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… Not all testing for worms involves handling poo! Here we discuss how animal performance and health checks can be used in worm monitoring. This includes things you can check after an animal has died. … Liveweight monitoring and targeted selective treatment (TST)  What is it? Parasite infections in young animals can cause reduced appetite and … in a mob are affected to the same degree - some will be growing fine while others are not. Liveweight gain (LWG) data of individual animals can be used as an indicator of drench responsiveness.  Animals falling below a pre-determined …

… Get ready for an exhilarating experience at the Southern (Waimumu) and Central District (Feilding) Field Days, brought to you by NZ Young Farmers and Beef + Lamb New Zealand. … B+LNZ’s Food & Fibre Challenge is an interactive way of highlighting the many opportunities and careers within the primary sector to school leavers.  … The first Food & Fibre challenge was at the 2020 Southern …

… largest buying group of its type in New Zealand, transacting more than 2.5 billion dollars' worth of business annually and is listed in the top 20 companies by turnover in New Zealand, has 70,000 Farmlands shareholders and 82 stores nationwide. … AgResearch is one of New Zealand’s seven Crown Research Institutes. We offer world-leading … global leader in the development of innovative solutions and technology to help farmers transform their businesses into data-driven, precision operations. From its headquarters in the Waikato, the company supports farmers around the world to …

… consent for winter grazing, applying for a deemed permitted activity notice or resource consent, a useful mapping tool and a list of useful links. Email: esconsents@es.govt.nz Phone Customer Services: 0800 76 88 45                 Deemed … For information on any upcoming workshops, whether you need a resource consent, managing your IWG, useful defintions, and FAQs. Email: customerservices@orc.govt.nz Environment Canterbury Intensive Winter Grazing Homepage Information on … permitted activities, applying for a resource consent, ECan's complaince approach, good management practices for IWG, and advice on where to find further information. Email: winter.grazing@ecan.govt.nz or phone Customer Services: 0800 324 …

… Things that can affect FEC results … This topic is a bit of a minefield, and we can’t stress enough that faecal egg counts are a GUIDE to the number of worms inside animals. You must interpret … guidelines, but NEVER interpret FECs in isolation, ensure you also have the following information:  … Animals  Feed Age and management mob (e.g. 'Main line' ewes versus 'B flock' ewes). How the animals are looking. How well grown they are. … or low, 50% are moderate to high In these cases you need to consider all your management information alongside the FEC data, to decide the next step. Depending on this, you may elect not to treat, to treat a proportion of the mob, or not …

… Protecting New Zealand's iconic flora and fauna is integral to the future of farming and the Government is consulting on how it can protect New Zealand's native biosecurity. … Update 25 July 2022 The … Read our submission here (PDF, 92KB). The supporting documents (a review of the SNA criteria by Element Environmental and the 2020 submission by B+LNZ and DINZ) are also on the right of this page. Find out more about the consultation on the …

… Emerging Achiever Award winner:   Mitchel Hoare Finalists:   •  Lana Chrystal  •  Martin Reisima  … Rabobank People and Development Award winner:   Growing Future Farmers Finalists: •  Hereheretau Station   • Lone Star Farms  … FMG Rural … took place on Thursday 10 October at the Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton.  … Congratulations to all the winners and finalists at the 2024 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards held on Thursday 10 October 2024 in Hamilton.  See the full 2024 winner list and read the media release here .   Watch a full recording of the evening here .   An image gallery  is available on …

… Emerging Achiever Award winner:   Amy Hoogenboom Finalists:   •  James Robbie •  Harriet Watson … Rabobank People and Development Award winner:   Rural Leadership Trust Finalists: •  Growing Future Farmers   • Whangarei Agricultural and Pastoral Society Farm Intern Programme … FMG Rural Champion Award winner:   Surfing For Farmers Finalists: •   … October at the Te Pae Convention Centre, Christchurch. See a list of winners here. … Congratulations to all the winners and finalists at the 2023 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards held on Thursday 19 October 2023 at Te Pae Christchurch …

… Questions and Answers … 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 contact Olivia.Weatherburn@beeflambnz.com for …

… growth rate, weight gain or feed efficiency of animals. … The use of HGPs is not permitted in sheep in New Zealand and fewer than 1% of New Zealand beef cattle are treated with HGPs. Use of HGPs is strictly controlled to protect New Zealand’s international trade in meat products. While international standards setting organisations and many markets, such as the USA and Australia, consider HGPs safe and use them extensively, the European Union (EU) and other countries have banned their …