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'Significant negative commercial impacts' on NZ's meat industry if proposed UK, EU trade offer goes ahead
26 November 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the global economy hard, and trade will be critical to getting economies back onto a healthy trajectory.Trade has always been an e...
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NZ scientists lead the charge to explore benefits of pasture-raised beef and lamb
19 November 2020 New Zealanders will be invited to take part in a major research programme to assess the health and well-being benefits of eating pasture-raised beef ...
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Why New Zealand Must Reject Protectionism
16 November 2020 The Government’s newly-minted Cabinet is undoubtedly facing the pressure to hit the ground running. The challenges of COVID-19, a volatile global economy and s...
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Applications open for 2021 Meat Industry Association Scholarships
10 November 2020 Students considering a future career in New Zealand’s red meat sector are encouraged to apply for a Meat Industry Association Scholarship.Six undergraduate scho...
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Gender equality in the meat industry report - interview with Sarah's Country
23 October 2020 Sirma Karapeeva was interviewed by Sarah Periam on Sarah's country - follow these links to the interview: Video: https://youtu.be/zZhpEpGbNpgPodcast: https://bi...
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Gender representation in the meat industry launch
28 October 2020 Meat Business Women - the global professional networking movement for progressive women working across the meat industry - launched its report, Gender Representa...
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New Zealand commits to more women in meat industry as inaugural global gender figures released
28 October 2020 New Zealand is committed to getting more women into the meat sector with new research showing women account for only 36 per cent of the industry’s global workfo...
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Lift in New Zealand sheepmeat exports to Europe and UK shows importance of preserving WTO tariff rate quotas
6 October 2020 Lift in New Zealand sheepmeat exports to Europe and UK shows importance of preserving WTO tariff rate quotas. New Zealand sheepmeat exports rose 12 per cent by ...
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Meat Industry Association hosts scholars for Wellington event
10 September 2020 Eleven students interested in a career in the red meat industry have recently spent a day in Wellington learning about the sector.Every year, the Meat Industr...
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Red meat exports record seven per cent increase year on year
6 August 2020 New Zealand’s red meat sector exported $9.4 billion of sheepmeat, beef and co-products for the year ending June 2020, according to the latest analysis by the Meat ...
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Meat processing and exporting sector welcomes Government’s primary sector recruitment drive
27 July 2020 New Zealand’s meat processing and exporting industry today welcomed the Government’s campaign Opportunity grows here to encourage more people to work in the primary...
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Launch of trade negotiations between the UK and NZ welcomed by the red meat sector
17 June 2020The red meat sector welcomes today’s announcement of the launch of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between the United Kingdom and New Zealand. “The UK is an i...
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New research highlights value of New Zealand’s red meat sector as industry launches General Election manifesto
The New Zealand red meat sector’s significant contribution to the country’s national and regional economies has been highlighted in new research. The independent study commission...
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Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and the Meat Industry Association (MIA) are deeply disappointed with the quality of the recently leaked agricultural access offer from the European Union (EU).
11 June 2020 This comes ahead of the 8th round of EU-NZ Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations which are currently underway.B+LNZ and MIA support Trade Minister David Parker’s ...
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Red meat exports holding despite COVID-19 disruption
2 June 2020 New Zealand exported $859 million of lamb, mutton, beef and co-products in the month of April. While the overall value of exports was broadly similar compared to Apr...
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NZ’S Trade Leadership vital, say Major Food Exporters
13 May 2020 In a letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Ministers, eleven trade organisations representing the largest part of New Zealand’s food export effort have outl...
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Red meat exports top $1 billion in March 2020, a first for monthly exports
Total exports reached $1.1 billion in March 2020, an increase of 12 per cent on March 2019.While overall exports to China for the month of March were down by nine per cent compared...
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COVID-19 Update - Moving to Alert Level 3, processing capacity, feed budgeting, Moving Day
24 April 2020This week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that New Zealand will be moving to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 on Tuesday 28 April, with the Alert Level being reviewed a...
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Joint Media Release: New analysis on meat processing capacity released
14 April 2020 Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Economic Service and the Meat Industry Association have released an assessment of processing capacity across the country and the potential...
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Meat Industry Association calls for fair treatment in renewable energy targets
14 April 2020 Sirma Karapeeva, Chief Executive of the MIA, said the vast cost of converting coal-fired boilers to alternative heating by the proposed deadline of 2030 would plac...
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New Zealand red meat exports reach $921 million in February
1 April 2020 New Zealand exported sheepmeat and beef worth $921 million in February with the value largely unchanged from a year earlier despite COVID-19, according to the lates...
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A career in the red meat sector can take you almost anywhere
4 February 2020 Josh, 22, studied for his Bachelor of Agriculture at Lincoln with the help of a Meat Industry Association scholarship. Now as an intern with Silver Fern Farms, h...
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UK exit from Europe this week removes some uncertainty
28 January 2020 The UK’s exit from the EU on 31 January is a political exit, with the UK’s existing trade relationship with the EU remaining in place until the transition period...
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New Chief Executive appointed at Meat Industry Association
15 January 2020 The Meat Industry Association (MIA) has appointed Sirma Karapeeva as the organisation’s new chief executive.Ms Karapeeva, who is currently MIA’s Trade and Econom...
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