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Deer Industry Needs Reassurance On Impacts Of Greenhouse Gas Proposal
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 9:36 am | Deer Industry NZ
Deer Industry New Zealand recognises that the government proposes to adopt a system for pricing agricultural emissions outside the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZETS). The farm-level pricing system the government has announced is in line with ... More >>
Revised Deer Welfare Code “Positive”
Monday, 19 September 2022, 5:28 pm | Deer Industry NZ
Deer Industry NZ says a draft of an updated Deer Code of Welfare, released on Friday for public comment, is a positive forward-looking document. “Most of the proposed changes to minimum standards are based on good farming practice. However, there are ... More >>
New Markets For Venison And More Productive Deer Farms
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 9:25 am | Deer Industry NZ
The deer farming industry is celebrating the success of a strategy that has resulted in successful venison market development in China and a retail breakthrough in the United States. It has also resulted in increased productivity on deer farms. Known ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay Deer Farm Part Of National Project Involving More Than 2,000 Farms
Friday, 28 January 2022, 10:28 am | Deer Industry NZ
A Hawke’s Bay deer farm is part of a ground-breaking Ministry for Primary Industries-funded project providing a national snapshot of farm performance. The four-year project is bringing together detailed physical/production, environmental and financial data ... More >>
Changing Of The Deer QA Guard
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 4:05 pm | Deer Industry NZ
Dr Rob Gregory, leading specialist in farm animal welfare. The deer industry is reinforcing its commitment to animal welfare with the appointment of a leading specialist in farm animal welfare, Dr Rob Gregory, to its executive team. Dr Gregory will assume ... More >>
Hawkes Bay Farmers Win Premier Deer Environmental Award
Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 6:11 pm | Deer Industry NZ
The winners of the 2021 Elworthy Award, the premier environmental accolade for deer farmers, are Grant and Sally Charteris, Forest Road Farm, Central Hawkes Bay. The award was presented at the Deer Industry Conference in Invercargill earlier this ... More >>
Venison Marketers Planning Chilled Season Contracts
Monday, 1 March 2021, 10:52 am | Deer Industry NZ
Deer Industry NZ (DINZ) is expecting improved market conditions for venison in the coming year, with better prices assured for venison animals processed for supply in the European game season. “In the next few weeks some venison companies will ... More >>
China Re-opens For NZ Venison Exports
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 10:40 am | Deer Industry NZ
A catalogue of approved animal species for human consumption has been issued by the Peoples Republic of China. It includes venison from farmed malu – the Chinese name for red deer – along with more traditional farm animals and poultry. Deer ... More >>
Venison Marketers Building On-line And Retail Sales
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 1:01 pm | Deer Industry NZ
Marketers of New Zealand farm-raised venison are making a concerted push to build sales through on-line outlets and through gourmet retailers. This gourmet product, normally sold mainly through food service distributors to chefs, has been particularly ... More >>
Moffat to lead deer industry team
Monday, 14 October 2019, 2:24 pm | Deer Industry NZ
Innes Moffat has been appointed chief executive of Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ). He has been with the organisation for 14 years. More >>
Hawke’s Bay deer farmers win top environment award
Monday, 20 May 2019, 2:26 pm | Deer Industry NZ
Central Hawke’s Bay couple Evan and Linda Potter have won the premier Elworthy Award in the deer industry’s 2019 environmental awards. More >>
Government’s targets for methane reduction are unrealistic
Friday, 10 May 2019, 10:56 am | Deer Industry NZ
Deer Industry New Zealand is disappointed by the government’s announced emissions reduction targets for agriculture. Dr Ian Walker, Chair of Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ), says that under current conditions these targets would result in significant ... More >>
Bounce in deer numbers
Monday, 18 February 2019, 2:03 pm | Deer Industry NZ
Farmed deer numbers, including the number of breeding hinds and fawns, increased in 2018 according to provisional agriculture census figures released by Statistics New Zealand. This follows a small recovery in stag numbers in the 2017 census. More >>
Year-round promotions entrench NZ venison in Europe
Friday, 16 November 2018, 3:12 pm | Deer Industry NZ
The northern European autumn and winter ‘game season’ remains a key market for NZ venison, even with the industry’s success in building year-round venison demand in other markets. The region is also breaking with tradition and slowly developing ... More >>
Velvet prospects sound
Friday, 26 October 2018, 2:21 pm | Deer Industry NZ
The velvet market during the 2018-19 season is expected to be reasonably stable, with consumption in Asia increasing in line with production growth in New Zealand. More >>
Deer velvet looking good in Asia
Monday, 16 July 2018, 5:13 pm | Deer Industry NZ
Long-term prospects for NZ velvet in the major Asian markets are looking positive says Deer Industry NZ (DINZ) Asia manager Rhys Griffiths. More >>
Deer farmers improving water quality
Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 6:52 pm | Deer Industry NZ
To keep waterways clean, deer farmers are fencing their deer out of streams and taking measures to keep valuable soil where it belongs – on the farm, growing grass. More >>
Demand for stags reflects deer farmer confidence
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 9:14 am | Deer Industry NZ
Confidence in the future profitability of venison and velvet production has flowed through to the market for sire stags, with strong sales reported throughout the country, says Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ). More >>
Deer velvet joint venture aims for a “world-first”
Wednesday, 15 November 2017, 11:49 am | Deer Industry NZ
The NZ deer industry has agreed to support one of South Korea’s largest pharmaceutical companies in its plans to develop and market a product with proven health benefits based on NZ deer velvet. More >>
Velvet market underpinned by growing demand
Monday, 30 October 2017, 6:30 pm | Deer Industry NZ
The new deer velvet season has opened strongly, with farmers reporting early enquiry from buyers at prices 10-15 per cent above last season’s close. More >>
