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- … Finalists: • Andy Dumbleton • Anne Ridler … Datamars Livestock Technology Award winner: FarmIQ Freshwater Farm Plan Tool Finalists: • Halter • Zoetis SHEPHERD® … Gallagher Innovative Farming Award winner: Fernglen Farm Finalists: • …
- Beef + Lamb New Zealand has a number of resources to help manage extremely dry weather conditions. While no one can make it rain, there are management strategies that farmers can put in place to protect the future performance of their capital breeding stock, such as early weaning, body condition scoring and feed budgets. Most importantly, farmers need to look after the well-being of themselves and their families. As well as making use of networks (friends, family and neighbours, rural …
- PageLooking out for the following can help you reduce unplanned pregnancies Drafting out male lambs from ewe lambs as the flock gets closer to sexual maturity (puberty). The age of puberty is influenced by breed, genetics, size (weight), nutrition, and season of birth. Ewe lambs can reach puberty as early as five months of age. It is recommended to draft any non-replacement ewe hoggets you plan to sale once they meet liveweights which increase their chances of conception (35–40kg). When shearing …
- Beef + Lamb New Zealand is focused on providing significant return on investment for dairy farmers’ beef levies. … The dairy, sheep and beef industries are closely linked, through activities such as: non-replacement dairy calves in beef finishing the provision of beef semen or bulls grazing young stock wintering dairy cows providing feed. Cull cows are a significant source of New Zealand’s exported beef. Given these relationships B+LNZ continually looks at further opportunities for …
- … those farming activities of a certain intensity to obtain resource consent, with farm plans remaining the fundamental tool to manage contaminants. Freshwater farm plans: B+LNZ and Federated Farmers are seeking as much alignment as …
- We partnered with the Federation of Maori Authorities' (FOMA) to launch the Performance Plus Mixed Livestock programme across 20 farms throughout the North Island; with funding support from B+LNZ, Te Puni Kokiri and the Ministry for Primary Industries. … About the programme The programme was born out of a seven-year economic development pilot carried out on the East Coast by the Tairawhiti Land Development Trust. Participating farms saw an average lift in productivity of 26%, despite the …
- Beef + Lamb New Zealand is a partner in the M. bovis eradication programme alongside the Ministry for Primary Industries and DairyNZ. … Disease management agency OSPRI took over managing the day-to-day delivery of the programme from 1 November 2023. This includes: regular testing of milk and animals to detect any bovis infection managing any active or newly-detected properties depopulation and site cleaning of any affected properties farmer support. Future surveillance While the eradication …
- You can also order the sheep and beef breed posters printed as pull-up banners for your class. Flagmakers is offering schools a 15% discount if you print through them. Simply email Victor vicg@flagmakers.co.nz with your school details and quote “B+LNZ” to get the discount. … Easily access a range of valuable online resources specifically related to the sheep and beef sector, find instructions for ordering physical teaching aids and kits, and discover other helpful supplementary content designed …
- Find out more about factors that can affect pricing in our sector. B+LNZ monitors activity and trends to help our sector forecast future price activity, mitigate risk and identify opportunities. … International soft commodity indicators We also monitor the annual and monthly global price trends of a selection of soft commodities to forecast future price activity, mitigate risk and identify opportunities. Soft commodity indicators include: Animal proteins – beef and lamb compared with chicken …
- B+LNZ provides submissions when the Government consults on its approach to New Zealand’s emissions budgets, which outline how the reductions required in the Climate Change Response Act will be met. … The second Emissions Reduction Plan In late August 2024 B+LNZ, with the Meat Industry Association, provided a submission to the Ministry for the Environment on its discussion document outlining the Government’s approach to New Zealand’s second emissions budget (ERP2) covering emissions reductions …