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The number of cattle coming forward to the market in the spring has been larger than recent years as farmers off load as areas such as Canterbury and parts of Otago have become dry. Also not helping is the cold and wet conditions in the South, limiting feed availability. The store cattle market has...

The spring yearling bull sales are finished for the season and have brought strong results for all our breeders. Bulls have been presented to a high-quality standard and partially due to a kind winter, this has been a real credit to our breeders producing animals fit for purpose. Demand for Heifer...

As of 1 October 2020, we have had a change of leadership in the Livestock business. Peter Newbold, currently General Manager Real Estate, has been appointed to lead Livestock (in addition to Real Estate), as we advance the evolution of the business. In this role of General Manager Livestock & Real...

Spring cattle sales in the South Island have started with plenty of cattle coming on to the market, particularly in those areas where dry conditions have sent warning signals to farmers wary of a repeat of last year’s drought. PGG Wrightson South Island Livestock Manager Shane Gerken says...

Peter Moore joins Mark Leishman on CountryTV to discuss the latest livestock news.

The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's GM for Livestock, Peter Moore, to look at the state of the nation in terms of New Zealand's livestock market. Moore talked about the various climate conditions across the country, with dry spells on the east coast of the North Island and in...

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In 2012 after a period of severe strong wool price volatility where growers and International manufacturers saw New Zealand wool prices soar to around $6.70/Kg Clean, then watched as it declined by 50% within 2 years. It was frustrating and debilitating for everyone involved in the wool supply chain...

Peter Moore joins Mark Leishman on CountryTV to discuss the latest livestock news.

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...