E-diary notices: 7 August 2026
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Farm conversions to forestry slower but food producing land still at risk
Conversion of sheep and beef farms to forestry has slowed, but an additional 30,000 hectares of whole sheep and beef...
B+LNZ Scholar Korrie Fletcher
When thinking about topics for her PhD, agricultural scientist Korrie Fletcher saw a research gap in the relationship...
Making quality supplementary feed
The art and science of making supplementary feed was the topic of the second in a series of three webinars run by B+LNZ...
Celebrating 100 years of New Zealand red meat exports to US
From small beginnings when New Zealand exported just 14 tonnes of red meat to the US in 1926, the market has grown into...
E-diary notices: 31 July 2026
Ballance Farm Environment Awards entries open, B+LNZ submission on Climate Change Commission’s advice on emissions...
Positive results a year into B+LNZ’s WNI Hub Farm
Just over a year into Beef + Lamb New Zealand's (B+LNZ) Western North Island (WNI) Hub Farm programme, Ohineiti Station...
Building global connections for the future of sheep farming
The Global Sheep Forum's Next Generation programme gives a group of young sheep farmers from five countries the chance...
Enhancing the social licence of sheep and beef sector
We’ve marked some significant milestones in recent weeks on our efforts to enhance the red meat sector’s social licence.
The long and short of long-acting pre-lamb treatments
Wormwise's Mary Bowron outlines the long-term risks and short-term rewards associated with pre-lamb drenching and ways...
Turning soil nitrogen into valuable feed
Farmers finishing their winter forage crops are being encouraged to consider planting a catch crop this spring to...
E-diary notices: 24 July 2026
NZMB farmer consultation on industry-good funding
EU livestock strategy reflects New Zealand approach
B+LNZ is pleased to see the European Union’s new livestock strategy take a more balanced approach to livestock methane...
Farm system change a win-win for the business and environment
Generating more from less. This has been the philosophy behind the evolution of Blueridge Farms’ intensive bull...
Partnering to support East Coast recovery
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ), in collaboration with Tairāwhiti Whenua Charitable Trust, has brought together more...
Take on a GFF Student
More than 130 young people have already registered their interest in the 2027 Growing Future Farmers (GFF) Sheep & Beef...
Some improvements but still work to be done on RMA reform legislation
The following was emailed to farmers on 22 July 2026.
Calf rearing 101
The practicalities and pitfalls of calf rearing were discussed at the first of Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Central Otago...
E-diary notices: 17 July 2026
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Pre-lamb worm pressure – where it comes from and what to do about it?
Ginny Dodunski, Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Wormwise programme manager, outlines the factors involved in ewes’ loss of...