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Disease prevention and control require regular attention to stock health, knowledge, planning, good record keeping and compliance with domestic regulations. Explore recommended practices 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 …

The Government has finished its consultations on four elements of the essential freshwater work programme – changes to the low-slope map for stock exclusion, freshwater farm plans, changes to the intensive winter grazing rules and wetlands.  See here for more information including our factsheets and submissions . Essential freshwater rules released: update August 2020 On 5 August 2020 the Government released the freshwater policy, standards and stock exclusion regulations relating to this …

To streamline this process, we need to understand the needs for your school. To be connected to the right people and farmers who are willing to share their experiences please complete the following survey. … Share your experiences with school students and educators! To streamline this process, we need to know who is willing to participate. Please fill out this survey to be added to our database should you be happy to share your experiences. … B+LNZ is helping students connect with real farmers …

… research on their website Programme co-funders include:  Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Seed Force New Zealand PGG Wrightson Seeds Science providers AgResearch – Beef + Lamb New Zealand – …

The Wormwise Handbook and other B+LNZ parasite management tools, and a list of scientific literature for those who really like to delve into the detail.  Resources for farmers Wormwise handbook  (PDF, 4.3MB) – or request a printed copy Request a Wormwise workshop in your area:  Contact your B+LNZ extension manager Podcast with Dr Dave Leathwick : covering good management practice for internal parasites and answers to farmers’ questions Video:  Wormwise pre-lambing advice Worms in refugia : a …

The Ministry for Primary Industries released Phase 1 of a national policy statement for soils in August this year which addresses the management of versatile soils. This NPS has been called the National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land. … The Government has proposed a NPS-HPL to prevent the loss of more of our productive land and promote its sustainable management.  Phase 1 of the NPS-HPL looks at protecting and managing versatile soils in the face of urban growth. Phase 2 will look …

… projects and funding by assisting with: Prioritising investment needs : Identifying current and future challenges in employment, training, and education. Assessing practicality : Sharing firsthand experience to evaluate solutions for …

… , where B+LNZ’s Principal Advisor Animal Health Research, Cara Brosnahan, talks to Mark Ferguson. Watch B+LNZ Knowledge Hub video on sub-clinical FE. Watch Facial Eczema Sheep Poo Study: Q&A session . B+LNZ's Cara Brosnahan and Ginny Dodunski …

Catch-crops increase the efficiency of the operation by retaining nitrogen in the root zone that farmers would otherwise have waved goodbye to. … Planting a catch crop is a way of reducing the risk of nitrate leaching after winter grazing, where there can be large amounts of residual soil nitrogen that is at risk of leaching. By planting another crop as soon as possible after your final grazing, you can capture those nutrients in the second crop and increase overall feed production from the …