12 December 2011

Unspent goat levies allocated to five projects

Beef + Lamb New Zealand has allocated the $115,000 of unspent goat levies to five projects to benefit the New Zealand goat industry.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand General Manager – Farm, Richard Wakelin said the projects supported are:

• Wormwise for goats – developing an authoratative information resource detailing how to manage internal parasites in goats in New Zealand = $44,200 (developed by Ginny Dodunski of Totally Vets Ltd).
• Developing a set of practical guidelines for feral goats covering mustering, goat-proof fencing, feeding, animal health and optimum weight for slaughter = $7,500 (developed by Greta Baynes, Taranaki Vet Centre).
• Meat Goat New Zealand to provide a stable support structure to represent goat farmers = $14,000.
• Establish effective dose rates of anthelmintics for goats = $29,356 (developed by Dr DC Simcock and Prof WE Pomroy from Massey University).
• Improve the farmability of goats by reducing the cost of parasites = $20,000 (developed by Dave Brown and Richard Shaw of the Mohair Producers Association Inc and AgResearch Ltd).

About Beef + Lamb New Zealand:
Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd is the farmer owned industry organisation representing New Zealand’s sheep and beef farmers. Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd invests farmer levies to help develop a growing sheep and beef industry providing sustainable returns for future generations. Beef + Lamb New Zealand has four programmes – Farm, Market, People and Information – to deliver innovative tools and services to support informed decision making, and continuous improvement in market access, product positioning and farming systems for New Zealand’s sheep and beef sector. www.beeflambnz.com

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