B+LNZ Director nominations and 2024 Annual Meeting remits invited
A media release announcing A call for B+LNZ Director nominations and 2024 Annual Meeting remits was announced on 9th...
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Beef + Lamb New Zealand appoints new Associate Director for 2023/24
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has appointed Mark Polson as an Associate Director to its board, commencing 1 November...
Sheep and beef farm profit margins expected to fall a further 30 per cent this season
While the outlook is for global sheepmeat and beef demand to recover slightly, ongoing increases in farm costs are...
Sheepmeat and beef levy-payers sought for Directors’ remuneration committees
The Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Board and the New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB) are looking to appoint members to their...
High number of bulls nominated for across-breed Beef Progeny Test
More than 50 bulls have been nominated as sires for use in the innovative Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) programme’s...
New report shows cumulative impact of Government policies detrimental to NZ sheep and beef farmers and the environment
The raft of new and proposed environmental regulations has created significant administrative and financial burden on...
Decisions on low-slope map encouraging but more work needed
Changes to the stock exclusion regulations are promising, however Beef + Lamb New Zealand, Federated Farmers and Deer...
Kiwi farmers need science-led methane review
B+LNZ, along with Federated Farmers and DairyNZ, has been working with leading climate scientists from Oxford University...
Finalists announced in 2023 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards
After a robust judging process, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is pleased to announce the finalists in the 2023 Beef +...
Politicians to go head-to-head on primary sector policy at Rural Issues Debate
Leading figures from the major political parties will be grilled on their primary sector policies at the inaugural Rural...
Land-use change impacting livestock numbers and rural communities
Land-use change continues to have an impact on livestock numbers, according to a study by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ...
Red meat sector: agriculture must be central to NZ’s economic strategy
New Zealand’s red meat sector is calling on the future Government to put agriculture and the production and export of...
New Zealand red meat sector dismayed at Government’s latest agricultural emissions announcement
The arbitrary deadline set by the Government for pricing agricultural emissions has no justification given the sector’s...
B+LNZ calling on farmers for groundbreaking research: we need your sheep poo
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is calling on farmers to take part in a groundbreaking Facial Eczema research project by...
Conversion of sheep and beef farms into carbon farms continues at alarming rate
New research shows the scale and pace of sheep and beef land purchased for forestry is even higher than first thought.
Government must work with rural sector on commonsense stock exclusion rules
The Government must enable farmers to adopt a flexible commonsense approach to managing the exclusion of beef cattle and...
More work needed on Government’s National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity
The Government’s new National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB) is complex and cumbersome and will...
Have your say on the Government’s consultation on the low-slope map for stock exclusion
The following email was sent to farmers on 28 June 2023.
Agriculture sector seeks further detail on Freshwater Farm Plans
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ), Federated Farmers, DairyNZ and Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ) are all supportive of...
NZ trade strategy must evolve as global markets become more protectionist
New Zealand must evolve its trade strategy to capture more value from existing markets if the country is to increase...