Beef+Lamb NZ

New chair of industry-good body elected by board

Remits at annual meeting speak of frustration over what farmers call a lack of consultation.

Former Feds leader, whose election to the BLNZ board ousted the chair, has often done things the hard way.

The Gore farmer says BLNZ had a clear mandate to grow the sheep and beef industries and provide sustainable returns now and for future generations.

Southland farmer Geoffrey Young, the man behind the upset of Beef and Lamb's top structure, vows to take on HWEN.

Southland sheep and beef farmer sweeps poll.

The Taste Pure Nature campaign has identified the “conscious foodie” consumer, one seeking greater levels of assurance around their food supply.

Beef + Lamb NZ delivers bad news for farms due largely to inflation.

Informing New Zealand Beef is working to boost the sector’s profits by $460 million over the next 25 years by giving farmers the right genetic tools.

Director elections seen as referendum on board’s GHG record.

Five-point manifesto ‘should be required reading for Hipkins’, industry good body says.

Beef + Lamb programme being held in six places nationwide.

Report says people are opting to sell up rather than struggle on.

High-quality genetics the focus of seven-year programme.

Research shows NZ red meat among the world’s most carbon efficient.

Talk of betrayal, boycotts dominate BLNZ road show.

Gore meeting unanimous in scorn for GHG proposal.

Looking for one voice in all the yelling.

The model needs to be reassessed to ensure equity in the system, Beef + Lamb NZ says.

Any influence of report on better defining forestry’s role welcomed

The B+LNZ Regional Leadership Award, which recognises an outstanding individual, organisation or business , went to the East Coast Rural Support Trust.

Effort to attract Chinese consumers takes a novel turn in Shanghai.

Move into North Island adds Simmental genes to BLNZ study.

Debate is healthy, but don’t lose sight of how far HWEN has moved the needle on pricing.

A new Beef + Lamb NZ report highlights the extent of farmland being converted to forestry.

The wellbeing of hill country farmers is at the heart of the new FarmSalus tool.

Analyst, BLNZ differ on role of afforestation in declining numbers

South Otago farmer Courtney Nimmo’s term as associate director comes to an end in October.

Research points the way to a method for identifying other suitable forage legumes for hill country farmers in particular.

Organised farming presses for landowners to be involved from the start in the process of identifying Significant Natural Areas.

Free trade agreement’s finer points are still being worked out – and not all of them are going NZ’s way, says Beef+Lamb policy tsar.

Research shows the Taste Pure Nature brand is gaining traction with its targeted red meat-consuming audiences in the…

Who am I? Sam McIvor is chief executive of Beef + Lamb New Zealand. McIvor wrote this opinion piece ahead of the Government announcement.

Farming groups are asking the Government to pause or at least extend consultation on new biodiversity standards, saying…

Who am I? Katherine Dixon is the co-founder of Nature Positive, a provider of research and advisory services for integrated nature and climate solutions, and a lead researcher for the Hill Country Futures Partnership Programme.

Both the pastoral and forestry sectors are sharing concerns over the Government’s plans to change the regulations around permanent carbon forests to only allow native plantings to be eligible for the classification.