrs to raise money for the Southland Charity Hospital. Not only did they exceed their shear target, but these extraordinary...

They have shorn at the Golden Shears in Masterton for 48 years until pandemic-based cancellations of the Golden Shears in the last two summers, the final of the PGG Wrightson Vetmed series was shifted to Armidale Merino Stud at Gimmerburn. Incorporating the McSkimming Memorial Triple Crown, which...

PGG Wrightson Wool, along with our international sales and marketing arm Bloch and Behrens Wool, has launched an online store selling wool products for all its grower clients and the wider community. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase a variety of the finest wool products from the company’s...

The PGG Wrightson Vetmed National Shearing Circuit is set to be completed despite the cancellation of all other competitions for the rest of the 2021-22 shearing sports season. Circuit convener Warren White, of Waimate, said it is planned to have both the lambs and second-shear rounds at the Apiti...

PGG Wrightson appointed two new wool trainees this month, Tamzin Lee, based in Napier and Hine Mullany in Christchurch. Selected from 47 applications for the positions, both have a long-standing interest in agriculture and a strong commitment to wool. Although Tamzin grew up in Napier, she spent as...

On two occasions, Otago-based PGG Wrightson Wool representative Jared Manihera has found a meaningful purpose to celebrate Waitangi weekend with friends and the wider rural community. During 2020’s February long weekend, he organised a 24-hour shear-a-thon that raised over $50,000 for charity. In...

Kate Macdonald wanted to add value to the wool produced by the 6500 Romney, Perendale and Texel cross ewes on her family's Southland farm. In February, after two years of preparation, she launched a new fashion knitwear brand that transforms the farm's clip into high-value garments illustrating the...

Recently we were on-farm at Orari Gorge Station to film a video about their big sale day. Orari Gorge Stn is a 4000 hectare farm in the South Canterbury foothills. Managed by fifth generation owner Robert Peacock, in January Orari Gorge Station ran its annual on-farm lamb sale. Joe Higgins and Rod...

Interview with Grant Edwards Jamie Mackay from The Country spoke with Grant Edwards GM of Wool for PGG Wrightson and started with a topic on everybody’s mind right now: Russia. Now that New Zealand has joined with other western countries in imposing sanctions on Russia, will it make it difficult for...

We are very fortunate Johnny and Geraldine Duncan had us on Craigneuk Station in the Maniototo where they run sheep, beef and deer. Some great footage of a successful ram sale, for those of you who were unable to be there, or for those keen to take a second look. Their annual January on-farm ram...

The McSkimming Memorial Triple Crown is a solid silver crown inlaid with gold and was presented in memory fine wool shearing for the purpose of finding New Zealand’s top shearers over all types of sheep. As such it has been referred to as the “Ironman” event of New Zealand shearing. It was first...

Listen Now. Jamie Mackay from The Country spoke recently with Peter Newbold, General Manager of PGG Wrightson Real Estate. Newbold told Mackay that January was the best January they have had in ten years. It was an incredible month of sales across most property types, except lifestyle, which was...

Listen Now. Jamie Mackay from The Country had a wide-ranging chat with Callum Stewart, National Genetics Manager for PGG Wrightson. First topic raised is ram selling season and the current good returns for sheep meat. While there was a lot of good interest, there were challenges as well, Stewart...

The PGG Wrightson Vetmed National Shearing Circuit is set to be completed despite the cancellation of all other competitions for the rest of the 2021-2022 shearing sports season. Circuit convener Warren White, of Waimate, said it’s planned to have both the lambs and second-shear rounds at the Apiti...

Listen Now. Jamie Mackay from The Country takes his monthly look at the state of the wool market. Good news seems to be in short supply as the wool market remains in the doldrums. He asks Rob Cochrane, PGG Wrightson’s South Island Wool Procurement Manager if this is an accurate perception. Cochrane...