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… over winter. If you would prefer face to face guidance on these or other environmental issues, you can attend one of B+LNZ's Forage Cropping or Farm Plan workshops. View the B+LNZ Events Calendar for upcoming dates. Pugging and soil compaction – what influences pugging? (PDF, 1.7MB) Winter …

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 …

… Growing demand for skilled workers in the primary industries has led B+LNZ to team up with St Paul’s Collegiate School and help create New Zealand’s first Agribusiness curriculum for secondary …

… and proof of concept. The third and final year will be more focused on extension with some final trial work as needed. B+LNZ investment into this project is $37,000 over the duration of the project. Partners This is a Ministry for Primary … (Lochie MacGillivray) and co-funded by MPI, Hawkes Bay Regional Council, Horizons Regional Council, Ravensdown Ltd, B+LNZ, Foundation for Arable Research and in-kind support from Farmland Ltd, Dairy NZ and Catch Crop Sediment Mitigation …

The more you know about how worms live and breed, the easier it is to mitigate the harm they cause. Here we look at the stages of the worm life cycle – there are ways our management can interrupt this cycle to reduce worm challenge to susceptible stock.  … Animals eat worm larvae with pasture. Larvae like to live close to the base of the pasture, in moisture and away from sunlight. After a larva is eaten, its takes about 21 days to become an adult worm that can lay eggs and continue the cycle. …

… Example interview questions   (PDF 183.13KB) Checklist of things to consider before advertising  (PDF 293.72KB) B+LNZ AgInnovation 2018 Presentation: How do we keep attracting the best people? Stuart Taylor  DairyNZ provides more …

… Find out more about other issues B+LNZ advocates on, on behalf of our farmers, to ensure our sector can remain productive, innovative and sustainable in …

… Find out more about B+LNZ’s mahi in the Māori agribusiness sector.    … To be a Korowai of support and advocacy for our Māori levy payers as … sector, with a strong focus on farm system outcomes that look at all aspects of the whenua.  building understanding of B+LNZ's Māori levypayers – to better inform B+LNZ’s broader work.  supporting our large Whenua Māori collectives – to gain …

… already exist in New Zealand – courtesy of our world-leading sheep genetic evaluation and previous work such as the B+LNZ Genetics Beef Progeny Test – this is the industry’s response to evolving consumer expectations around food quality and … to a customer programme, or environmental efficiency in their animals. The programme is being funded 60 percent by B+LNZ and 40 percent by the Ministry for Primary Industries through its Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund. … …

… part in addressing climate change and has already made significant progress. Climate change is a particular focus for B+LNZ – we support our farmers on-farm, we work with leading climate scientists and we advocate for emissions reduction …