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  • Information on the consultation This story sets out what was proposed, how we informed farmers and helped them have their say through a joint B+LNZ/Federated Farmers/Deer Industry New Zealand survey, and our advice to famers on making their own consultation submissions. Farmers encouraged to make submissions on the low slope map for stock exclusion You can find more information on the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) website . B+LNZ’s consultation submission B+LNZ provided a consultation …
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    This page contains the latest information about Cyclone Gabrielle including ways to help other farmers and B+LNZ’s work in the space. …
  • … sheets. As well as this we also offer farm plan workshops and a range of other resources available on our Knowledge Hub. …
  • While we need to manage the impacts of farming activities on freshwater quality, including sediment and E. coli , the way this is currently being done has significant issues and will have massive implications for our sector.   …
  • … come from the integration of trees on sheep and beef farms. This allows food production to continue, maintains rural employment and ensures export revenue, which is the underpinning of New Zealand’s wealth, can continue. What we’ve been …
  • Since the passage of the Zero Carbon Bill we have actively advocated for the Government to review the methane targets using the GWP* metric and to start reporting on the warming impact of various gases. …
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    … for Farmers” booklet visit the NZ Landcare Trust's biodiversity resources webpage . MPI’s new information and knowledge hub, ‘Canopy’ is now live and can be accessed through the website: www.canopy.govt.nz . Canopy aims to provide New …
  • A report from the University of Canterbury has revealed that 24 per cent of New Zealand’s native vegetation (approximately 2.8 million hectares) is estimated to be on sheep and beef farms. This is the largest amount of native vegetation present outside of public conservation …
  • … EnviroSchools Otago, AgResearch, Otago University scientists, Dung Beetle Innovations and the Science Learning Hub. How to soil your undies? The cotton strip (undies) test and earthworm counts are biological indicators of the health …
  • There are a range of approaches being followed by countries to reduce agricultural emissions.   Our farmers are committed to the environment and are making substantial investments and progress. While we acknowledge there’s an expectation that further progress needs to be made in reducing agricultural emissions, B+LNZ is concerned about many of New Zealand’s current climate change policies.   There is currently a narrative in New Zealand that agriculture was ‘let off the hook’ by excluding …