Lamb

Composite sheep advantage is not huge

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

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Lamb hopeful $7.60 by June

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

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Pothole downgrades prediction

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.

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Flexibility key for top lambs

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

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Lamb prices hit record levels

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

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AgResearch lamb rearing technical manual

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

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