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… New Zealand Awards celebrate the people, the innovation, the technologies, and farming systems that make New Zealand’s red meat industry world-leading.  … The B+LNZ Awards evolved out of the successful B+LNZ Sheep Industry Awards but now encompasses the whole red meat sector (sheep, beef and dairy beef). The eight award categories (four people focused, four business focused) are …

Explaining your genetic plan to your farm team …

… of weed species. What you must not feed to animals Waste feeding pigs Despite border controls, unauthorised meat products could potentially enter New Zealand. This illegally imported meat could contain diseases and feeding it to pigs could spread these diseases. Whether you feed food waste to your own …

FITT was a B+LNZ initiative to improve farm profitability. It offered funding for groups of sheep and cattle farmers to trial new approaches or farming systems. … How FITT works Farmers within a region or district were encouraged to get together and apply for funding for a project to address a local problem or opportunity.  Suitable projects  The project must have immediate and relevant application on-farm. The emphasis must be on developing practical systems to solve immediate farming problems …

… The red meat sector is committed to playing our part in addressing climate change and has already made significant progress. …