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- The Waimatuku Catchment is home to a peatland of regional significance, Bayswater Bog. It is one of the largest remains of native vegetation on the Southland Plains and is thought to be around 20,000 years old. Bayswater Bog provides a habitat for unique New Zealand species, including carnivorous sundews, swamp sun orchids and a population of native skinks. Further down the catchment, the Waimatuku Stream feeds into the Waimatuku Estuary which is a shallow tidal mouth estuary – a popular …
- … Forming or joining an Action Group is a great way for farmers to put their ideas into action, make positive changes on farm and improve their business’ productivity and profitability. … Note: this programme is currently under review. Please … Profit Partnership (RMPP), the approach has been proven to support farmers to make changes in a range of areas such as farm systems and the environment. B+LNZ has adopted the Action Group extension and adoption model to ensure all sheep and …
- … who wants to accelerate your learning in any aspect from pasture to plate, or simply someone who wants to get off farm and make new industry connections with a bit of learning on the side, then this programme is for you!" … Nurture, … involves the delivery of three workshops over a six-month period with the following objectives: Understand the farm business – financial basics and management. Personal Development, goal setting, leadership basics and mentors. Develop better decision-making skills for farm business systems. Learn new technologies and ideas to take back on to farm. Develop good team culture within the …
- 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 …
- Page… and specific diseases and issues below. … Recommended practices Prevention Prevention is hugely important: develop a farm animal health plan or calendar with your veterinarian. This will include vaccination and drench programmes appropriate to the needs of your farm business. Consider buying stock on the basis of a high breeding value for disease resistance where this is available. … animals and isolate and treat those animals if their health status is lower than existing animals. Regularly worm farm dogs and prevent the access of other dogs onto the property – dogs can spread disease to your stock. Treatment …
- … patterns of what worm species predominate where, when and in which stock classes can also help you manage worms on your farm. … Worms 101 …
- … kaitiaki or guardians of the land, and B+LNZ's advocates for policies that enable farmers to protect and restore on-farm biodiversity within their farming systems. … Biodiversity …
- … 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 targets that are science-based and …
- … the 22/23 financial year. How are dairy farmers’ beef levies invested? B+LNZ invests levies in two main areas: post-farm-gate investment that seeks to maximise the value of animals sent for slaughter on-farm research and extension investments where we need to take a leading approach to addressing challenges or there are industry-wide issues to solve. The largest investment is on-farm research and extension, including: R&D and extension aimed at eliminating Facial Eczema impacts in cattle internal …
- … the conversion of productive farms into carbon forestry. (Our government subsequently announced measures to curb farm sales to carbon farming. B+LNZ had been calling for action on this since 2019) What we’re calling for We’re urging …