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Red meat farmers launch consultation for biosecurity GIA

October 25, 2017

Sheep, beef dairy and deer farmers are being encouraged to have their say on a proposal to give the red meat sector a direct say in readiness and response to biosecurity threats. Beef + Lamb […]

Digital technologies converging on primary sector at MobileTECH 2018

October 16, 2017

Red meat sector people looking to keep up with the latest new digital technology need to be in Rotorua next March for MobileTECH 2018. Every year MobileTECH brings together over 300 technology leaders, developers, early […]

Red meat sector’s Primary Growth Partnerships making progress

October 16, 2017

The red meat sector’s Primary Growth Partnerships (PGPs) are making good progress in the bid to add value to this country’s red meat. The latest edition of Agri-Gate, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) PGP […]

Sheepmeat and beef levies to remain unchanged

October 11, 2017

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ Ltd) announced today that sheepmeat and beef levies will remain unchanged for the levy year commencing 1 October 2017. B+LNZ Chairman James Parsons says the Board has reviewed budgets […]

B+LNZ’s Future Farm to promote excellence in sector

October 9, 2017

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is to establish a Future Farm to trial new technologies and farm systems as part of its strategy to support farming excellence and lift farm productivity and profitability. The […]

Guest post: Simple EU-UK TRQs split cannot be imposed on NZ

October 5, 2017

As part of the Brexit ‘divorce talks’ to prepare for the UK to leave the European Union in 2019, the European Commission and the UK have reportedly reached a preliminary agreement to divide up the […]

Get your messages across that rural/urban divide

September 25, 2017

The farming community needs to step up to help lessen the rift between city and country, according to Hayden Dillon, managing partner and agri specialist at Crowe Horwath. Hayden Dillon believes the debates during the […]

Barber’s Wire: Calves an important source of profit for dairy farmers

September 19, 2017

This calving season is a good time for dairy farmers to think seriously about their options and give consideration to new profit opportunities. Recent work with dairy beef cross calves shows not only can these […]

Barber’s Wire: More cows not the answer

August 16, 2017

Update: Apologies, but owing to the incorrect interpretation of a chart, the wrong figures for the difference between North and South Island milk solids per cow were used in this article. The correct statitstics for […]

Plan for calving – include talking to workers about risks

July 28, 2017

Beef and dairy farmers preparing for calving should also be thinking about effective ways to keep workers safe and well, says WorkSafe’s agriculture sector lead Al McCone. “Calving is a challenging time in terms of […]

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