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Peter Moore joins The Country’s Jamie Mackay to chat about New Zealand’s livestock market. Mackay and Moore look at selling livestock through the New Zealand Covid19 Lockdown levels* as there are some sales yards that fall into the level 3 restrictions zones. Moore confirms that it is mostly...

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

Created in 2016 at the request of global brands demanding higher than ever assurances for their wool products, the Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) is the only truly global wool assurance standard. RWS is a tool used to certify and recognise the best practices of farmers on a global scale. It ensures...

As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues, the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO) has evaluated its ongoing impact. Wool growers, brokers, processors and manufacturers have all been adversely affected, it reports. Impacts of COVID monitored by IWTO include: • Australian wool prices...

Rosie Moore is an administrator for PGG Wrightson Wool in Napier, a job she started in July 2019. “My main role is wool administration in the Napier office, which covers everything from wool sales to putting the catalogue together for our fortnightly auctions. “Being involved in typing and valuing...

Adam Lindsay has owned Creekside Farms on the Maniototo Plains near Ranfurly since 2011. Creekside primarily runs Perendale sheep, with around 11,000 breeding ewes on the 2,000 hectare property. In the nine years he has farmed the property Adam has made a significant impact, increasing drought...

An Irishman, an Englishman and a Kiwi walk into a bar… or in this instance walk into Design Spun, one of New Zealand’s two remaining spinning mills, in Onekawa, Napier. Peter Chatterton, the self-described ‘Skinny Pom’ of the three, takes up the story. “A group of Perendale sheep farmers started...

The government convened the Wool Industry Project Action Group to prepare recommendations for the future of New Zealand wool, particularly focusing on strong wool. PGG Wrightson Wool General Manager Grant Edwards was a member of the group, which presented its recommendations to the Minister for...

PGG Wrightson’s International Sales and Marketing arm Bloch & Behrens has been at the sharp end of the COVID pandemic, with numerous and multifaceted challenges at every point in the supply chain. Wool sales were massively disrupted, with scouring on hold during New Zealand’s lockdown. Our customers...

Findings from a new study further demonstrates the eco-credentials of natural fibres. Recently reported research, undertaken by AgResearch and funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), showed that both machine-washable and untreated wool fibres readily biodegrade in the marine environment, in...

As you will be aware, this year has been extremely difficult for wool. Sales were suspended for six weeks in late March as the international wool industry set out to combat the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the resumption of New Zealand’s market, strong wool prices were down 25 to...

Grant Edwards joins The Country’s Jamie Mackay to look at the wool market this month. The market dropped around 25 per cent post lockdown, and another 10 per cent in June. Mackay wondered if this was raising concerns. Currently the international climate was in unprecedented times, with some...

Peter Moore joins Mark Leishman in the latest Livestock Roundup on Country TV.

Breeding Better Business That’s a wrap, and we’re stoked with the results. Bring on 2021! The bull selling season has gone well, quality bulls being produced, market demand and online selling have been some of the drivers behind this campaign. Over an 8-week selling season across the country from...

PGG Wrightson's General Manager for Rural Real Estate Peter Newbold joins The Country's Jamie Mackay to take a look at the rural property market this month. Mackay asked Newbold to crunch the numbers and report on how much the rural market was behind - in terms of volume - in comparison to 2015/16...

Peter Moore joins Anna Thomas in the latest Livestock Roundup on Country TV. Saleyards and stock movements are returning back to normal. Prices are good despite international markets softening slightly and a big increase at the Global Dairy Auction is good news for dairy farmers.

The Country's Rowena Duncum is joined by PGG Wrightson's GM for Livestock, Peter Moore, to chat about New Zealand's livestock market. June was a more typical month compared to earlier in the year for stock flow, with the freezing works freeing up, sale yards back in operation, and online platforms...

South Island Livestock Manager Shane Gerken joins Mark Leishman on CountryTV for this edition of the Livestock Roundup.