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The outlook for New Zealand’s deer industry is improving heading into 2026, with venison prices holding steady and velvet supply expected to ease, PGG Wrightson’s National Deer and Velvet Manager Tony Cochrane says. Cochrane said venison had enjoyed an upswing this season, alongside other meat...

Large volumes transact as growers hold firm and withstand market pressure to secure pay off for their commitment to value. After a slow start due to high stocks in market and low-priced activity by opportunist traders, uncertainty in the velvet market was resolved in late December. Large volumes of...

Changing mindsets, wider audience and continued response to feedback makes 2025 a watershed year for bidr. New Zealand’s most used online livestock sales platform and the sector’s predominant auction technology, bidr experienced phenomenal growth during 2025. More than 14,000 people have signed up...

Demand from safari park operators and specialised hunting guides motivates Clachanburn Station, Maniototo to put up trophy animals. Responding to demand from safari park operators and specialist hunting guides, in February Maniototo deer farmers John and Mary Falconer of Clachanburn Station are...

Livestock team members prevail with innovative solutions to clients’ on-farm challenges. Rising stars in the PGG Wrightson Livestock team took out the top three awards in the company’s prestigious Academy this year. A 12-month training programme offered each year to around 20 participants from...

Mokoreta Genetics achieves near complete clearance as buyers respond to Suftex, Romney-Texel and Coopworth-Texel offering with enthusiasm. The inaugural on-farm ram sale for Eastern Southland stud Mokoreta Genetics was greeted by an enthusiastic gallery of buyers in mid-December. Owner Matt McRae...

It was all go today when The Country’s Jamie Mackay caught up with PGG Wrightson Livestock Manager - Dairy, Barry Fox, live at the Temuka Saleyards. Fox was taking in the sights of the IHC Beef Calf Sale–and the sounds, with cattle bellowing in the background. It was day two of the sale when Mackay...

The origins of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand began in late 1850, when 22-year-old Henry John Le Cren arrived in Lyttelton, and established a store and accommodation agency with his friend Joseph Longden. During this time, large farms were being established in South...

The strong wool sector has been through a tough run, but signs of real recovery are beginning to emerge. Speaking with Jamie Mackay on The Country, Rachel Shearer from PGW Wool shared the latest auction results, market drivers, and how the new national auction format is helping create momentum...

Fonterra has cut its farmgate milk price forecast for the current season, so what does that mean for the price of dairy farms. That’s the question host Jamie Mackay put to Peter Newbold, General Manager Livestock & Real Estate for PGG Wrightson, on The Country today. Fonterra has narrowed its...

Demand prevails for spring lambs, rams and dairy beef weaner calves as farmers seek to re-invest recent red meat profits. Livestock markets throughout the country have eased into their busy late spring-early summer mode. Strong demand for all types of livestock prevails, supporting elevated values...

Leading western Waikato and King Country studs set the scene with encouraging clearances and average prices well in excess of last year. Indications from the season’s first few ram sales confirm the sheep and beef sector’s current positive outlook. Sales held by three leading western Waikato and...

Vendors maintaining control and purchaser convenience driving increasing popularity of bidr sale. A fully online auction of approximately 1200 South Island cattle in late November attracted firm values to achieve a strong clearance. Mainly comprising steers and heifers across various breeds, plus a...

December Temuka sale likely to transact 4000 100-kilogram calves, also doubling as an IHC fund-raiser. Traditionally one of the South Island’s biggest calf sales, at Temuka Saleyards on 3 and 4 December approximately 4000 dairy beef calves are set to transact, with a proportion of the sale...

Recent addition from Takaka to Mid and South Canterbury, stopping in Chile on the way. Originally out of Golden Bay, Simon Harwood recently joined PGG Wrightson as a dairy livestock representative, taking in a seven-year spell in Chile along the way. Most recently working in a similar role for...

Edendale Station, renowned Mid-Canterbury venison stud, presents terminal sires that will attract nationwide attention. At the Edendale Deer Terminal Sire Sale on 9 January, a handful of dual-purpose elk and wapiti are likely to catch the eye among Edendale’s renowned venison genetics. On-farm at...

Many of the farmers and farm businesses we stand alongside in New Zealand are some of the best in the world. They’re innovative, hard-working, and humble. That’s why PGG Wrightson is proud to sponsor the Market Leader Award at the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards. This award celebrates farmers and...

The South Island has faced its share of wild weather recently, but PGG Wrightson’s Mid-South Canterbury Livestock Manager Joe Higgins says his region managed to escape the worst of it. Higgins put it down to divine intervention. “I think most of our Christians, you could say, must be going to church...