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This week The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's Grant Edwards to look at the wool market this month. There was a bounce in the market yesterday due to a sale in Christchurch, which offered over 10,000 bales, Edwards said. As well as this, merino and fine wools were up around 10 per...

Demand for our Go grazing contracts continues to see impressive growth with the flexibility and simplicity of the programme appealing to our farmer customers. Livestock is principally an agency business, with revenue largely comprising commissions earned on the trading of livestock. Consequently...

Rockit TM apples were launched commercially in 2010 as a premium, on-the-go, fresh, healthy snack. This award-winning apple was the result of a natural breeding programme by New Zealand scientists. They are slightly larger than a golf ball and the apple has a distinctive sweet flavour and red colour...

PGW launched bidr® its innovative online, real time, auction platform, at Fieldays in June 2019. bidr® was designed to provide the livestock industry with a practical new option for buying and selling livestock online and, ultimately, all things rural. Since launch, bidr® has accredited seven...

Rural Lifestyle on the rise 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. There had been an increase in interest around rural properties. Newbold put it down to low interest rates...

This spring’s yearling bull sale season began in early September, progressing through the country from the top of the North Island, scheduled to finish with late October sales in Southland. PGG Wrightson Livestock National Genetics Manager Callum Stewart says general uncertainty makes the market...

A number of cattle have come forward for sale in the last two weeks. Although we are still a way off from a grass market, these cattle were met with decent demand and prices continued to rally. Most stock were of dairy origin. Top quality yearling dairy/beef cross steers were fetching up to $3/kg...

With spring calving in large parts of the country now behind us, our clients are starting to discuss the sales of dairy beef that they are rearing. Our North Island Dairy Beef Sales start in less than a month and with the kind winter that most parts of the country have had, along with the early...

As part of our PGW Livestock Team, our Genetics Specialists work alongside clients from one end of the country to the other. Helping them develop successful breeding programmes and future-proofed businesses. With lambing in full swing - September is an ideal time to start thinking about ram...

This spring’s yearling bull sale season began in early September, progressing through the country from the top of the North Island, scheduled to finish in Southland in late October. “Many of the fundamentals for red meat are positive. Values close to where they were at the equivalent sales last year...

Get the latest on the livestock sector in the Livestock Roundup with Peter Moore and Mark Leishman.

The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's GM for Livestock, Peter Moore, to chat about New Zealand's livestock market. The central issue this month is live cattle exports, with the recent tragedy of the capsized vessel Gulf Livestock 1. Moore pointed out that this was a marine incident...

PGG Wrightson Real Estate Awards 2020 We are happy to announce the winners for our recent national awards. Congratulations to our successful colleagues and thank you to everybody for all your hard work of the past year. Check out the impressive results here:

Raising funds to provide Kiwi kids with additional resources and equipment to enjoy while at school takes considerable time and effort in fundraising. For Sheffield Primary School in Mid Canterbury, the Cash for Communities programme delivered a win recently with the school being donated $333. Nigel...

Get the latest on the livestock sector in the Livestock Roundup with Peter Moore and Mark Leishman.

This week The Country’s Rowena Duncum is joined by PGG Wrightson’s Grant Edwards to look at the wool market this month. Yesterday was the South Island Sale in Christchurch. Edwards notes that sales weren’t great as most wool types saw a decline in price, worst hit are the half-bred wools which...

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. The market has had a few good months, said Newbold, who explained that July, which was usually a quieter month, had been the best it's...

Breeding Better Business As we look forward into the Yearling Bull selling season – it is a timely reminder to be discussing your requirements and needs with your rep. This will add value if you are looking for a planned approach towards generating other income through using beef genetics which is...