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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Sheep family

Getting through a tough spring

Biosecurity

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Feed planning

Feed planning and strategies

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Drought resources

Feed planning and strategies

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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

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Winter grazing

Forage cropping

New on the Knowledge Hub

An introduction to the Sire Genotyping Project

Breeding and genetics

Hill Country Futures

Pasture and crops
Resilience and wellbeing
Soils

Cattle systems

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

Animal welfare

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Nutrition Process

Feed planning and strategies

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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

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Eliminating Facial Eczema Impacts programme update

Facial Eczema

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

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Using targeted selective treatment to reduce drench use

Animal welfare
Worms

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Shut the gate: Deferred Grazing on hill country

Feed planning and strategies
Pasture and crops

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Ewe wastage

Animal welfare

PC220

Better beef systems

Breeding and genetics

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Hill country farmer stories

Forage cropping
Resilience and wellbeing
Soils

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Forage growth trails

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Resilient forages

Forage cropping
Resilience and wellbeing
Soils

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Resilient farmers

Forage cropping
Pasture and crops

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The benefits of Hill Country Futures

Forage cropping
Pasture and crops
Resilience and wellbeing

Sheep family

Lamb survival resources

Animal welfare

Resource books

Soils

Managing soil health

Farm planning
Soils

2026 parasite calendar

Parasite management 2026 calendar

Facial Eczema

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Growing great stock in the face of drench resistance

Animal welfare
Research
Worms

sheep

Nutrition Process

Feed planning and strategies

Hill country futures nitrogen

Hill Country Futures - Insights for farmers

Feed planning and strategies
Pasture and crops
Soils

Introduction: mapping and understanding your resources

Farm planning

Waste and chemical management

Farm planning

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Improving legumes on dryland hill country

Feed planning and strategies
Pasture and crops

Hill country futures nitrogen

Hill Country Futures: Farmer stories and articles

Hill country futures nitrogen

Hill Country Futures: Pilot farm summaries

Hill country futures nitrogen

Hill Country Future: Manaaki Whenua micro-indicators report

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Hill Country Futures: Farmer Perspective series

Feed planning and strategies
Pasture and crops

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Computing for farmers using farm data workbook

Business management
Extension

Cows in a field

Beef Cow Body Condition Scoring: Reference cards

Breeding and genetics
Condition scoring

Creating FarmSalus: An assessment tool for farmer wellbeing

Resilience and wellbeing

A guide to feed planning for sheep farmers

Feed planning and strategies

Wormwise Resource Book

Pests and diseases
Worms

stock

Drystock menu book

Freshwater

Hogget performance

Business management
Feed planning and strategies
Rearing and weaning

Guide to New Zealand Cattle Farming

Business management

Lucerne book - summary papers for establishing and managing lucerne

Pasture and crops

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Ewe Body Condition Scoring

Condition scoring

Growing great lambs

Rearing and weaning

400 Plus Guide

Rearing and weaning

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FeedSmart 2

Feed planning and strategies

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Pasture quality - Q-graze

Pasture and crops

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Facing up to facial eczema

Animal welfare
Facial Eczema
Pests and diseases

Making every mating count

Rearing and weaning

Subject pages

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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Feed planning

Feed planning and strategies

Ewe sheep

Facial eczema resources

Animal welfare
Facial Eczema
Pests and diseases

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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

Tools & Calculators

Body condition workshop

Meat and Wool Calculator

Business management

Meat export

Meat Export Tool

Industry

benchmarking

Benchmarking Tool

Business management

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Sheep Calendar

Feed planning and strategies

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Lambing Calculator

Business management

Dairy beef

FeedSmart

Feed planning and strategies

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Profitability Calculator

Business management
Industry

BizPlan – online business planning tool

Business management

nProve

Business management