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NZ’s Greatest Job Club: Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Thursday, 24 January 2019, 11:10 am | Beef And Lamb NZ
Beef + Lamb New Zealand have announced their five Ambassador Chefs for 2019 to act as figureheads to drive innovation and creativity within the foodservice sector. The appointments follow the announcement of the 173 Beef and Lamb Excellence Award ... More >>
EAT-Lancet report a good opportunity for New Zealand
Thursday, 17 January 2019, 2:11 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
The EAT- Lancet Commission’s report on healthy diets from sustainable food systems highlights the importance of sustainable, grass-fed red meat produced in countries such as New Zealand. More >>
Kiwis Declare Steaks Should Be Medium-Rare
Friday, 23 November 2018, 10:47 am | Beef And Lamb NZ
The result came off the back of The Great Steak Debate poll run on the Beef + Lamb Facebook page – fans were asked how they liked their steaks cooked with the choice of; rare, medium-rare, medium, medium-well and well-done. More >>
Red meat sector welcomes news CPTPP will enter into force
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 4:49 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
The red meat sector welcomes Minister David Parker and Damien O’Connor’s announcement this morning that the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will enter into force on 30 December this year for Mexico, Japan, Singapore, ... More >>
Beef + Lamb New Zealand encourages farmers to have their say
Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 1:52 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is encouraging farmers to have their say on the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI) consultation on how to improve the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme. B+LNZ’s CEO Sam McIvor says that sheep ... More >>
Red meat sector welcomes CPTPP ratification
Thursday, 25 October 2018, 7:01 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
The red meat sector welcomes the ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). New Zealand is now the fourth country to complete its domestic ratification process along with Mexico, Singapore, and Japan. ... More >>
NZ red meat exports top $6.7 billion in 2017-18
Thursday, 11 October 2018, 1:44 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
Latest export figures from Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) show New Zealand’s red meat exports (excluding veal and co-products) were up $1.2 billion (21 per cent) on 2016-17 to over $6.7 billion in 2017-18 on the back of sustained high value per ... More >>
Room for improvement despite progress on M. bovis awareness
Thursday, 27 September 2018, 10:19 am | Beef And Lamb NZ
More than half of sheep and beef farmers have made changes to reduce the risk of their stock becoming infected by Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis), according to research by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ). More >>
Sheep and beef farmers bullish about the future
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 12:01 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
More than two thirds of sheep and beef farmers are positive about the future of the industry, according to research by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) More >>
2018-19 lamb and beef exports forecast to break $3 billion
Friday, 14 September 2018, 9:39 am | Beef And Lamb NZ
2018-19 lamb and beef exports forecast to both break $3 billion for the second time More >>
B+LNZ welcomes Sir Peter Gluckman’s report
Thursday, 13 September 2018, 12:20 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) welcomes the final report from the Prime Minister’s former Chief Science Advisor Sir Peter Gluckman which effectively endorses B+LNZ’s approach for individual farm plans as a tool for helping the agricultural sector ... More >>
Productivity Commission gets it wrong on farmers
Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 4:05 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) acknowledges that the Productivity Commission’s final report on a low-emission economy endorses a split gas approach for long-term and short-term greenhouse gas emissions, but fundamentally disagrees with some of ... More >>
B+LNZ welcomes PCE report on livestock methane emissions
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 3:28 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) welcomes the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report on livestock emissions which recognises the difference in the warming potential between short and long term greenhouse gases. More >>
Sheepmeat and beef levies to increase
Wednesday, 22 August 2018, 1:20 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Board has decided to proceed with the proposed increase in the sheepmeat and beef levies following significant support from farmers. More >>
Beef + Lamb New Zealand welcomes NAIT Act amendments
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 7:33 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) welcomes the Government’s passing of amendments today to improve the National Animal Identification and Tracing Act. More >>
Red meat sector strongly opposes EU quota proposal
Friday, 27 July 2018, 10:03 am | Beef And Lamb NZ
Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association strongly oppose the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom’s (UK) proposal to ‘split’ the EU’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) Tariff Rate Quotas between them. More >>
Red Meat – To have or have not?
Friday, 20 July 2018, 3:26 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
As a registered nutritionist working in the New Zealand red meat industry, I’m faced with a myriad of balls to juggle in the ‘meat and planetary health’ discussion. Nutrition is not a simple science; add environment and moral dilemma in to the mix, ... More >>
Beef + Lamb New Zealand reviewing farmer feedback
Monday, 16 July 2018, 3:01 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
Following the conclusion of five weeks of consultation on a proposal to increase sheepmeat and beef levies, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is now collating farmer feedback for consideration by its Board in early-August. More >>
Sheep and beef farms provide much of NZ’s native vegetation
Friday, 6 July 2018, 10:40 am | Beef And Lamb NZ
A report from the University of Canterbury has revealed that 24 per cent of New Zealand’s native vegetation cover (approximately 2.8 million hectares) is estimated to be on sheep and beef farms. This is the largest amount of native vegetation present outside ... More >>
Beef + Lamb NZ proposes levies increase
Thursday, 7 June 2018, 2:17 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) today launched consultation on a proposal to increase sheepmeat and beef levies to accelerate investment in a range of key programmes. More >>
