Beef stories
Funding will support cattle trials over the next 18 months as the Auckland-based firm pushes a pasture-friendly way to cut livestock methane.
MEQ and Alliance Group have teamed up to offer farmers AI-driven insights into lamb and beef quality, enhancing livestock management decisions.
Record beef prices are expected to continue for New Zealand farmers early in 2015, underpinned by tight supply and strong demand, according to Rabo.
NZ and South Korea seal a free-trade deal, slashing $230m in export tariffs, aiming to boost two-way trade currently valued at $4bn.
The cattle technology company plans to expand across markets as tight US herd supplies and demand for beef boost its digital trading platform.
Farmers face production cuts and taxpayers could be left with a multi-billion-dollar overseas carbon bill as the 2030 target is questioned.
A trend towards eating out in the US, which saw sales at restaurants and bars overtake spending at grocery stores for the first time last month, bodes.
New Zealand commodity prices fell in January, extending their 12-month slide to about 19 percent, led by casein, wool, beef and aluminium.
New Zealand food prices rose in December, following a fall in November, led by more expensive fruit and meat, while dairy products fell.
