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Plan for internal parasite management

With new lambs on the ground farmers are being urged to make an internal parasite management plan for the coming season.

As this season’s lamb crop hits the ground, farmers are being urged to make an internal parasite management plan for the coming season.

BVD control in beef herds

BVD is a common but devastating viral infection of cattle.

Strategic planning a key focus for action group member

Dannevirke farmer Charlie Riddell says one of the major lessons that he has taken from the group is to look at diversifying the skills he’s learned in his farming business.

Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP) Action Group member Charlie Riddell says while there have been good lessons from the subject matter experts, he has learned just as much from other members of the group.

Precision tech helps farmer get it right

Craige Mackenzie’s farming philosophy is right input, right quantity, right place and right time.

Mid-Canterbury arable and dairy farmer Craige Mackenzie’s philosophy is right input, right quantity, right place, right time — which makes sense for his business and for the land, waterways and climate.

Sustainable approach helps boosts productivity

Taramoa farm managers Billie and Dan Herries are proof that farming sustainably doesn’t have to come at an economic cost. Photo courtesy NZ Farm Environment Trust.

An East Coast farm is enjoying a dramatic increase in productivity, despite retiring 10% of the land – proving that farming sustainably doesn’t have to come at an economic cost.

An ode to the ‘beloved’ sheep yards

One of 14 year-old Rosa Macaulay’s favourite places is her poppa’s sheep yards.

When 14-year-old Lincoln High School student Rosa Macaulay was asked to write story about her favourite room, instead of choosing her bedroom like most 14-year-old girls, she chose her grandfather’s sheep yards.

Back the sector that backs NZ

New Zealand’s sheep and beef farming sector is critical to our country’s Covid-19 recovery. Photo: Paul Sutherland Photography.

OPINION: The biggest issue currently facing our industry is environmental policy, writes Beef+Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor.

How we react governs how we act

OPINION: From my quotes file, here is one that I have rather sadly seen lived out up close and personal, too many times to recall.

Meat quota rates remain vital

NZ’s sheepmeat exports rose 12% by volume and 5% by value in August.

A jump in the value and volume of New Zealand’s sheepmeat exports to Europe and the UK shows why preserving WTO tariff-rate quotas is so important, claims the Meat Industry Association (MIA).