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Offering achieves 100 per cent clearance and a 24 per cent increase on last season Judging by the reaction of buyers at a December stag sale in Taihape, deer farmers are not discouraged by the drop in international demand for venison that has occurred due to much of the global hospitality sector...

Velvet sales meeting good demand amid disruptions Although venison sales are severely impacted by the Covid-induced global closure of restaurants, the velvet market is providing deer farmers some confidence. By volume PGG Wrightson’s velvet sales this season are 20 per cent ahead of 2019/20. While...

Take advantage of PGG Wrightson’s experience and market intelligence. For those intending to purchase a dairy herd for next season, now is the time to act. Global Dairy Trade trends so far this year mean confidence in the payout is as good as it has been for a while. On the back of that, demand is...

This season’s sales indicate how farmers are future proofing flocks North Island ram sales have finished, while South Island sales are due to end next month. Prices and clearances have been approximately on par with last year’s sales. Several emerging trends in sheep genetics attracted particular...

Brett Te Whare from Aramiro Station takes us through how GO-STOCK helped take their farm to the next level. GO-STOCK proved an invaluable tool that allowed funds to be applied elsewhere to intermediate and short-term development rather than stock purchases, allowing Aramiro to focus on improving...

This week The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's Grant Edwards to look at the wool market this month and wrap up the wool report for 2020. Mackay said it has been a disastrous year for wool growers. Edwards agreed and added that they've had a tough finish for the year. The formation...

Jamie Cunningham joins Mark Leishman on Country TV to discuss the latest livestock news and the state of the dairy sector.

Locals will have noticed that the Masterton Saleyards have not operated since the first COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020. The lockdown resulted in the cancellation of the weaner fairs and subsequently with no saleyards operating under Alert Levels 4 and 3, the co-owners, PGG Wrightson Limited* (PGW)...

The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's General Manager for Rural Real Estate Peter Newbold to take a look at the rural property market this month. Good news for the New Zealand rural real estate industry as Newbold explains that the past few months have been exceptional for sellers...

Callum Stewart, PGG Wrightson's National Genetics Manager, joins Mark Leishman on Country TV with an update on current market trends for genetics and livestock.

Listen now as The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's National Velvet Manager, Tony Cochrane, to talk about New Zealand's livestock market. Cochrane talks about how farmers are faring on the Banks Peninsula with changeable weather impacting crop growth. Mackay notes that most of the...

Matt Langtry has been appointed North Island Livestock Manager. Matt comes to the role having spent over 11 years with PGG Wrightson. Over this time Matt has held management positions across the business including Regional Manager, Manawatu / Taranaki and more recently Lower North Island Livestock...

This week The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's Grant Edwards to look at the wool market this month. Edwards talks about the downward slump the market is currently experiencing, and how a shift in our currency has influenced all exports and farmers' harvest costs. Mackay...

bidr® continues its commitment to offering buyers and sellers of livestock a seamless online experience whether they are bidding at an on-farm or saleyard auction. bidr® recently introduced its on-farm hybrid livestream auctions for on-farm/auctioneer sales which fully integrate on-farm sales with...

The winner of the inaugural Ahuwhenua Trophy Excellence in Māori Horticulture Award 2020 is Te Kaha 15B Hineora Orchard. Hineora Orchard is a Māori freehold land block located in the Eastern Bay of Plenty township of Te Kaha, 65km east of Ōpōtiki. The announcement was made on Friday 20th November...

Tania Smith, General Managed of bidr, joins Mark Leishman on Country TV with an update on how bidr is settling in with the livestock industry.

The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's General Manager for Rural Real Estate Peter Newbold to take a look at the rural property market this month. Mackay queries the return of corporate investors back into farming. Newbold confirms that they have returned along with a variety of...

Trade in dairy livestock has been positive this spring, with farmers encouraged by reasonable grass growth and favourable forecasts for this season’s dairy payout. PGG Wrightson National Dairy Livestock Manager Jamie Cunninghame says momentum has built since the mid-October start of the dairy beef...