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Considering your training options for a career in the sheep and beef industry? Young people who have trained at a cadet farm are highly sought after by employers. … Places at cadet farms are hotly contested, but it's well worth trying for a place. If you get accepted to a cadet farm, you'll go through a structured training programme and come out a well-rounded employee, ready for work in the sheep and beef industry. What are the options? Growing Future Farmers Growing Future Farmers is a …

Read the latest update on activities being undertaken by Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association, and our perspectives on policy and industry developments. The report goes to Government officials and Members of Parliament, other industry stakeholders and farmers. … Please click on the PDF newsletter links below for the Red Meat Report. (Note that previously we provided B+LNZ activity updates in the Bulletin). … Downloads … Red Meat …

Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Farming Excellence Strategy supports the organisation’s vision of ‘Profitable farmers, thriving farming communities, valued by all New Zealanders’. … B+LNZ's recently refreshed Farm Excellence Strategy will be used to inform the design of the organisation’s Farming Excellence tools, resources and programmes. This Strategy, which is based on six inter-connected programmes with a process of continual feedback, ensures information, tools and resources are making a …

Tickets cost $160+ GST and can be purchased via the link below.  … B+LNZ runs its own high-profile awards that celebrate the people, innovation, technologies and farming systems that make New Zealand’s grass-based red meat industry world-leading.  2024 B+LNZ Awards Entries are closed and judging is underway. We thank everyone who entered or nominated someone. Finalists will be announced on 30 August 2024. Tickets are now on sale for the 2024 B+LNZ Awards. The Awards will be held on 10 October …

We provided financial support for farmer focus groups where the outcomes and solutions developed can provide new information and ‘know how’ for other sheep and beef farmers. … This may include discussion groups, local trial groups or subject-specific activities. Find out more Contact your local extension manager or see our events calendar for more information about what's happening in your region. … Farmer Focus …

What with? … Learn about when you should administer a quarantine drench, what to 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 some level of drench resistance already – but you want to ensure you don’t make this worse by importing worms with nastier genetics than the ones already there!  Bought-in lambs and …

This page provides information on preparing for and responding to snow weather bombs, including factsheets and links to websites and organisations that can provide you with support. … Key contacts after an adverse event Support services Beef + Lamb New Zealand: 0800 233 352 Federated Farmers: 0800 327 646 Ministry of Primary Industries: 0800 008 333 DairyNZ: 0800 432 479 Fonterra: 0800 656 568 Rural Support: 0800 787 254 Rural Woman NZ: 0800 256 467 Banks ASB: 0800 272 007 BNZ: 0800 275 269 …

The aim of this project is to assess different methods of parasite management communication with farmers and vets for their usefulness, reach, impact, and associated behaviour change. … Background  Drench resistance is an increasing issue in New Zealand. Farmers need to have access to the most up to date information so informed decisions can be made for parasite management with the aim of preventing or reversing drench resistance on their farms. To do this, the information needs to be …

The Kellogg Rural Leadership programme is a modern delivery platform designed to expand scholars’ ‘contextual intelligence’ and the critical thinking required for effective leadership. … The Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme has been developing leaders for the rural and agri-food sector since 1979.  … The six-month course includes 18 days of programmed content delivered in three residential-based phases and course project report between Phase One and Phase Three.  Find out more about the …

Each staff member should have clear roles on farm that are documented. … Below are some resources to help with outlining roles on farm. Describe and Advertise a job  (PDF, 915KB) Individual Employment Agreements   (PDF, 814KB) Remuneration  (PDF, 873KB) Sheep, beef, deer career pathways (PDF, 112KB) DairyNZ provides more information on team management . … Roles on the …