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Low Food Loss Rate For New Zealand Red Meat Sector Highlights Strong Efficiency Story
Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 9:13 am | NZ Beef and Lamb
The first national measure of food loss and waste across the supply chain, shows that meat has one of the lowest loss rates among all major food categories, with around five percent lost across primary production and processing. More >>
Farmers Asked To Go Back To School
Monday, 11 July 2022, 10:25 am | NZ Beef and Lamb
Farmers across the country are being asked to go back to school as a part of a new educational programme for children called Farmer Time . The initiative, which originates from the UK, links farmers with primary and intermediate school children through ... More >>
Majority Of Kiwis Recognise The Role Of Red Meat In A Healthy Diet
Friday, 27 November 2020, 12:32 pm | NZ Beef and Lamb
To find out more or download a copy of the Role of Red Meat in Healthy & Sustainable New Zealand Diets report please head HERE . New research* shows that almost three quarters of Kiwis agree that red meat is good for their health and nutrition, ... More >>
Climate Change Teaching Resource Not Based On Nutrition
Wednesday, 15 January 2020, 12:20 pm | NZ Beef and Lamb
Climate Change Teaching Resource Not Based On Nutrition Science Beef + Lamb New Zealand is concerned at the new climate change teaching resource published by the Ministry for Education. The resource, Climate Change: Prepare Today, Live Well Tomorrow, ... More >>
Japan number one market for New Zealand chilled beef
Thursday, 3 October 2019, 10:54 am | NZ Beef and Lamb
Japan is now New Zealand’s number one market for chilled beef driven by tariff cuts under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). However the gains may be eroded following a US-Japan agreement, according ... More >>
Iron Campaign Survey Points To Worrying Trends
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 10:17 am | NZ Beef and Lamb
Following the conclusion of World Iron Awareness Week (26 August – 1 September), a quiz, conducted by Beef + Lamb New Zealand which received over 3,500 responses, pointed to worrying trends that many Kiwis are suffering from the symptoms often ... More >>
Iron deficiency is suffocating our teen girls
Monday, 26 August 2019, 11:36 am | NZ Beef and Lamb
As World Iron Awareness Week kicks off, Beef + Lamb New Zealand shines a spotlight on the epidemic young women are facing in relation to iron deficiency for meat eaters and non-meat eaters alike. More >>
B+LNZ calls for director nominations for Annual Meeting
Thursday, 15 November 2018, 4:07 pm | NZ Beef and Lamb
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) today announced nominations have opened for two B+LNZ director roles and one position on its Directors’ Independent Remuneration Committee (DIRC). More >>
New Zealand’s beef cattle herd continues to grow
Friday, 3 August 2018, 10:22 am | NZ Beef and Lamb
New Zealand’s beef cattle herd increased by 1.9 per cent over the past year while the decline in the sheep flock was slowed by a lift in hoggets as farmers responded positively to strong prices and good grass growth leading into winter, according ... More >>
Beef + Lamb NZ urges farmers to comply with NAIT
Friday, 23 March 2018, 1:52 pm | NZ Beef and Lamb
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is urging all farmers to comply with the National Animal Identification Tracing (NAIT) scheme requirements following the announcement of a programme to track cattle movements as part of the Mycoplasma bovis response. More >>
Two new appointments to Beef + Lamb Board
Monday, 19 March 2018, 5:28 pm | NZ Beef and Lamb
Beef + Lamb New Zealand welcomes two new faces to its Board of Directors with the election of a new farmer Director and the appointment of an Associate Director. More >>
Alternative proteins a wake-up call for red meat sector
Friday, 2 March 2018, 10:31 am | NZ Beef and Lamb
Alternative proteins are likely to become a major competitor to some of New Zealand’s red meat products and the sector must respond with a clear strategy, according to new research. More >>
Record lamb and mutton receipts and second highest for beef
Friday, 19 January 2018, 11:38 am | NZ Beef and Lamb
Red meat export receipts reached a record high for the December quarter of the 2017-18 season, according to an analysis by Beef + Lamb New Zealand's (B+LNZ) Economic Service. More >>
Beef + Lamb New Zealand launches drought resources
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 2:48 pm | NZ Beef and Lamb
Beef + Lamb New Zealand has launched an online resource for farmers affected by the dry conditions. More >>
Beef + Lamb NZ backs call for beef trade liberalisation
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 6:52 pm | NZ Beef and Lamb
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) strongly supports the International Beef Alliance’s call for Ministers at the World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference to agree on a path to trade liberalisation while protecting beef producersâ ™ livelihoods. More >>
Identification of M. Bovis on new properties
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 7:22 pm | NZ Beef and Lamb
Identification of M. Bovis on new properties Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is concerned about the latest identification of Mycoplasma bovis. Sam McIvor, chief executive of Beef + Lamb NZ, said: “The announcement of further infected properties in the ... More >>
Record lambing percentage for New Zealand sheep farmers
Friday, 1 December 2017, 10:30 am | NZ Beef and Lamb
A record lambing percentage underpins a lift in lamb numbers, according to Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Lamb Crop 2017 report. More >>
B+LNZ Elected to Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef
Wednesday, 22 November 2017, 10:17 am | NZ Beef and Lamb
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has been elected on to the Board of Directors of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) for a two-year term. More >>
Beef + Lamb NZ invites director nominations and remits
Wednesday, 15 November 2017, 4:12 pm | NZ Beef and Lamb
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) today announced nominations have opened for two B+LNZ director roles and one position on its Directors’ Independent Remuneration Committee (DIRC). More >>
Red Meat sector welcomes TPP deal
Saturday, 11 November 2017, 7:53 pm | NZ Beef and Lamb
Red Meat sector welcomes TPP deal and its significant boost to regional growth Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and the Meat Industry Association (MIA) welcome the announcement a deal has been struck to move ahead with the Trans-Pacific Partnership ... More >>
