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- … Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Farmer Councils are a key sounding board for the organisation. They represent farmers and provide B+LNZ with advice to guide decision making and help communicate with farmers. … The chairs and deputy chairs of regional farmer councils form the National Farmer Council Executive. Find out who is on the National Farmer Council Executive from your region below. To contact them, go through your local B+LNZ …
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- B+LNZ demands changes for a more equitable and fair emissions pricing system …
- Page… Which paddocks will you be using for next year’s winter feed crops? To ensure the best environmental and animal welfare outcomes, B+LNZ has compiled a list of three critical factors to consider when selecting paddocks for growing winter feed crops. … 1. Understand the risks of winter grazing Winter grazing can increase the risk of sediment, harmful bacteria and nutrients ending up in … and deer. Consider the aspect – is the paddock north or south facing? South facing paddocks may be slower to dry out and therefore more prone to pugging. Think about catch-crop options – the quicker a follow-up crop is established …
- … Our strategies underpin everything we do. They're developed and updated in partnership with farmers. The B+LNZ Strategy outlines our key priorities and how we'll achieve them, and we also have other strategies to guide …
- … Before each General Election, B+LNZ works with the Meat Industry Association (MIA) to present the red meat sector’s priorities to all political parties. The manifesto sets out the key areas parties should focus on as they develop their policy platforms, to ensure the red meat sector can …
- Page… Crop types and worms … Does method of crop establishment matter? … Do crops have less worm larvae on them? What’s the best crop for low worm challenge? What if there’s lots of grass through my crop? Learn about worm challenge on … can also provide better nutrition, to grow young stock more quickly through their most vulnerable months. That said, the level of worm challenge on crops can vary substantially and monitoring is very important to safely reduce drench use … or plantain, where a population of drench resistant worms could build up. For short term crops that will be grazed out to open ground and re-sown in another forage or grass, this is less important. Few resistant worm larvae are likely to …
- … The Soil your Undies Otago research programme aimed to understand and measure the health of rural soils by burying cotton. … B+LNZ is a partner in the Soil your Undies Otago research programme which aims to understand and measure the health of rural soils using simple …
- … Find out what the key performance indicators are for farm classes in your region and see how you compare. … These regional reports use … bands determined by EBITRm (earnings before interest, tax, rent and manager’s wage). All data is sourced from the Beef + Lamb New Zealand sheep and beef farm survey, and forecasts. The reports are based on the 2022–23 final survey result. Provisional data is shown for 2023–24 and forecast data for …
- Page… 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 … are sick because of worms. How quickly young animals are becoming re-infected after a drench (how contaminated is the pasture they’re grazing?). Whether sheep or calves need a drench or not. Whether a drench has worked or not (there …