Lamb

Headwaters is a producer group that supplies premium New Zealand lamb through their own brand Lumina Lamb. The 95 farmers in joint venture with Alliance Group breed sheep that deliver genetics, performance, and premium eating quality from hill country to plate.

In this episode, Headwaters CEO Steve Brown and Breeding Manager Tara Dwyer join Jo Scott to discuss how genetics, collaboration, and market connection are driving value across the Lumina supply chain. They explain how a science-based approach and close farmer–chef relationships are building both a stronger breed and a trusted premium brand.

When market conditions improve, prices should rebound faster for Silver Fern Farms because of its close relationships with customers committed through premium supply programmes. Tony Leggett reports.

China’s consumer confidence has slumped, putting pressure on a market flooded with Australian sheep meat ahead of drought. By Tony Leggett.

Northern Hemisphere Christmas and Chinese New Year celebrations are likely to influence the direction of lamb, mutton and beef pricing, Tony Leggett reports.

Tom Ward looks at the advantages and disadvantages of composite sheep.

Lamb at $6.60/kg carcaseweight (CW) felt like such a time in the doldrums, given the super summer prices of 2022.

Based on Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s October prediction, farmers expected 2022/23 to be a reasonable year but lamb hit a pothole and mutton prices choked.

Growing lambs as fast as you can is key to gaining high profitability, Ken Geenty writes.

As restaurants start reopening in export markets, lamb prices have recovered to reach record levels. Mel Croad reports.

AgResearch has just completed an update of its orphan lamb rearing guide for farmers, first published in June 2020.