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… Find out more about B+LNZ’s farm planning approach and access key resources. … About Farm Planning B+LNZ’s farm planning approach is designed to help you: ensure the sustainability and profitability of your business by adapting to climate change, understanding and managing your greenhouse gas emissions, and protecting the health of your soil, freshwater and biodiversity meet emerging consumer and regulatory requirements provide an evidence …

… Selecting and appointing an employee …

… To streamline this process, we need to understand the needs for your school. To be connected to the right people and farmers who are willing to share their experiences please complete the following survey. … Share your experiences with … Primary Industries in education. Visit their LinkedIn page to find out more.  … Tips and tricks for hosting schools Health and safety can seem like a barrier when it comes to hosting others on farm. These health and safety resources can support you …

… Direct contact between a healthy animal and an infected animal is the most common way for pests and diseases to spread, therefore managing livestock movements and … ostriches, emus, horses, alpacas and llamas. A separate ASD is required for pigs. Recommended practices Check the health status of stock before purchasing. e.g. the results of TB or Johne’s disease tests and farm of origin history. Only … (see below) on movement recording for cattle and deer to enable tracing of the source of exotic diseases or food safety contaminants. … Livestock movement …

… Crop types and worms … Does method of crop establishment matter? … Do crops have less worm larvae on them? What’s the best crop for … worm challenge? What if there’s lots of grass through my crop? Learn about worm challenge on different forage types, and approaches to managing worms and drench inputs while animals are grazing crops.  … Why crops?  Crops not only provide a less favourable habitat for …

… The Wormwise Handbook and other B+LNZ parasite management tools, and a list of scientific literature for those who really like to delve into the detail.  Resources for farmers Wormwise … your B+LNZ extension manager Podcast with Dr Dave Leathwick : covering good management practice for internal parasites and answers to farmers’ questions Video:  Wormwise pre-lambing advice Worms in refugia : a tool to delay drench …

… Our collaboration-based workshops can help you understand and achieve positive environmental actions and outcomes. … Workshops we currently offer … GHG Calculator and action plan workshop  This workshop supports farmers to … interactive workshop will help to introduce you to some simple tools to measure key indicators of freshwater ecosystem health and identify key risks and actions that can be taken to manage these.  Catchment Community Groups  This Catchment …