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    Use of Hormonal Growth Promotants (HGPs)

    An HGP is any veterinary medicine containing either natural or synthetic hormones sold for the purpose of increasing muscle tone, growth rate, weight gain or feed efficiency of animals. … The use of HGPs is not permitted in sheep in New Zealand and fewer than 1% of New Zealand beef cattle are treated with HGPs. Use of HGPs is strictly controlled to protect New Zealand’s international trade in meat products. While international standards setting organisations and many markets, such as the USA …
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    Growing good lambs

    Growing good lambs …
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    Dr Richard Muirhead: Environment conference 2017

    Dr Richard Muirhead: Environment conference 2017 …

  • Foot and mouth disease

    Foot and mouth disease causes painful lesions on cloven-hoofed animals including sheep, cattle, pigs and goats. Infected animals are destroyed to halt the spread of the infection. … Last updated June 2025 Need to know B+LNZ is now part of an Operational Agreement between the agricultural sector and the Government on foot and mouth disease readiness and response, following a sheep and beef farmer vote to approve B+LNZ joining the agreement. Keeping foot and mouth disease out of New Zealand is …
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    FeedSmart 2

    FeedSmart 2 …
  • Factsheet

    Tips for managing ewes with triplets

    Tips for managing ewes with triplets …

  • Past research

    Past research …
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    Benefits of early weaning of lambs this season

    Benefits of early weaning of lambs this season …

  • Industry production trends

    … Access weekly, monthly and annual slaughter statistics for export-inspected New Zealand beef, lamb and mutton, livestock numbers for the past 10 … weekly provisional export livestock processing data, available on the NZMB website . … Monthly slaughter statistics … Annual slaughter statistics … New Zealand livestock numbers … Industry production trends …

  • B+LNZ Farmer Council and Kāhui

    … Regional Delivery Plans  Each of B+LNZ’s Farmer Councils across New Zealand, alongside their extension team, produce an annual Regional Delivery Plan (RDP) to address the unique needs of farmers across the country and setting goals that will …