Knowledge Hub

B+LNZ’s Knowledge Hub has a huge range of material from industry experts to help you make more informed decisions.

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Ram buying

Buying better rams

Breeding and genetics

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Feed planning

Feed planning and strategies

Facial eczema resources

Facial Eczema

Sheep family

Getting through a tough spring

Biosecurity

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Drought resources

Feed planning and strategies

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Preparing for adverse events

Biosecurity

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Employment Hub

Staff and training

Biosecurity

Biosecurity resources

Biosecurity

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Health and safety

Health and safety

farm

Winter grazing

Forage cropping

New on the Knowledge Hub

Frances Duignan

B+LNZ trade – your levies at work

B+LNZ

Ewe sheep

Spores to sores

Facial Eczema

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B+LNZ's data and insights – your levies at work

B+LNZ
Industry

INZB

Genetics – your levies at work

Breeding and genetics

El nino ready

El Nino ready – preparing your farm business for a dry season: part one

Feed planning and strategies

El nino ready

El Nino ready – preparing your farm business for a dry season: part two

Feed planning and strategies

El nino ready

El Nino ready – preparing your farm business for a dry season: part three

Feed planning and strategies

Kent Bacus

Kent Bacus - American beef

Industry

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From outlook to opportunity

Industry

Kellogg conversation - collective impact

Kellogg conversations: collective impact

Extension

Two links in chain

Two links in the chain

Extension

Kellogg conversation

Kellogg conversations: triplet lamb survivability

Extension

Triplet-bearing ewe management webinar

Triplet-bearing ewe management webinar

Condition scoring

F4P webinar

Strong farm teams: attracting, building and retaining good people

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You've scanned high – now what? Triplet ewe and lamb management

Animal welfare

CSI winter webinar 2

Making every tonne count

Feed planning and strategies

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Using genetics to improve the health of a flock

Breeding and genetics

NZ meat

NZ Meat Export Centenary – North America

Industry

Central Otago F4P

Rearing calves – practicalities and pitfalls

Feed planning and strategies

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Red meat's economic and social value to New Zealand

Industry

Merino lambs feeding on lucerne

Wormwise for fine wool lambs

Worms

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What the heck is refugia?

Worms

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Lambs on crops – monitoring and managing worms

Worms

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Facial eczema – what effect is it really having on your stock: dairy cattle

Facial Eczema

Sheep progeny

Facial Eczema - what effect is it really having on your stock: sheep

Facial Eczema

Facial eczema resources

Facial Eczema

How Bella can help

B+LNZ

Research into practice

Ewe sheep

Spores to sores

Facial Eczema

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How to take samples for Fast Worm ID GIN PCR

Worms

The poo-dunnit of Facial eczema: tracking this year’s spore story

Facial Eczema

Hill country futures nitrogen

Hill Country Futures summary report

Feed planning and strategies
Research

Sheep behind fence

Farmers' Facial eczema toolkit 

Facial Eczema

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Why Facial eczema matters

Facial Eczema

Hill Country Futures

Pasture and crops
Resilience and wellbeing
Soils

PC228

Insights on parasites: episode one with Dr Suzi Keeling

Animal welfare
Pests and diseases

lambs and ewes

Facial eczema 101

Animal welfare
Facial Eczema
Pasture and crops
Pests and diseases

Subject pages

Ram buying

Buying better rams

Breeding and genetics

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Feed planning

Feed planning and strategies

Facial eczema resources

Facial Eczema

Cows in a field

Animal welfare resources

Animal welfare

Sheep family

Lamb survival resources

Animal welfare

B+LNZ Wormwise programme

Worms

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Ewe body condition scoring

Condition scoring
Feed planning and strategies

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Growing great lambs

Rearing and weaning

Sheep family

Getting through a tough spring

Biosecurity

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Flood support resources

Biosecurity

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Employment Hub

Staff and training

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Health and safety

Health and safety

farm

Winter grazing

Forage cropping

Videos

An introduction to nProve Tracker

Breeding and genetics

Using nProve to find rams that match your goals

Breeding and genetics

An introduction to nProve Sheep

Breeding and genetics

El nino ready

El Nino ready – preparing your farm business for a dry season: part one

Feed planning and strategies

El nino ready

El Nino ready – preparing your farm business for a dry season: part two

Feed planning and strategies

El nino ready

El Nino ready – preparing your farm business for a dry season: part three

Feed planning and strategies

Triplet-bearing ewe management webinar

Triplet-bearing ewe management webinar

Condition scoring

F4P webinar

Strong farm teams: attracting, building and retaining good people

CSI winter webinar 2

Making every tonne count

Feed planning and strategies

Central Otago F4P

Rearing calves – practicalities and pitfalls

Feed planning and strategies

The poo-dunnit of Facial eczema: tracking this year’s spore story

Facial Eczema

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What the heck is refugia?

Worms

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Lambs on crops – monitoring and managing worms

Worms

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Dead lambs! Was it Barber's Pole Worm?

