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Planning ahead for adverse weather events

Tom Orchiston B+LNZ’s Environment Capability Manager-South Island, says poor weather is inevitable over winter, and to help protect soil, water and animal welfare, farmers intensively grazing winter …
05 July 2023
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Bringing new staff on board

Part of being a good employer is to ensure your staff have continuous improvement. …
Factsheet

Negotiating the Future Farm lease: key learnings – 01

… farm also within confines lease develop annual operational plan your business … termination date lock obligations cycle annual planning align crop rotations include triggers your annual planning consider livestock numbers …
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New Zealand beef and lamb among the most carbon efficient in world

… the methane targets and start reporting annually on warming as well as emissions. “Our …
08 November 2022
Podcast

Breakfeed: we want your sheep poo!

B+LNZ is calling on farmers to take part in groundbreaking Facial Eczema (FE) research by collecting sheep poo. In this episode, B+LNZ's Cara Brosnahan, Principal Adviser Animal Health Research, and …
Factsheet

Bull live weight gain and pasture quality

example bull growing 05kgday uses mere 27 its feed intake liveweight gain other 73 used maintenance bull growing 15kgday uses 53 more than half its intake liveweight gain only 47 maintenance higher …
Better sheep breeding

Better Sheep Breeding starts with informed decisions. Choosing the right rams for your farming operation is one of the most effective ways to improve flock performance and …
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Government rules out delaying winter grazing regulations

… require farmers who graze livestock on an annual forage crop over winter, and do not …
13 October 2022
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Quarantine drenching

What with? …
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Liver descriptions

Ginny Dodunski walks us through several sheep livers, each showing different stages of facial eczema (FE) liver damage. Thanks to FE Gold for letting us share these …