Los Angeles food truck serving a taste of NZ grass-fed beef and lamb
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has launched a food truck sampling tour as part of a new Taste Pure Nature campaign, in...
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B+LNZ appoints new Associate Director for 2022/23
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has appointed Glen McDonald as an Associate Director to its board, commencing 1 November...
Farm expenditure and inflation expected to impact farm profit margins
While the forecast for global sheepmeat and beef demand is generally positive for the season, an increase in farm...
Detailed analysis of Government’s agricultural emissions pricing proposal reveals significant flaws and impacts as sheep and beef farmers are urged to have their say
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has delivered a damning verdict on the Government’s emissions pricing proposal following...
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...
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...
Proposed ETS changes won’t solve carbon farming problem, says Beef + Lamb New Zealand
In its submission to the Government’s consultation on proposals that aim to limit the increasing amount of exotic carbon...
Strong farmer interest in emissions pricing options
Agriculture’s emissions pricing alternatives are attracting good interest from dairy, sheep and beef farmers.
Changes to overseas investment rules for forestry a good start but Government needs to do more
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) says the ending of the streamlined forestry test for overseas investors planning to...
Discussion paper outlines carbon farming threat to sheep and beef sector
Urgent national policy changes are required to ensure the increase in carbon farming to meet New Zealand’s climate...
B+LNZ reaction to Government signals on carbon farming
B+LNZ has cautiously welcomed Government signals that it is considering policy changes to address the wholesale...
New report confirms trend of land-use change from pastoral farming to carbon farming
The latest analysis of farm sales data confirms the increasing price of carbon in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is...
B+LNZ elected to board of prestigious global sustainable beef organisation
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has been elected to the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB).
B+LNZ welcomes new report on methane and warming in Royal Society journal
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has welcomed the publication of a major new report that will help build understanding of...
B+LNZ says Government can’t ignore growing calls for carbon forestry limits
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) supports the formation of the Native Forest Coalition and says the growing chorus of...
Farmer voice vital on emissions pricing future
Farmers will play a key part in deciding which agricultural emissions pricing framework the primary sector recommends to...
Beef + Lamb New Zealand reacts to Global Methane Pledge
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is concerned the Government’s support for the Global Methane Pledge, announced at COP26...
B+LNZ says split gas approach key to climate targets
B+LNZ is calling on the Government to use the split gas approach within its newly announced NDC (Nationally Determined...
Government acknowledges carbon farming is not the silver bullet to address climate change
The acknowledgement by the Government that current policies will likely see too much carbon forestry planted, along with...
B+LNZ remains unconvinced by revised low-slope map
The Government’s new proposed low-slope map for stock exclusion is better than the original, however the map still won’t...