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Beef + Lamb New Zealand Puts Case to Washington

Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 12:34 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and representatives from other Five Nations Beef Alliance partners have called on Washington’s Capitol Hill to promote a unified view of how trade in agricultural products – and especially beef – should be ... More >>

Lucerne text messaging service passes 500 subscribers

Thursday, 24 October 2013, 11:04 am | Beef And Lamb NZ

More than 500 people are now subscribed to Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s lucerne text messaging service – getting free real-time updates on how to get the best from this drought-tolerant pasture. More >>

Five Nations Beef Alliance Agrees On Core Principles for TPP

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 1:53 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

An alliance of cattle producers representing Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States have signed a letter announcing their support for a comprehensive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. More >>

Global Beef Priorities Advanced at Five Nations Conference

Friday, 20 September 2013, 5:22 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

International trade was front and centre of discussions at the Five Nations Beef Alliance (FNBA) conference in Cairns Australia last week. More >>

Beef + Lamb New Zealand appoints Chair-Elect

Thursday, 19 September 2013, 3:17 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

Northland farmer and Northern North Island Director for Beef + Lamb New Zealand, James Parsons was appointed Chair-Elect for Beef + Lamb New Zealand at the organisation’s board meeting today. More >>

Drought responsible for 2 million fewer lambs this spring

Thursday, 5 September 2013, 5:09 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

Last season’s North Island drought has dented New Zealand’s sheep and cattle numbers and this spring’s lamb crop is expected to be 2 million lambs less – down 7.7 per cent to 24.43 million head. More >>

Young Rancher Selected For Five Nations

Thursday, 22 August 2013, 7:12 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has selected Lauren McWilliam as the “young rancher” to represent New Zealand at next month’s Five Nations Beef Alliance in Brisbane. More >>

Sheep Breeders and Industry Pause to Celebrate Excellence

Thursday, 15 August 2013, 9:47 am | Beef And Lamb NZ

New Zealand’s top-performing ram breeders have been celebrated at the second annual Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Sheep Industry Awards. More than 300 people attended a dinner in Invercargill last night, where 10 genetics-based awards and five sector ... More >>

Train the LEP Trainer

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 1:59 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

Beef + Lamb New Zealand is ramping up the capability behind its flagship environment resource – the Land and Environment Planning (LEP) Toolkit. In the next two weeks a range of workshop providers including farm consultants, Beef + Lamb New Zealand ... More >>

Steak of Origin Champion Does it Again

Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 11:19 am | Beef And Lamb NZ

Chris and Karren Biddles from Northland have been named Grand Champions once again in the 2013 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Steak of Origin competition. More >>

And the top steaks are…

Friday, 3 May 2013, 4:55 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

After an intense semi-final tasting today, the top 20 sirloin steaks have been found to compete in the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Steak of Origin Grand Final. More >>

Sheep and Beef Sector Increases Eco-efficiency

Friday, 3 May 2013, 11:11 am | Beef And Lamb NZ

New research shows the New Zealand sheep and beef sector has a much lighter environmental footprint than in the past. More >>

Meat industry welcomes Japan to TPP

Monday, 22 April 2013, 9:07 am | Beef And Lamb NZ

Confirmation of Japan joining the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations is an important next step in expanding the reach of the TPP negotiations, ensuring this agreement offers significant benefits for those in the Asia Pacific region, according ... More >>

Sheep and beef farmers support PGP collaboration programme

Wednesday, 13 March 2013, 4:29 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

New Zealand sheep and beef farmers have agreed to co-fund the ‘Collaboration for Sustainable Growth Red Meat Primary Growth Partnership’, following a farmer vote held at the Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Annual Meeting in Wanaka last week. More >>

Biosecurity Report Welcomed By Beef + Lamb New Zealand

Friday, 1 March 2013, 9:23 am | Beef And Lamb NZ

28 February 2013 Biosecurity Report Welcomed By Beef + Lamb New Zealand Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) welcomes the release today, by the Office of the Auditor General, of the report into the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) preparedness and response ... More >>

MPI Tech Transfer Survey Supports Red Meat PGP

Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 4:19 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

MPI Tech Transfer Survey Supports Red Meat PGP The findings of a Ministry for Primary Industries survey of technology transfer to farmers is more evidence of why farmers should want the red meat primary growth partnership programme to go ahead, says Beef ... More >>

Kirsten Bryant re-elected to Beef + Lamb New Zealand Board

Friday, 22 February 2013, 2:19 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

Kirsten Bryant has been returned as the Western North Island Farmer Director on the Board of Beef + Lamb New Zealand. The Beef + Lamb New Zealand Returning Officer, Warwick Lampp has reported that Kirsten Bryant received 11,503 votes and John McCarthy ... More >>

Farmers Preparing to Steak Their Claim

Monday, 4 February 2013, 12:25 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

Farmers across the country are selecting their entries for the 2013 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Steak of Origin. More >>

TPP negotiations need to deliver for agriculture

Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 2:05 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

New Zealand’s red meat sector is encouraging all negotiating parties in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to work tirelessly to ensure this agreement can be completed by October 2013. Key outcomes from the completion of TPP must be the elimination of ... More >>

BEEFLAMBNZ.COM Wins Prestigious Website Award

Friday, 30 November 2012, 12:57 pm | Beef And Lamb NZ

BEEFLAMBNZ.COM Wins Prestigious Website Award Beef + Lamb New Zealand scooped the hotly contested prize for best private sector website at this year’s WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards. The annual awards honour the organisations and ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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