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General enquiries Please note that Beef + Lamb New Zealand doesn't sell meat. View a map of meat processors in New Zealand  (PDF, 312 KB) Phone : +64 4 473 9150 or freephone within NZ: 0800 BEEFLAMB (0800 233 352) Fax : +64 4 474 0800 Email : enquiries@beeflambnz.com See also: Regional (including a map of local Extension Managers) Management Directors Farmer Councils Postal address PO Box 121, Wellington 6140, New Zealand Wellington office Level 4, Wellington Chambers, 154 Featherston Street, …

Winter is here. It’s time to think about protecting your paddocks over the coming months. … 9 practical tips around winter grazing: Plan early. When choosing paddocks for next year’s winter feed crop, think about how you can improve your management of critical source areas 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 …

If you want the best information from your worm monitoring, make sure you collect fresh samples and store them correctly. Here’s a quick guide.  … It’s best to collect fresh samples by quietly moving the mob of animals to a corner and letting them stand for 5–10 minutes, and then collecting what has been dropped.   If it’s not possible to hold a mob somewhere , just let them drift quietly away from you through a gateway or narrow area. Ideally collect ones you’ve actually seen pass out the back …

We offer workshops covering everything you need to know about better breeding, better feeding, and better animal health and welfare. … Workshops we currently offer … Beef Cow Body Condition Scoring This workshop provides the platform to bring together and discuss all the critical elements of condition scoring in beef animals and management applications throughout the farming year Ewe Body Condition Scoring This workshop demonstrates a quick, easy and low-cost management tool that compares sheep …

Which paddocks will you be using for next year’s winter feed crops? To ensure the best environmental and animal welfare outcomes, B+LNZ has compiled a list of three critical factors to consider when selecting paddocks for growing winter feed crops. … 1. Understand the risks of winter grazing  Winter grazing can increase the risk of sediment, harmful bacteria and nutrients ending up in water. Reducing this risk begins with paddock selection. Paddocks with water flowing through or over the soil …

There are a number of support channels and resources available to farmers affected by weather that have been designed to help you make informed decisions, while others contain management advice and strategies from farmers and industry experts. … Adverse …

B+LNZ invests in and supports growing, training and retaining people in our sector. We do this by collaborating with others to extend our reach and make a greater impact.  Learn more about B+LNZ’s investment into growing people below. … People and training …

The aim of this project was to develop an udder scoring system associated with udder health, lamb survival and lamb growth rates and can accurately be used by farmers. … To do this, the following was investigated: recognise and describe the range of udder and teat defects found in commercially-farmed ewes factors associated with clinical and subclinical mastitis in ewes the impact of udder and teat defects and udder health on lamb survival and pre-weaning live weight gain. Background Lambing …

… Farming Award winner:    Maatua Hou Ltd Finalists: • Mt Linton Station • Sam & Sarah Jonston … Silver Fern farms Market Leader Award:   Coastal Lamb Ltd Finalists: • Middlehurst Delivered • Spring Valley Enterprises … AgResearch …