Story: Beef farming
Page 8 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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Beef cattle productivity from pasture
This section of the New Zealand Agritech website has detailed information on breeding and managing beef cattle.
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Beef New Zealand
The Beef New Zealand website has information on recent research, articles of interest, and statistical information about beef farming in New Zealand.
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lsb: helping one another
This site has information on all types of farming, including raising, managing and marketing beef cattle, for people with little farming experience.
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Meat & Wool New Zealand
Meat & Wool New Zealand is a grower organisation. Their site has articles about the management of livestock, including beef cattle, and about marketing and market trends.
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New Zealand rare breeds
The website of the Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand has information on the history of beef cattle breeds imported into New Zealand, many of which are no longer farmed commercially.
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Sheep and beef cattle farming
This page on the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry site gives an overview of beef farming in New Zealand, and includes useful statistical material.
More suggestions and sources
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Meadows, Graham. The New Zealand guide to cattle breeds. Auckland: Reed, 1996.
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Smeaton, D. C., ed. Profitable beef production: a guide to beef production in New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Beef Council, 2003.
