Sheep Breeder Roadshows - Media Releases

These roadshows are a great opportunity for breeders to get up to speed on key NZGE updates and interact face-to-face with the B+LNZ Genetics’ technical team and fellow breeders.

How to watch it online
You can watch the recording of the Gore roadshow event on our YouTube Channel. A link to the video is below and also on our website.

Watch Roadshow live stream

View a copy of the presentation slides

Useful links
We referred to a number of links during our presentations. These are listed below.

Topics covered at this year’s roadshows will include:

The 2022 Base Year and Index review and resulting changes
Common data quality problems and fixes
nProve’s breeder screen demonstration
Methane overview

We also intend to cover the strategy for the Terminal evaluation, future Shedding Module and the development of the Visual Scores Guide.

Roadshow Agenda

Roadshow timetable:

North Island:

1pm-4pm, Mon 18 July - AgResearch (Ruakura Centre), Hamilton
1pm-4pm, Thu 21 July - War Memorial Centre, Napier
12:30pm-3:30pm, Fri 22 July - Netball Wairarapa Centre, Masterton

South Island:

1pm-4pm, Mon 25 July - Town & Country Club, Gore
1pm-4pm, Tue 26 July - Ashburton Hotel, Ashburton

Livestream option - Mon 25 July (Gore Roadshow)

COVID-19 event protocols

B+LNZ Genetics events must run in accordance with the COVID-19 Protection Framework (traffic lights).

This event is operating under an orange traffic light. At the event, we encourage you to wear a mask indoors. If you have cold or flu symptoms, are a household contact of a positive case or are awaiting the results from a COVID-19 test, please stay at home.

For more information about the traffic light system: covid19.govt.nz/alert-levels-and-updates/covid-19-protection-framework

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at info@blnzgenetics.com, or phone 0800 745 435.