\n Beef and sheep farmers recognised in BFEA regional awards, Beef and sheep farmers recognised in BFEA regional awards, How do you manage parasites?\n <\/p>\n
This page contains this week\u2019s e-diary national notices.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If there\u2019s something you want to know specific to your region, contact your local extension manager \u2013 find their details here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n To sign up to e-diaries, create\/login to a B+LNZ online account, go to \u2018Account settings\u2019 and select the e-diary box \u2013 you\u2019ll be asked to pick which region\/s you want to receive e-diaries for.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n See elsewhere on our website for other e-diary info:\u00a0<\/p>\n This week\u2019s notices:\u00a0Easter giveaway: win tickets to the B+LNZ AgInnovation 2026 Conference<\/p>\n To celebrate, we\u2019re giving away two tickets to AgInnovation 2026. One for you and one for the mate you\u2019d bring along! To enter, tell us which speaker or session you\u2019re keen to hear, then tag the mate who should be there with you. Winner drawn live on 13 April.\u00a0Enter the giveaway on Facebook here.<\/a><\/p>\n Beef and sheep farmers recognised in BFEA regional awards<\/p>\n Congratulations to everyone who took home prizes at last week\u2019s regional Ballance Farm Environment Awards. They include: How do you manage parasites? B+LNZ wants to know<\/p>\n Parasites and drench resistance are getting harder to control, so B+LNZ is ramping up support through research, on\u2011farm trials, farmer learning groups, and Wormwise. We\u2019re running a short, anonymous survey to help us focus our work where it will make the biggest difference. Your responses, alongside insights from our Livestock Parasite Management groups, will show what\u2019s working and where more support is needed. It takes just five minutes, and your input directly shapes the tools, resources, and research we invest in. Take the survey here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The poo\u2011dunnit of facial eczema: tracking this year\u2019s spore story<\/p>\n Join us on Wednesday 8 April from 12.15\u20131pm, as B+LNZ\u2019s Principal Scientist Dr Cara Brosnahan and Senior Advisor FE Research Sonya Shaw delve into the clues uncovered in the latest sheep poo study, part of the Eliminating Facial Eczema Impacts programme. They\u2019ll reveal how this season\u2019s spore story unfolded, what the evidence shows, and how these findings can strengthen future FE management on farm. Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Coming to Out the Gate and staying on in Christchurch? Come to E Tipu!<\/p>\n Out the Gate 2026 is followed by E Tipu \u2013 the New Zealand Future Food and Fibre Summit, held 21-22 May. Out the Gate attendees can access a heavily discounted E Tipu ticket for $515, making it the perfect chance to continue the conversation on the future of food and farming.\u00a0Get E Tipu tickets today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beef and sheep farmers recognised in BFEA regional awards, Beef and sheep farmers recognised in BFEA regional awards,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-360105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2013\u00a0Donald and Kirsten Watson of Morelands Pastoral<\/a> who won both the Regional Supreme Award and the B+LNZ Livestock Farm Award for the Auckland region.
\u2013\u00a0Chrissy Weeks and Tony Lumsden of Ratahi Holdings<\/a>, who won the B+LNZ Livestock Farm Award for the Bay of Plenty region.
Last week, we incorrectly named the East Coast regional winners, for which we apologise. The winners were:
\u2013\u00a0Jamie and Nicky Gaddum of Matangi Station<\/a>, Regional Supreme Winners for the East Coast.
\u2013\u00a0Wayne and Nicky Breeze of Hauiti Farm<\/a>, winners of the B+LNZ Livestock Farm Award for the East Coast region.<\/p>\n