Worms

Resource Management Act (RMA) reform webinar – What it means for farmers.

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Weighing ewes versus body condition scoring: which is more important?

Condition scoring

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Do my cattle need a drench coming out of winter

Worms

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Is it necessary to drench lambs at docking?

Worms

An introduction to the Sire Genotyping Project

Breeding and genetics

Cattle systems

B+LNZ Trevor's Top Tips Webinar series - part three

Animal welfare

webinar trevor top tips part two

B+LNZ Trevor's Top Tips webinar series part two

Animal welfare

Webinar series Trevor top tips

B+LNZ Trevor's Top Tips webinar series part one

Animal welfare
Breeding and genetics
Feed planning and strategies

Eliminating Facial Eczema Impacts programme update

Facial Eczema

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Cutting the livers

Animal welfare
Facial Eczema

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Spring eczema or delayed facial eczema?

Animal welfare
Facial Eczema

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Liver descriptions

Animal welfare
Facial Eczema

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Check those livers

Animal welfare
Facial Eczema

Feed budget

Feed planning coming into lambing

Feed planning and strategies

Grow your farm part 4

B+LNZ National Webinar Series: Grow your own people, grow your farm – part four

B+LNZ
Staff and training

Grow your farm, grow your people - part 3

B+LNZ National Webinar Series: Grow your own people, grow your farm – part three

Extension
Staff and training

Grass to gold part 3

B+LNZ Grass to Gold webinar series: part three

Feed planning and strategies

B+LNZ worms and drench resistance webinar: part two

Animal welfare
Feed planning and strategies
Worms

B+LNZ worms and drench resistance webinar: part one

Animal welfare
Worms

fresian herd grazing

B+LNZ Grass to Gold webinar series: part two

Feed planning and strategies

Genetics beef

B+LNZ Grass to Gold webinar series: part one

Breeding and genetics
Industry

Grow your farm, grow your people - part 2

B+LNZ National Webinar Series: Grow your own people, grow your farm – part two

Extension
Staff and training

An overview of nProve Beef

Breeding and genetics

Dr Frank Mitloehner shares insights on methane

Climate change

Shamubeel Eaqub: People shaping NZ’s red meat future

B+LNZ
Industry

Simon Quilty

Simon Quilty: Global market update and answering farmer questions

B+LNZ
Industry

Simon Quilty

Simon Quilty: Influences on global market trends for red meat

B+LNZ
Industry

lambs and ewes

Facial Eczema Sheep Poo Study: Q&A session

Facial Eczema
Research

Lamb growth post weaning

Questions to ask your ram breeder about worms

Animal welfare
Worms

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Lamb worm management with Isaac and Bella Milne's whole-farm strategy

Animal welfare
Worms

Internal parasite management: insights from farmer Alan Harvey

Animal welfare
Worms

B+LNZ Methane feed efficiency trials

Research

We want your sheep poo: the collection process

Facial Eczema
Pests and diseases
Research

Silver linings and opportunities in the NZ red meat sector

Business management

Tapeworms

Animal welfare
Worms

Do my ewes need a drench before mating?

Animal welfare
Worms

Be mindful of the worms you're taking onto new grass paddocks

Animal welfare
Worms

Haemonchus (Barber’s Pole)

Animal welfare
Worms

What if my drench is leaving a few worms behind?

Animal welfare
Worms

When should I start drenching my calves?

Animal welfare
Worms

Parasites in calves

Animal welfare
Worms

Benefits of worm-resistant sheep at lambing time

Animal welfare
Worms

Monitoring information for pre-lamb decision-making

Animal welfare
Worms

Worms in ewes at lambing time

Animal welfare
Worms

Silver lining webinars

Silver lining and managing farm businesses through a high-cost environment

Business management

B+LNZ webinar: science and policy solutions for freshwater health

Freshwater

Farming for Good: Leading farmers share their perspectives

B+LNZ
Industry

Facial Eczema tolerance test update

Facial Eczema
Research

Beef + Lamb New Zealand Mid-Season Update 2023–24

B+LNZ
Industry

B+LNZ’s Informing New Zealand Beef Programme

Breeding and genetics

Sow, Grow, Thrive

Sow, Grow, Thrive: Paddock Stories- Bouncing back from tough times

Business management
Extension

Sow, Grow, Thrive

Sow, Grow, Thrive: Budgets and Beyond- Discovering opportunities through cash flow monitoring

Business management

Sow, Grow, Thrive

Sow, Grow, Thrive: Navigating Tough Times- Financial strategies for the agri-sector

Business management
Extension

Sow, Grow, Thrive

Sow, Grow, Thrive: Looking Forward- Why we are in a recession and how to picture the future

Business management

Sow, Grow, Thrive

Sow, Grow, Thrive: Farming Through the Seasons- Mastering cycles with financial insights

Business management
Extension

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B+LNZ Genetics Webinar: Leading the flock – breeding toward low-methane genetics

Breeding and genetics

Ahuwhenua trophy horses dogs

B+LNZ National Webinar Series

B+LNZ
Industry