Helping Grow the Country for 175 Years

Fruitfed Supplies is becoming Fruitfed Horticulture, a name that better reflects the role our teams play alongside growers in New Zealand today. Fruitfed has evolved well beyond supplying products. Across New Zealand’s horticultural and viticultural sectors, our teams work in the field with growers...

Pre-lambing sale, mainly of heading dogs, averages just below $6000 and is set to become an annual event A recent working dog sale, organised in Balclutha ahead of lambing, attracted so much interest that it is now set to become an annual event. Russell Moloney, PGG Wrightson South Otago area...

Forty-eight-year Angus and Simmental breeding programme brings forth genetics that survive and thrive on North Island east coast One of the top Wairarapa beef studs, McFadzean Cattle Company, is preparing to host an on-farm sale of its best yearling bulls. PGG Wrightson Livestock Wairarapa sheep and...

New Zealand half marathon walk champion and livestock support officer, enjoying a job that is ‘one of the most scenic in the world’ Luana Pentecost is a New Zealand champion. Luana won the half marathon walk in her age group at the Masters Games in Dunedin in February this year, completing the 21.1...

Combined effort encompasses businesses, farmers, and the wider rural community to focus generosity on Cancer Society and Arohanui Hospice Extending a tradition that has evolved in the region in recent years, while also honouring a late colleague, PGG Wrightson Livestock’s Manawatū team last month...

Generous returns drive prime cattle through sales, while yardings of store cattle sit relatively high Despite the traditional winter hiatus, on relatively low numbers, values through Mid and South Canterbury livestock markets are strong. Generous returns based on current schedules are driving a...