FARMER-OWNED New Zealand meat cooperative Alliance has proposed closing its Smithfield meat processing plant in Timaru, South Canterbury, blaming a decline in sheep numbers due to land use ...
A survey has updated knowledge on the level of Campylobacter and Salmonella on sheep meat. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) funded survey looked at microbial contamination on sheep carcasses in ...
with agents and butcher or wholesale buyers locking horns with greater intensity. This was most apparent in Kilkenny Mart, where auctioneer George Candler reported on “an extremely lively trade”, ...
The trade for finished lambs is much sharper, with mart managers reporting prices firming by €3 to €5/head and in cases rising by up to €8 to €10/head for butcher-type lambs. This was evident in ...