Making every kilogram count
Nearly 70 farmers gathered at Punawai in Eighty Eight Valley for the latest B+LNZ Tasman Farming for Profit field day...
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Celebrating excellence in rural advice
B+LNZ is proud to congratulate the winners of the 2026 Institute of Rural Professionals Awards, announced in Wellington...
B+LNZ Scholar Jess Smith
On the face of it, genetics and accounting are two very different disciplines, but Massey University student and Beef +...
E-diary notices: 21 August 2026
Export markets update, Making Meat Better website refresh
B+LNZ update on environmental policy advocacy: August 2026
The following was emailed to farmers on 20 August 2026.
Freshwater Farm Plan changes pragmatic
Beef + Lamb New Zealand has cautiously welcomed the changes to Freshwater Farm Plans announced yesterday.
Profits, taxes and the future
The challenge of deciding what to do with an economic surplus was the theme of a recent Beef + Lamb New Zealand North...
Young shepherds sharpen skills in Waitomo
Around 50 young shepherds from across the Waikato recently came together at B+LNZ's Shepherds' Day workshop for a hands...
Survey shows continued shift towards beef cattle
New Zealand's livestock mix continued to shift towards beef cattle over the past year, according to Beef + Lamb New...
E-diary notices: 14 August 2026
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Community rallies behind East Coast recovery
Through B+LNZ's East Coast Recovery initiative, partners, sponsors, volunteers and community organisations have...
Mary Bowron wins Best Sheep and Beef Vet Award
B+LNZ’s Wormwise veterinarian Mary Bowron has won the Best Sheep and Beef Vet of the Year Award in recognition of her...
Cool Beef programme launched to support more efficient New Zealand beef cattle
A new research programme to support the development of breeding tools for more feed-efficient beef cattle was officially...
Lambing kit aids lamb survival
With lambing getting underway in many regions, Beef + Lamb New Zealand is encouraging farmers to put together a well...
Progeny Test adopts new name to better reflect its role
B+LNZ’s long-running Dairy Beef Progeny Test has been renamed the Beef-on-Dairy Progeny Test. While the programme itself...
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...