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… and the environmental space, but there is always more to be done. Managing winter grazing activities to minimise impact on animal welfare and your waterways is easy and effective when you have a plan in place and simple management tweaks … to Intensive Winter Grazing (IWG) regulations, B+LNZ has produced factsheets explaining what these changes mean for farmers. This factsheet on Intensive Winter Grazing regulations (PDF, 2.7MB) explains the amended IWG rules for … B+LNZ Farm Plan to help you build your wintering plan. Please contact B+LNZ's resources team at resources@beeflambnz.com to request printed copies of resources. See the subpages below for further information. … Winter grazing …
… Looking out for the following can help you reduce unplanned pregnancies Drafting out male lambs from ewe lambs as the flock gets … Aggressive behaviour – if more than one in the flock they will tend to fight. Pizzle stains – urine-stained wool found on bellies from around the pizzle area. Knowing the pregnancy status of your flock We are aware that not everyone scans for pregnancy in their flocks, however if you are planning on sending sheep to sale or slaughter it is recommended you do a full assessment of your stock to ensure you don’t end up …
