Beef and sheep farmers recognised in BFEA regional awards, Beef and sheep farmers recognised in BFEA regional awards, How do you manage parasites?
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This week’s notices:
Easter giveaway: win tickets to the B+LNZ AgInnovation 2026 Conference
To celebrate, we’re giving away two tickets to AgInnovation 2026. One for you and one for the mate you’d bring along! To enter, tell us which speaker or session you’re keen to hear, then tag the mate who should be there with you. Winner drawn live on 13 April. Enter the giveaway on Facebook here.
Beef and sheep farmers recognised in BFEA regional awards
Congratulations to everyone who took home prizes at last week’s regional Ballance Farm Environment Awards. They include:
– Donald and Kirsten Watson of Morelands Pastoral who won both the Regional Supreme Award and the B+LNZ Livestock Farm Award for the Auckland region.
– Chrissy Weeks and Tony Lumsden of Ratahi Holdings, who won the B+LNZ Livestock Farm Award for the Bay of Plenty region.
Last week, we incorrectly named the East Coast regional winners, for which we apologise. The winners were:
– Jamie and Nicky Gaddum of Matangi Station, Regional Supreme Winners for the East Coast.
– Wayne and Nicky Breeze of Hauiti Farm, winners of the B+LNZ Livestock Farm Award for the East Coast region.
How do you manage parasites? B+LNZ wants to know
Parasites and drench resistance are getting harder to control, so B+LNZ is ramping up support through research, on‑farm trials, farmer learning groups, and Wormwise. We’re running a short, anonymous survey to help us focus our work where it will make the biggest difference. Your responses, alongside insights from our Livestock Parasite Management groups, will show what’s working and where more support is needed. It takes just five minutes, and your input directly shapes the tools, resources, and research we invest in. Take the survey here.
The poo‑dunnit of facial eczema: tracking this year’s spore story
Join us on Wednesday 8 April from 12.15–1pm, as B+LNZ’s Principal Scientist Dr Cara Brosnahan and Senior Advisor FE Research Sonya Shaw delve into the clues uncovered in the latest sheep poo study, part of the Eliminating Facial Eczema Impacts programme. They’ll reveal how this season’s spore story unfolded, what the evidence shows, and how these findings can strengthen future FE management on farm. Register here.
Coming to Out the Gate and staying on in Christchurch? Come to E Tipu!
Out the Gate 2026 is followed by E Tipu – the New Zealand Future Food and Fibre Summit, held 21-22 May. Out the Gate attendees can access a heavily discounted E Tipu ticket for $515, making it the perfect chance to continue the conversation on the future of food and farming. Get E Tipu tickets today.