Taste Pure Nature

Conference highlights opportunities for NZ’s red meat sector

Climate change, carbon, innovation and opportunities were themes that emerged from the Red Meat Sector conference held in Christchurch this week. Over 300 people attended the conference, where attendees heard about global trends.

Talking worms

Wormwise, a partnership overseen by Beef + Lamb New Zealand, the New Zealand Veterinary Association, Animal Plant Health New Zealand and the Ministry for Primary Industries, provides farmers with independent, science-backed information to effectively and sustainably manage worms and minimise drench resistance issues – lifting productivity and the welfare of livestock.

Clear plan needed to address impacts of carbon farming

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) says the Government’s announcement that exotic trees will no longer be removed from the permanent category of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a step back from addressing the deeply concerning sale of sheep and beef farms for carbon farming.

Advocacy update: biodiversity and sequestration

Farmers are grappling with an unprecedented amount of new and proposed environmental rules. Here’s an update on what B+LNZ is doing to get the best outcomes for farmers.

Vigilance needed as foot and mouth disease spreads through Indonesia

The discovery of fragments of foot and mouth disease virus in pork products in Australia is another reminder of the need for vigilance while the disease outbreak continues in Indonesia.

Climate Change Commission advice on ETS forestry offset limits vindicates B+LNZ stance

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) says the Climate Change Commission’s stark advice that emissions are being offset instead of being reduced and that the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) “is likely to deliver mostly new plantation forestry rather than gross emission reductions” vindicates its ongoing demands for forestry offset limits in the ETS.

Soil and fertiliser factsheets

The Hill Country Futures Partnership programme has created a series of factsheets to support farmers and rural professionals to make informed decisions around soil assessment and fertiliser use to optimise growth of forages for their farm system.

Consultation submission shows there are still fundamental issues with biodiversity legislation

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) says that while minor changes have been made to the National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB) fundamental issues remain. Of key concern is the fact that all areas of indigenous biodiversity could potentially be classified as Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) under the legislation.