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- … Elevate your future in sheep and beef! Applications are now open for the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Agricultural Student Scholarship. … Student Scholarship Are you an agricultural student ready to make a significant impact on the New Zealand sheep and beef sector? Beef + Lamb New Zealand is excited to offer a scholarship designed to support your tertiary education and enhance your contribution to our vital industry! This scholarship, valued at $ 1,500 , is open to students …
- Page… for winter allows you to winter animals in a way that ensures the highest standards of animal welfare are maintained and environmental risks are mitigated. … how best to feed your crop, here are some factors to consider: Feed planning – how many animals will this crop feed and for how long. Consider using the B+LNZ FeedSmart app. This app brings together a raft of variables to give farmers instant information on: the nutritional requirements of different classes of livestock, feed values and feed allocation. This app is especially helpful to estimate the feed requirements for sheep and cattle at any time of …
- Page… 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 …
- … Calling all farmers! Register on the Beef + Lamb New Zealand electoral roll and have your say on the big issues affecting our industry. … As the industry organisation representing New Zealand’s sheep and beef producers, we invest farmer levies to help grow the industry today and for future generations. Why register? To make the best decisions on behalf of New Zealand farmers, we need to know …
- Page… Native biodiversity can enhance your farm environment and create opportunities while protecting an important resource for the country. The biodiversity chapter and supporting resources will guide you through assessing, managing and monitoring native biodiversity on your farm. … print or download to fill in electronically. These templates are compatible with Adobe Acrobat Reader – just download and save a copy to edit offline. …
- … Mixed Livestock programme across 20 farms throughout the North Island; with funding support from B+LNZ, Te Puni Kokiri and the Ministry for Primary Industries. … lift in productivity of 26%, despite the programme spanning a drought. What is our role? B+LNZ provides information and tools for the programme while FOMA manages the process of bringing all the various elements together. A key component of the programme is developing skills and knowledge in both the farm and governance teams that oversee these farms. The system is based on farm management …
- Page… an important role in many farm systems. The grazing of these crops in winter can create additional risks. This chapter and supporting resources will help you to identify the risks and create, implement and review plans. … print or download to fill in electronically. These templates are compatible with Adobe Acrobat Reader – just download and save a copy to edit offline. …
- … Accessibility is important to B+LNZ and we keep working to make our website and other resources suitable for all. We try to make sure any given piece of information is available in a range of different formats so farmers and others can find it in a way that suits them. Repeating messages in different media also helps adult learning. We’re …
- … covering topics of national interest to farmers such as Essential Freshwater Policy, the Emission’s Trading Scheme and an update on Taste Pure Nature, which have proven very popular and will continue in the long-term. We want to hear from you Are there any specific topics you would like to hear about as part of our National Webinar Series? Let us know via the button below with your suggested topics and keep an eye on our Events Calendar for the next update as part of this series. SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK AND WEBINAR …
- Page… Some soil – or sediment – in a stream is natural. But, if sediment levels get too high, it can disrupt ecosystems and kill freshwater species. It’s also a major source of phosphorus, because phosphate sticks to soil particles. … a natural process, but – by removing most of New Zealand’s original forest cover – we have exposed soil to the elements and accelerated this natural process. Pasture produces two-to-five times more sediment than an equivalent area of forest. Sheep and beef farming can be a reasonably high contributor of sediment to New Zealand waterways through erosion of steep …