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… 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, …

… and waterways. Careful management is needed when winter grazing on steep slopes to reduce environmental losses. Exclude stock from waterways. Create an ungrazed buffer zone between the livestock and the waterway. Ideally, at least 5 metres, … channel overland flow directly to waterways (e.g. gullies, swales, very wet areas, spring heads, waterway crossings, stock camps and vehicle access routes). Graze paddocks strategically. On a sloping paddock, fence across the slope and … end of the paddock. For sheep and cattle: Make breaks long and narrow  – the crop will be utilised more efficiently by stock  (note: deer might need alternative grazing management). For sheep or cattle:  Back fence. Regularly back fence …

… 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. …

… at 3 cows/ha. How to minimise faecal loss to waterways Control the grazing duration of pasture and fodder crops Winter stock off paddocks Keep stock out of waterways by improving on-farm infrastructure, such as reticulating stock water, improving stock crossings, planting shade trees away from water, and installing culverts or bridges at …

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 …

… its consultations on four elements of the essential freshwater work programme – changes to the low-slope map for stock exclusion, freshwater farm plans, changes to the intensive winter grazing rules and wetlands.  See here for more … rules released: update August 2020 On 5 August 2020 the Government released the freshwater policy, standards and stock exclusion regulations relating to this consultation. FACTSHEET: B+LNZ & Federated Farmers’ assessment of the new … Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 National Environmental Standards for Freshwater  Resource Management (Stock Exclusion) Regulations 2020 B+LNZ will continue to provide updates on what’s happening, next steps, and how we’ll be …

… use, and importantly – what to do afterwards!  … The ‘why’ of quarantine  The aim of a quarantine drench to bought-in stock is to prevent the importation of multi-drench-resistant worms onto your property.   You probably have worms with … Note: The following is not an exhaustive list – it’s a set of examples that you may find helpful.  … Definitely  Young stock (lambs or calves) that have already had several combination treatments. Lambs or calves from vendor of unknown or … kill worm eggs – only adults and larvae. You need to be mindful of the eggs that will continue to pass out of your new stock until the worms that are laying them are dead.   While a highly effective quarantine drench will knock out the adult …