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B+LNZ has developed a range of handy tools to help farmers, meat processors, advisors and others with planning and business decisions.  … Lambing calculator  Compare your lambing percentage with other farms of your type, and regionally and nationally, using information sourced from B+LNZ’s Sheep & Beef Farm Survey.  … Sheep calendar   Key sheep-producing activities across the year, to help you manage ewes effectively and keep your team updated.   … Benchmarking tool  Find out the key …

… investment access to New Zealand land is through use for forestry/carbon farming, which is further distorting the market. [You could also suggest ways the Government could support new employment and enable employment transitions in …

A new blueprint to lift the environmental performance of New Zealand’s sheep and beef sector has been unveiled by Beef + Lamb New Zealand. … The Environment Strategy lays out a progressive long-term vision for the sector based around four priority areas – healthy productive soils, thriving biodiversity, reducing carbon emissions and cleaner water. As part of the plan, B+LNZ has identified two key goals – every sheep and beef farm having a tailored and active environment plan by the end of 2021, …

… people. We can’t and don’t want to try to feed the world. Alternative proteins will have a place in this growing market, as will red meat. The sector is also continuing to improve its environmental performance, which is important to …

This project aims to develop a laboratory-based test to predict the tolerance of pastoral livestock to sporidesmin A, the toxin attributed to Facial Eczema. … Background Facial Eczema (FE), is a disease of concern in New Zealand which is known to affect sheep, cattle, alpacas, goats, deer and llama. FE has been reported in New Zealand for over 100 years and is attributed to the ingestion of a toxin (sporidesmin A) produced by strains of the fungus Pseudopithomyces chartarum which sits in the …

… high-performing farmers. Innovation farm projects are likely to be technical in nature and involve unproven or new-to-market technologies. The tend to look at a narrow category of farming activity, rather than taking a whole-farm approach. …

… brand with Beef + Lamb New Zealand Inc, which is responsible for promoting beef and lamb at home, in the New Zealand market. Domestic promotion is jointly funded by farmer levies and New Zealand meat processors and retailers. Whilst we …

At makingmeatbetter.nz you can find a range of facts showing how New Zealand beef and lamb stacks up in terms of being: better for animals better for you better for the planet better for communities. We encourage you to check it out and help us bring some balance to conversations about food production.  … We’ve worked with key industry partners to develop a website containing proven facts about New Zealand’s farming methods and how our beef and lamb stacks up on key criteria. … There’s growing …

… New Zealand is one of only two countries internationally to allow 100 percent offsetting within its regulatory carbon market. Frustratingly, our concerns weren’t addressed in the Climate Change Response (Emission Trading Reform) Amendment …