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How Bella can help

Bella is your Beef + Lamb Assistant, powered by AI, to get the most out of Knowledge Hub resources. Simply ask her your questions and she’ll round up answers in a way that suits you. … What is an AI assistant? AI (short for Artificial Intelligence) might sound complicated, but using Bella is simple. She’s a smart helper who understands your questions and finds the right answers using only endorsed B+LNZ Knowledge Hub farming resources. Bella can read or hear your questions and respond with …
B+LNZ Wormwise programme

Wormwise does not contain recipes or programmes for drench use. These should be developed once you understand your farm’s resistance status, with help from a competent advisor. Worm management should focus on the farm system and nutrition first – drench should not be the main means of managing worm challenge. … The B+LNZ Wormwise programme provides farmers with the latest knowledge and techniques to manage worms effectively and sustainably and minimise drench resistance issues. It also aims to …
Project Parore

Some landowners and other TMC residents are concerned about general environmental degradation, including soil erosion, water quality, biodiversity and pest plant and animal control. They’d like to take further steps to improve the health of the Tauranga harbour as well as the ecological value of Te Mania catchment’s landscape and streams. They understand that the way that the land is used contributes to the majority of adverse impacts on the health of the soil, the waterways and the native …
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Preparing for flystrike this summer

Preparing for flystrike this summer …
12 December 2023
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Shared knowledge and understanding

For on-farm biosecurity to be effective, everyone involved in your farming business must be aware of your requirements and why they are important. … Recommended practices Make good biosecurity practices something your staff and visitors are eager to respect, by treating them as indicators of your operation’s quality rather than necessary evils or procedures done under sufferance. Ensure all staff understand their role in the implementation of biosecurity practices on your farm. Ensure staff …
Lower Aparima Catchment Group

Raising awareness of river quality and the impact of farming, industry and urban communities on water quality. Protecting the future quality of our water, ecology, farming systems and community. Values Sustainable farming, industry and communities. Maintaining and improving water quality and estuary health in the lower Aparima River. Maintaining relationships and communication with all people in the catchment. Being able to carry out recreational activities on and in the lower Aparima River. …
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Grazing management

Does rotational grazing help reduce the number of worms on pasture? Does grazing sheep and cattle together help manage worms? How long do I need to wait for worm larvae numbers to drop before grazing a paddock again? You’ll find the answers in this section! Techniques that can be used to reduce worm challenge to susceptible stock include: Grazing only the top 1/3 of the pasture with your vulnerable young stock. Using adult stock and other species of stock to clean up behind youngsters and …
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Alternative worm treatments

A list of various papers on alternative options for worm control can be found at the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control. A good local review is provided on Deer Industry New Zealand’s Deer Hub website (pages 63–74). … A range of different ‘natural’ products, herbs and minerals are sometimes advocated as treatments or preventives for worm infections in livestock. This page is by no means a complete list. But here we review some commonly mentioned ones, and available …
Kawhia and Coast River Care

The Kawhia Harbour is a large harbour and a popular fishing spot. There is a small settlement on the surrounding shore of permanent residents and also many bach owners. We are very proud of our Maori History and also whaleboat rowing which we have participated in for over 110 years. There are three clubs which own 3 historical restored boats and three replica boats between them. Marokopa is a small settlement of farmers and batch owners on the coast further south, renowned for its Kahawhai …
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Larval cultures

What type of worm laid those eggs? Faecal egg counts tell us how many worm eggs our stock are passing. Larval cultures tell us what worm genus the eggs are from. … Larval cultures are normally done at an animal health laboratory. Eggs are incubated and hatched out; the resulting larvae are identified under a microscope. Larval cultures identify worms to the ‘genus’ level (not ‘species') – e.g. Trichostrongylus worms are reported as ‘Trichstrongylus’ , not ‘ T colubriformis’ or ‘ T vitrinus’ …