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- Page… This page provides information on preparing for and responding to snow weather bombs, including factsheets and links to websites and organisations that can provide you with support. Please contact B+LNZ's resources team at [email protected] to … to look into. A guide to feed planning (3MB) – after the snow you might need to look at your feed planning. Health and Safety of volunteers working on farms as part of response and recovery (1.7MB) – if you have volunteers coming onto your property for snow raking or clean up. Please consider …
- … B+LNZ runs its own high-profile awards that celebrate the people, innovation, technologies and farming systems that make New Zealand’s grass-based red meat industry world-leading. Entries open Entries are open … 2026 B+LNZ Awards which will be held 20 May in Christchurch as part of Out the Gate powered by the B+LNZ Farmer Council and Kāhui. This is a great opportunity to celebrate the people, innovation, and technologies that make our red meat sector world-leading. There are eight award categories, learn more by clicking …
- … study tour of up to four of our leading value chains, develops entrepreneurial leaders with skills in critical analysis and innovation insight. Through group discussion, debate and exposure to leading industry influencers, it develops the knowledge, skills and networks to enable you to operate and be influential at an enterprise level within food and fibre. Find out more …
- Page… Equipment (PPE) may be required, depending on the task the vehicle is being used for (i.e. spraying) Spare wheel and change equipment Recovery equipment General Procedure Check the vehicle before operation and ensure it has been correctly maintained Use seat belt where fitted Drive to the conditions and your level of ability Scan ahead for obstacles/hazards If in doubt of route, find another one or go back Do not exceed …
- Page… Learn about the important worm species of sheep – effects on the animal, seasonal pattern, diagnosis, treatment and prevention strategies. Inside the animal Sheep worms most often live in the abomasum (4th stomach) and the small intestine. Some worms can exist in both. Sheep almost always carry a mix of worm species. … Where and how bad? Most worm species are found throughout New Zealand – with some regional differences. For example, … country. Whereas Nematodirus mostly only causes problems in the deep South – it’s eggs require winter chilling to hatch and challenge young lambs in spring. Barber’s Pole worm and Nematodirus can cause sudden, severe illness and death – …
- … Considering your training options for a career in the sheep and beef industry? Young people who have trained at a cadet farm are highly sought after by employers. … well worth trying for a place. If you get accepted to a cadet farm, you'll go through a structured training programme and come out a well-rounded employee, ready for work in the sheep and beef industry. Cadet farms and on-farm training organisations Considering your training options for a career in the … Otiwhiti Station Located near Hunterville, the Otiwhiti Station Land Based Training school teaches hill country sheep and cattle skills to a select group of not more than ten cadets in the first year. Opportunities for employment are made …
- … To be a Korowai of support and advocacy for our Māori levy payers as well as the wider Red Meat sector . ‘Waiho I te toipoto, Kaua I te toiroa’ , … not far apart’ Our mahi in the Māori agribusiness sector covers a range of areas including: providing information and support – we work on the ground where needed, run wānanga and hui, and collaborate across the sector, with a strong focus on farm system outcomes that look at all aspects of the …
- … focus on as they develop their policy platforms, to ensure the red meat sector can continue to grow export revenues and increase jobs. It is sent to every Member of Parliament and relevant officials and forms the basis of B+LNZ’s advocacy in an election year. …
- … 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). … 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 …
- Page… Larval cultures are normally done at an animal health laboratory. Eggs are incubated and hatched out; the resulting larvae are identified under a microscope. Larval cultures identify worms to the ‘genus’ … or Trichostrongylus, or whether it’s more of a mixture. Larval cultures are an important part of drench checks and faecal egg count reduction tests, to help us understand which worm types are surviving our drench treatments. There is very high variability in larval culture results and care must be taken not to overinterpret the absolute numbers. …