Livestock
Finalists for 2023 B&LNZ awards
Beef+Lamb New Zealand has announced the finalists for its 2023 awards.
Counting sheep
Long-time sheep pregnancy scanner Daniel Wheeler has clients across the world, James Hoban writes.
Controlling dark forces
The traditional drench families that have served fine wool farmers well are losing efficacy, but drench-resistant internal parasites can still be fought, writes Dave Robertson.
When cash is the biggest need
Like other costs, those for animal health have soared, vet Trevor Cook writes.
Mum’s the word
Driving up lamb growth rates on mum has the potential to overcome the worm challenge, Ginny Dodunski writes.
Isolating ewe wastage
Identifying exact ewe wastage percentages and their cause remains difficult, vet Rachael Fouhy writes.
Breeding out the cost
For too long, opportunities to breed out the cost have largely been ignored in ram selection, Mark Ferguson writes.
Cool sheep scheme $4.2m baags full
A programme is underway to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from this country’s sheep flock by encouraging the measurement and uptake of low methane genetics.
A sheared interest
A North Canterbury couple have a joint interest in judging competition shearing. By Annabelle Latz.
Tag cost fear in EID move
Joint state-federal funding would be made available via a rebate scheme to support the implementation of individual electronic identification (EID) across the NSW sheep and farmed-goat industry. The move is part of a national Australian plan.