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Getting ready for mating

Rams are getting ready to fulfil their life’s purpose as mating gets underway around the country.

Wairarapa students experience ‘A Day in the Field’

Around 100 Wairarapa high school students attended the cross-sector ‘A Day in the Field’ event to learn about the range of employment opportunities within agriculture.

B+LNZ working to support cyclone-affected farmers

It’s been more than five weeks since Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle wreaked havoc in the North Island, but farmers and rural communities are still in desperate need of resources and support, says Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Māori Agribusiness Advisor Pania King.

Southern South Island director election result

Southland sheep and beef farmer Geoffrey Young has been elected to the Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Board.

Deadline approaching for winter grazing resource consents

Farmers intensively grazing forage crops this winter are being reminded that they have until 1 May to apply for a resource consent if they require one.

A thriving sheep and beef sector matters to all New Zealanders

This week we sent a story to Stuff on our Kiwis Backing Farmers campaign and why a thriving sheep and beef farming sector is important for all New Zealanders. It ran on Stuff and in its regional newspapers.

High inflation and reduced livestock prices could see farm profits fall more than 30%

While the outlook for global sheepmeat and beef trade is improving, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) expects farmer profitability to fall sharply due to reduced livestock prices and continued high inflation.

Kiwis flock to third national open farm day

An estimated 2,500 urban Kiwis visited 24 farms this Sunday, part of New Zealand’s third national open farm day initiative Open Farms.