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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...

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...