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

While lamb prices are starting the new season at around 16% below last year’s levels, they are not outright weak, according to the BNZ.

With lambing and calving about to start, Beef + Lamb New Zealand is reminding farmers of the importance of providing ewes and cows with suitable, well-sheltered areas for lambing and calving.

The ewe is under her greatest nutritional and metabolic stress in late pregnancy and in early lactation.

As farmers strive to maximise their lamb survival, interest in orphan lamb rearing systems has been steadily growing.

Severe feed shortages in parts of the country mean many ewes are on a nutritional knife-edge heading into lambing and could be at risk of developing metabolic disorders.

A whole generation of farmers don’t seem to know about the advantages of feeding NZ-grown grain to livestock, claims Jeremy Talbot.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Mid-Season Update 2019-20 has a positive outlook for New Zealand’s sheep and beef exports.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Mid-Season Update 2019-20 has a positive outlook for New Zealand’s sheep and beef exports.

Export prices for meat achieved their highest-ever level in the December 2019 quarter, Stats NZ said today.