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  • … Building on 100 years of history, the new Bioeconomy Science Institute brings together AgResearch, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare … New Zealand for over 115 years.  As New Zealand’s leading rural insurer, FMG understands rural risk and prides ourself on offering specialist advice, products and support for rural New Zealand. … Ballance is committed to farming more productively, profitably and sustainably and creating the best soil and food on earth. … in supporting the every day requirements of livestock farming. When you’re working the land, we’re there with you. On farm and online, our digital platform connects you with information about your livestock, bolstering your intuition and …
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    … For on-farm biosecurity to be effective, everyone involved in your farming business must be aware of your requirements and why … procedures done under sufferance. Ensure all staff understand their role in the implementation of biosecurity practices on your farm. Ensure staff responsible for livestock husbandry know how to identify sick and injured livestock. Ensure all staff …
  • … steep terrain or more moderate landscapes, the learnings from Hill Country Futures can help inform better decisions on-farm. The programme ran until 2022 and brought together farmers, researchers, and industry experts to co-develop practical …
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    … Benefits of plantings trees on farms: Help diversify your income by providing timber, carbon, and honey​. Provide windbreaks and shade for livestock help them grow faster​. Stock feed during droughts or shortages of feed​. Help soil retention on steep slopes, stop erosion. Improve the productivity of your land, especially areas that do not grow good pasture​. … them to market their meat products. However, carbon removals are only one of the benefits that these areas provide on farm.  Please contact B+LNZ's resources team at [email protected]  to request printed copies of resources. …
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    … typically much higher stocking rates in dairy farms. This is because sheep and beef farming is generally carried out on steeper country and run-off from hill country is greater – as a proportion of a catchment – than from flat land. … 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 Animal Handling Water and Feed Behaviour The Physical Environment Husbandry Practices Disease and Injury Control On-Farm Humane Killing Contingency Planning Welfare Assurance Systems.   Each part of the code is broken into three main … pain relief when castrating lambs or calves.   Full details of the proposed code and the consultation are available on MPI’s website here .    B+LNZ’s view   We believe there are aspects of the proposed code that need attention and we … Consultation on updates to the code of welfare for sheep and beef cattle …
  • … Our Innovation Farm Programme helps farmers identify tools and practices that result in real financial improvements. … Farms bring together the best scientific minds and farming visionaries to investigate specific technology and on farm innovations. The programme has up to 8 farmers involved at any one time and their involvement tends to last around 3 … Innovation Farm: Optimal establishment method and seed mix … Innovation Farm: Forage use in a high performance sheep system …
  • … About the programme The programme was born out of a seven-year economic development pilot carried out on the East Coast by the Tairawhiti Land Development Trust. Participating farms saw an average lift in productivity of … all the various elements together. A key component of the programme is developing skills and knowledge in both the farm and governance teams that oversee these farms.  The system is based on farm management teams receiving information and skills to help them identify the animals that are going to be more …
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    … 2018 Presentation: How do we keep attracting the best people? Stuart Taylor  DairyNZ provides more information on the Interview process . …
  • … mahi in the Māori agribusiness sector covers a range of areas including:  providing information and support – we work on the ground where needed, run wānanga and hui, and collaborate across the sector, with a strong focus on farm system outcomes that look at all aspects of the whenua.  building understanding of B+LNZ's Māori levypayers – to …