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- PageContamination can be readily brought onto and spread around your farm by visitors, their vehicles or via equipment that has been used on other farms or at sale yards. … Recommended practices Keep the farm, yards and storage areas clean, tidy and free of vermin. Limit the unnecessary movement of people, pets and vehicles onto and around the property, especially the areas where animals are kept. Minimise the number of entry points and restrict uncontrolled access to the rest of the farm. Define …
- … 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. … …
- Tickets cost $160+ GST and can be purchased via the link below. … The Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards celebrate the people, the innovation, the technologies, and farming systems that make New Zealand’s red meat industry world-leading. … The B+LNZ Awards evolved out of the successful B+LNZ Sheep Industry Awards but now encompasses the whole red meat sector (sheep, beef and dairy beef). The eight award categories (four people focused, four business focused) are continually reviewed to ensure …
- Additional freshwater consultations – low-slope map changes, freshwater farm plans, intensive winter grazing changes, and wetlands. This page contains information about consultations, announced by the Government in July and August 2021, as part of the Essential Freshwater work programme. Public feedback is being sought on a range of proposed changes and approaches. We’ll keep this page updated. … Update 12 July 2022: these submissions were all closed by October 2021. We’ve published our …
- This project aimed to understand how to better manage tagasaste (commonly known as tree lucerne) on-farm in the Hawkes’ Bay region and Taupō. … Field trials were carried out at three sites to assess the following: Seed germination and establishment of tagasaste. Forage production and nutritive value of tagasaste. Weed risk assessment for tagastaste. Production of grass and legume pasture species grown in pasture-tagasaste systems. Background There is huge potential growth for the sheep and beef …
- B+LNZ released an extensive report on alternative proteins and its implications for the red meat sector. … Download the full Alternative Proteins report (PDF, 17.89 MB) Download the Summary Report (PDF, 3.1 MB) We commissioned the study to better understand the shifts in food, food production technology and consumer trends and distinguish the hype from reality. The report shows alternative proteins are likely to become a major competitor to some of New Zealand’s red meat products and the …
- You can read about research already underway or register your email , so we can keep you up to date as the programme progresses. … The EFEI programme has the ambitious goal of eliminating the impact of Facial Eczema (FE) as a disease of livestock in New Zealand. Facial Eczema is a painful disease for livestock with no cure and has been impacting animals as well as farmers and farm productivity in New Zealand for over 100 years. There are currently limited tools available to farmers to manage …
- PageThis page contains the latest information about Cyclone Gabrielle including ways to help other farmers and B+LNZ’s work in the space. … Resources to help Adverse event management (PDF, 44.2 KB) Recovering from a flood (PDF, 2MB) Livestock health after flooding (PDF, 2.4 MB) 2023 Cyclone Gabrielle recovery (PDF, 1MB) B+LNZ’s work to help impacted farmers B+LNZ knows this is a really tough time and want to assure farmers we’re here for you. Currently, this is a Civil Defence-led process and …
- A list of various papers on alternative options for worm control can be found at the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control. A good local review is provided on Deer Industry New Zealand’s Deer Hub website (pages 63–74). … A range of different ‘natural’ products, herbs and minerals are sometimes advocated as treatments or preventives for worm infections in livestock. This page is by no means a complete list. But here we review some commonly mentioned ones, and available …
- 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 …