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… advice on using catch crops to capture nutrients (following winter grazing).  Consider only grazing lighter classes of stock on heavy soils during winter. Heavy soils are at greater risk of pugging, compaction and structural damage.   If … regulations in place. 3. Other factors to consider when selecting paddocks for winter forage crops What  class of stock  will you be grazing in that paddock? Consider using high risk paddocks only for wintering sheep while lower risk … be put into the paddock prior to grazing to reduce heavy traffic on wet soils.  Consider  biosecurity:  Ensure your stock – particularly cattle – don’t have nose-to-nose contact with your neighbor's animals. Make sure you adhere to all …

Making sure that our farmers are getting the best value they can for their beef and lamb is not just about maintaining the status quo in our current markets – it’s also about using market innovation to carve out new ‘slices of the pie’. We want to enable innovation that is transformational to the New Zealand red meat sector in terms of profitability, sustainability, and confidence. … What is market innovation? Market innovation is the improvement of the mix of target markets and of the way in …

B+LNZ invests in research on behalf of farmers. Research projects are prioritised and evaluated for relevance to the sector based on priorities derived from various sources including the UMR surveys, farmer councils and the Farmer Research Advisory Group (FRAG) ensuring alignment with the B+LNZ Strategy. … Our …

… Levels of worm challenge to stock is strongly influenced by stock policies and nutrition, and by forage type. Grazing management and integration of different stock classes can be used to reduce worm challenge to susceptible stock.  … Worms in your farm system …

… the year and to help estimate the allocation of your winter crop. To find out more go to: www.feedsmart.co.nz Exclude stock from waterways and critical source areas (CSAs)  –   create an ungrazed (preferably uncropped) buffer zone of crop … buffer zones. Trough placement and supplementary feeding  – consider portable troughs that you can move with breaks for stock drinking water to help keep stock away from CSAs and to reduce soil damage. Supplementary feeding (hay and baleage) needs to be placed away from CSAs, …

… 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 buy livestock … who can provide information about veterinary treatments and the health status of their animals. As a minimum, hold new stock in quarantine (isolation in separate pens) for 24 hours to ensure they have had time to empty out prior to release … on the farm of origin but in many cases will have to be given on arrival. On release from quarantine pens, monitor new stock in separate paddocks (ideally for seven days) and treat if necessary before integrating them with other mobs. …