Scene + Herd: Podcasts from Beef + Lamb New Zealand

Facial Eczema is becoming more widespread in New Zealand, costing NZ’s economy $332 million annually. In the final episode of our special four-part series, The Country’s Rowena Duncum is once again joined by B+LNZ Principal Scientist (Animal Health Research) Dr Cara Brosnahan to wrap up the wider conversation by looking at management of facial eczema and why New Zealand needs more tools in tackling the issue.

Facial Eczema is becoming more widespread in New Zealand, costing NZ’s economy $332 million annually. In part three of our series, The Country’s Rowena Duncum is joined by Dr Cara Brosnahan to look at the innovative "sheep poo study", how farmers are contributing, and what tools are being developed to tackle this disease.

Caitlin Thistoll from Ballance Agri- nutrients was presenting at Beef + Lamb New Zealand's Central Canterbury Farming for Profit day,  Reflections on Summer Crop Management. She talks about the three factors farmers need to consider before establishing a summer forage crop. 

Breakfeeds are shorter podcasts from Beef + Lamb New Zealand.

Captured at Out the Gate 2025 held in Rotorua, Simon Quilty shares an in-depth analysis of the global red meat market and the outlook for New Zealand trade. This is recorded before the United States’ decision to impose tariffs on New Zealand exports, announced 3 April 2025. Watch part two for a follow up after the US tariff announcement and Simon answers questions from farmers.

As a follow up on Simon Quilty’s presentation at Out the Gate 2025 (see part one), Simon shares his initial reaction to the United States’ decision to impose tariffs on New Zealand exports (announced 3 April 2025), and answers farmer questions from his Out the Gate 2025 presentation.

Facial Eczema is becoming more widespread in New Zealand, costing NZ’s economy $332 million annually. In part two of our series, The Country’s Rowena Duncum is joined by Becky Dymond to look at the economic, social and wellbeing impacts of Facial Eczema, plus key drivers behind all the work into the seven-year 'Eliminating Facial Eczema Impacts' programme. 

Liver fluke is a major cause of production issues in sheep and cattle in New Zealand. Dr Andrew Dowling,  technical expert animal health and nutrition at PGG Wrightson, shares what he has learnt from his years of being a vet and eight years of studying this parasite for his PhD. Hear more about what it is, where it came from, how to tell if you have a problem with it and how to manage it.

For more information, check out the section on liver fluke in B+LNZ’s Wormwise Hub.

Achieving 150 percent lambing in hoggets might seem an audacious goal, but Southland farmers Geordie Eade and Pete Thomson believe this will happen in their farming lifetime. The pair, who are members of the Hogget 150 group, spoke at a recent Beef + Lamb New Zealand Farming for Profit day and outlined what the group members have found to be the critical factors for increasing the productivity and profitability of their hogget flocks.

For more information, see Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s guidebook ‘Hogget Performance: Unlocking the potential of hogget lambing’

Breakfeeds are shorter podcasts from Beef + Lamb New Zealand.

Facial Eczema is becoming more widespread in New Zealand, costing NZ’s economy $332 million annually. In part one of a special four-part podcast series, The Country’s Rowena Duncum is joined by Dr Suzi Keeling to look at key aspects of the seven-year Eliminating Facial Eczema’s Impacts programme – a joint collaboration between Beef + Lamb NZ and MPI, with contributions from farmers and industry experts.

In the tenth of Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s ‘Parasite Chronicles’ podcasts, Sarah Perriam-Lampp talks to Otago farmer Willy Scurr about how he is managing drench resistance on his farm.

For more information on internal parasite management, checkout B+LNZ’s Wormwise hub