by Vincent Heeringa | Nov 3, 2022 | At Home
James Smith started his working life as a night-shift worker in a small butcher shop. Thirteen years later he’s won multiple awards, including the 2020 NZ Butcher of the Year, Beef + Lamb Ambassador and was selected for the New Zealand Sharp Blacks team – that’s...
by Editor | Oct 27, 2022 | Opinion
Glen Herud, founder of the Happy Cow Milk Company, faces up to one of the industry’s toughest questions: why are retired dairy cows culled instead of left to live their natural lives? Why are dairy cows culled? This is one of the most common questions we...
by Editor | Oct 20, 2022 | News
New World Te Rapa in Hamilton and Zaroa Meats in Auckland have been announced as the Supreme Award joint winners in the 2022 Great New Zealand Sausage Competition. The judges couldn’t split New World Te Rapa’s Pork sausage and Zaroa Meats’ Aoraki Salami, instead...
by Vincent Heeringa | Oct 12, 2022 | Opinion
We live in a schizophrenic country. On Tuesday, the primary sector raged against the government’s response to He Waka Eke Noa, the industry-government-Maori consortium charged with creating a mechanism to reduce agricultural emissions. Sheep and beef farmers say it...
by Editor | Aug 24, 2022 | News
Researchers are investigating what makes great-tasting pork as part of an innovative eating quality project. Scientists at AgResearch are examining how factors such as gender and pH values impact the eating quality of pork. Consumer testing will help the researchers...
