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Share your experiences with school students and educators! We're working to increase connections between schools and sheep and beef farms nationwide. We'll connect schools and Young Farmer clubs with farmers for farm visits or guest speaker opportunities. To streamline this process, we need to know who is willing to participate. Please fill out this survey to be added to our database should you be happy to share your experiences.   … B+LNZ and New Zealand Young Farmers (NZYF) have entered into …

Follow this Safe Work Procedure when operating two-wheeled farm motorbikes. It is important that all operators follow this procedure and are familiar with the operator’s manual prior to operating the motorbike. … What are the minimum operator requirements? Operator must be under direct supervision until assessed as competent by person in charge of the workplace If riding on a public road, operator must hold a Class 6 driver license (motorcycle license) Children are not to operate an adult sized …

… left untreated to suit your system and risk preference. Currently it is more common in cattle systems, but Beef + Lamb NZ are currently funding research into TST in lambs too - watch this space! The FAMACHA system for diagnosis of …

… Beef + Lamb New Zealand is focused on providing significant return on investment for dairy farmers’ beef levies.   … The dairy, …

If only we didn’t have to collect poo, but we do!!! Faecal egg counts can be done on individual samples or on a bulk sample (composite samples). Learn about when you might use one or the other. … A faecal egg count (FEC) is a measure of the number of egg-laying adult worms in an animal’s gut. It mostly doesn’t show what species of worms are there.   Faecal egg counts can be used to help assess:  Whether sick sheep or young cattle are sick because of worms. How quickly young animals are becoming …

… These terms and conditions ( Terms ) apply to your use of the Knowledge Hub provided to you by Beef + Lamb New Zealand Limited ( B+LNZ ). These Terms form a binding agreement between you and B+LNZ, and are effective from the … other information. “Website” means any B+LNZ website including www.beeflambnz.com . “we”, “us” or “our” means Beef + Lamb New Zealand Limited. "you" and “your” means the person who registers to use the Knowledge Hub and, where the context …

Direct contact between a healthy animal and an infected animal is the most common way for pests and diseases to spread, therefore managing livestock movements and the introduction of new animals is particularly important. … NAIT and traceability The National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme links people, property and livestock in New Zealand. The scheme provides traceability for individual animals, enhancing New Zealand's ability to respond quickly if there is a biosecurity …

The aim of this project was to evaluate different ways of communication for their reach, impact and associated behaviour change. Parasite management is important for every livestock farmer and this topic was used to help evaluate five different communication methods.  … The project used: analytics to assess the reach of the material models to predict the impact of this parasite campaign online surveys taken by participants immediately after viewing the material online surveys taken by …