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Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and the Meat Industry Association (MIA) launched a comprehensive package of proposed policy changes ahead of the 2023 General Election. … The proposed changes were aimed at growing export revenues and increasing jobs. The manifesto spans five key areas – climate and environment policy, workforce and industrial relations, trade, biosecurity, and innovation, research and development. The manifesto was sent to every Member of Parliament and relevant officials. It …

… guidelines Suggestions on how to use the details contained in the above pamphlet. Do your stock need access to grazing? If you need emergency feed, generators, large capacity water pumps, help moving stock or cleaning up, please call …

… Levels of worm challenge to stock is strongly influenced by stock policies and nutrition, and by forage type. Grazing management and integration of different stock classes can be used to reduce worm challenge to susceptible stock.  …

… model, built using data from farms in North Canterbury, that counts the number of nassella tussock plants in summer and winter in each of seven different life stages of the tussock and keeps track of their contribution to the total tussock …

… important piece of any worm management plan.  … Ideas for creating Refugia Maintain an undrenched ewe flock that shares grazing areas with drenched lambs.  Leave a proportion of older lambs/hoggets/calves undrenched at each treatment episode … worms. Monitoring is important to do this safely. Don’t drench animals directly onto areas of new grass or ‘clean’ grazing. See this video on new grass management for tips.  Draft out light 2ths or ewes, don’t drench them and run them together with lambs.  Avoid running lambs or R1 cattle as the sole stock class in a grazing area.  … Refugia …