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Free-range farming adapts to changing bird flu threat
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (396+ words) While the threat of bird flu still hangs over the egg industry, the Egg producers Federation says it’s likely free-range chickens will be going in and out of lockdown in coming months. Hundreds of thousands of hens have been in…...
Egg operations enter fortress mode against bird flu
2+ week, 6+ day ago (639+ words) Keeping H5N1 bird flu at bay has turned a large-scale egg producer’s operation into a biosecurity fortress. At Better Eggs’ four sites, in Lichfield, Whakamaru, Masterton and Kawerau, multiple protocols are now in place to protect the birds from the disease,…...
Getting the systems right on biosecurity
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (697+ words) By Campbell Parker. Parker is chief executive of DairyNZ and chair of the Foot and Mouth Disease Council. It’s no surprise that “world-class biosecurity” continues to dominate as the top priority for agriculture leaders, holding the No 1 spot for the…...
New Zealand’s largest pig farm to stay in local hands
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (376+ words) Patoa Farms Limited, New Zealand’s largest pig farm, has been bought by a consortium. The consortium is led by David Lawton, Patoa’s longtime veterinarian, animal health and productivity consultant, and Nick Harris, managing director of Harris Farms Limited. Lawton told…...
Report shows red meat’s economic muscle
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (378+ words) Economic activity from the red meat sector supports 120,580 jobs and generates nearly $49 billion in annual spending, research says. The study on the 2025 season by BERL and commissioned by Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association, found the sector…...
Chooks back on the lay as Hillgrove Farm restocks poultry sheds after bird-flu outbreak
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (549+ words) By Gianina Schwanecke of RNZ An Otago poultry farm at the centre of an outbreak of bird flu nearly 18 months ago is now fully repopulated. About 200,000 chickens at Hillgrove Farm near Dunedin were culled after it became the centre of…...
Three generations of Bennik’s behind an egg empire
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (656+ words) By Gianina Schwanecke of RNZ More than 30 years after moving away from caged egg farming, the Bennik family is proud of the legacy it has paved over three generations. From one of the country’s first commercial poultry farms started by…...