Sheep & Beef Farming

Of the sheep & beef export, sheep fetched $3.5 billion (which includes meat, wool, carpet and other wool products) while beef export value was $2.14 billion.

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November 19, 2014

Sheep

There were 30.8 million sheep (0.476 million down from 2012) in New Zealand in 2013. In the same year the export value of lamb and mutton was $2.263 billion and $0.395 billion respectively.

November 19, 2014

Beef

There were 3.73 million beef cattle in 2013, which was 120,000 less than 2012’s 3.85 million. Despite this in 2013 the export value of our beef was $2.143 billion which is the third highest export earner within the ag-hort sector in New Zealand.

November 19, 2014

Waterway Management

There is increasing pressure globally and locally to maintain and improve water quality and use water wisely. Waterway management in the context of habitat enhancement should be a key component of farm planning & management and sustainability. Without proactive effort and targeted capital investment, reactive actions may be needed to comply with water rules and regulations.

November 23, 2014

RMA Compliance

Understanding your compliance requirements at all levels of farm operation is the first step towards the Resource Management Act (RMA) compliance.

November 23, 2014

Consequences of not complying

While bearing up with the negative consequences the key is to not to repeat previous non-compliance and to take measures to prevent it in future. Apart from causing harm to the environment,