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… paddocks for next year’s winter feed crop, think about how you can improve your management of critical source areas and waterways. Careful management is needed when winter grazing on steep slopes to reduce environmental losses. Exclude stock from waterways. Create an ungrazed buffer zone between the livestock and the waterway. Ideally, at least 5 metres, but this should increase with slope and soil instability. Check your regional councils’ rules and regulations because some have rules on buffer zones. Leave …

… do over the next five years to prepare New Zealanders for the impacts of climate change such as extreme weather events and rising sea levels. We were strongly aligned with DairyNZ in our views and asked the Government to work with us further to prepare farmers with practical tools and solutions. Read our submission (PDF, 508KB) Find out more If you have any questions about the submission contact …

… The aim of this project was to evaluate different ways of communication for their reach, impact and associated behaviour change. Parasite management is important for every livestock farmer and this topic was used to help evaluate five different communication methods.  … The project used: analytics to assess … reversing drench resistance on their farms. To do this, the information needs to be communicated effectively and have the desired impact.  A variety of communication channels were used to provide information to farmers:    A …

… There are a number of support channels and resources available to farmers affected by weather that have been designed to help you make informed decisions, while others contain management advice and strategies from farmers and industry experts. … Please contact B+LNZ's resources team at resources@beeflambnz.com  to request printed copies of …

… Every six years, farmers vote on whether they want B+LNZ to continue to exist, funded by compulsory levies on sheepmeat and beef (including dairy-beef). … Referendums are held as required under the Commodity Levies Act 1990.   The next … farmers on B+LNZ’s electoral roll will be provided with information:  outlining the constitutional information, and   how farmers' levies will be invested over the next six-year period,   and asked to vote 'yes' or 'no' to the continuation of B+LNZ.   In the past, farmers have also been asked to vote on …

… The Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards celebrate the people, the innovation, the technologies, and farming systems that make New Zealand’s red meat industry world-leading.  … The B+LNZ Awards evolved out of the successful B+LNZ Sheep Industry Awards but now encompasses the whole red meat sector (sheep, beef and dairy beef). The eight award categories (four people focused, four business focused) are continually reviewed to ensure they align with B+LNZ’s strategy and goals and reflect changes in the red meat sector.  The awards are a platform from which we can tell our sector's story …

… that brought together partners from across the red meat sector to help our industry become more profitable, confident and productive. … The RMPP programme ended on 31 March 2021. About the programme Industry and Government partnered through the Primary Growth Partnership programme to invest in a $65 million initiative to develop, test and introduce new ideas, technology and ways of working. RMPP was made up of farmers via B+LNZ, six meat processing …

… 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, 928 KB). 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 …

… checks' or a more detailed faecal egg count reduction test. Management practices that improve nutrition to all animals and reduce larval intake by young stock, can reduce our dependence on drench – making resistance less of a threat. … generations slowly develop the ability to tolerate what once killed them. This adaptation gets written into their DNA and passed on to their offspring.   Their cousins who don’t adapt still get killed, leaving the drench survivors to breed with each other and increase in numbers.  Using drench over and over as your main way to manage parasites applies selection pressure. It …

… of long-acting drench products on the rumen microbiome, the effect of parasites on ewe growth, Body Condition Score and fecundity over the summer-autumn period. … This project investigated the following: the potential effect … ewes in total that were given one of three different treatments (long-acting drench product, controlled release capsule and untreated control). The rumen microbiome of these animals was sampled three times throughout the trial  the effect of parasites on ewe growth, Body Condition Score (BCS) and fecundity over the summer-autumn period. This was done by assessing 300 ewes (as above) and three measures were …