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A panel of farmers recently shared their personal commitment to sustainability and quality products while taking a long-term, intergenerational view on a recent panel at the 2024 Red Meat Sector Conference in Wellington. Words Sarah Perriam-Lampp Photo Beef + Lamb New Zealand.

WORDS Sandra Taylor, PHOTOS Beef + Lamb New Zealand.

He upset ram breeders but was the greatest contributor to sheep reproductive rates. He fought for the establishment of AgResearch’s Invermay and then fought to keep it. He imported new breeds to improve meat production, fertility and introduced sheep milking in the face of many critics. Words Sarah Perriam-Lampp.

Read SHEEP Country 2024 online here. SHEEP Country is an annual journal celebrating New Zealand sheep farming producing the best wool & lamb in the world. Packed full of great onfarm case studies, market analysis, animal health and breeding advice as well as a details ram sale calendar, SHEEP Country is regarded as the yearly bible for sheep farming!

We have less than five seasons until overseas 2030 targets begin to impact our overseas exports, and we may still yet need to be able to minimise and measure our own emissions domestically. With this in mind, farmers might be wondering what tools are out there to help them tackle their emissions, in ways they integrate into their existing systems.
Hear from two agricultural organisations, AgriZeroNZ and Ruminant Biotech, working to develop the tools to minimise methane emissions, and a farmer utilising genetics to breed low-methane sheep.