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Animal waste and carcass management

… Identify and remove dead stock as soon as possible to prevent … – preferably in a fenced area away from livestock and scavenging animals such as dogs. … how you dispose of waste from calf pens, stockyards, and woolsheds – especially if sick …
Resource book

IT3 Our Plan template: Monitoring plan

… visual soil assessments earthworm abundance survey optional cotton strip test optional … date monitoringearthworm abundance survey optional person responsibleearthworm abundance survey optional notesearthworm abundance …
Animal welfare

… of productive, sustainable and profitable livestock farming. … ongoing, that covers nearly every aspect of stock management. In the pastoral sector, … welfare relevance, for example information on stock care distributed in anticipation of …
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Sow, Grow, Thrive: Looking Forward- Why we are in a recession and how to picture the future

Luke Kemeys (Chartered Accountant) joined us to discuss what’s happening in the economy right now and how we got here. We explored three key questions to ask yourself, who you need to stick close to …
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Sheep genetics

… what to aim for in each step of the breeding stock selection and purchasing cycle consider …
Resource book

FarmSalus – an assessment tool for farmer wellbeing

… uses sliding scales rather than tickbox surveys avoid oversimplification encourage … example you could spend more time taking stock choose only one two farmsalus evaluation … amount juggle farm finances family life stock explanation terms used farmsalus 7 …
B+LNZ webinar on ETS consultations presentation: 20 July 2023

… issue uncontrolled afforestation lnz farmer survey results sample most strongly agreed … transition natives over time lnz farmer survey results sample most strongly disagreed … can planted within given region lnz farmer survey results sample most neutral statements …
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Responding to a Changing Climate: Background information and example templates

… additional warming longlived gases co2 n2o stocks can take 100s 1000s years break down … meat milk methane nitrous oxide from livestock methane produced ruminant animals … declining forests may being eaten livestock pests while improving forests likely …
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Thinking outside the box: Mike Petersen on the positives to NZ trade in the face of international disasters

First and foremost Mike is a farmer, and as NZ’s Special Agriculture Trade Envoy it was his role as a farmer to speak with other nations’ farmers and representatives about the opportunities in trade. …
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Refugia

… want our drenches to be effective for the stock that need them most, refugia is an … Avoid running lambs or R1 cattle as the sole stock class in a grazing area. …