Upcoming Focus Days
Next Focus Day 15 Feb 2023 @ LUDF
TOPICS:
LUDF Update : Peter Hancox, Farm Manager
- Production results for the season to date
- Cow Condition: current situation and management
- Plantain planting program update
- Milking 10 in 7 from day one this season
- Planning winter feed with grazier and meeting regulatory requirements
Intensive Winter Grazing
- Animal welfare when grazing winter crops: Dawn Dalley (DairyNZ)
- Intensive winter grazing panel. Ask your questions and concerns about the new intensive winter grazing regulations recently brought in by the Government: Sarah Heddell (Environment Canterbury), Tony Coltman (Canlac Holdings), Kirsty Thomas (DFMS)
Team Culture on Farm
- How do we mange team culture on our farms: Terry Kilday (Camden Group)
- Developing your operation and its people by creating an environment that nurtures success: Sarah Watson (PeopleMAD)
Previous Focus Days
Sept 28 2022 Focus Day Handouts
28th Sept 2022 Handout
GHG - Outline of impacts on dairy farms. Lumen Nicole Messman
Plantain Update K Fransen Dairy NZ
GHG - impacts of farm program MRB J Savage, MRB
Business Resilience in current environment P Bird, Dairy NZ
Pasture Quality and energy intakes on repro. R Luckman, Vet 111
Handout from the dayFocus Day 4th May 2022 Handouts
Handout from the dayFocus Day 6th October 2021
Handout from the dayFocus Day February 2020
Topics Covered:
- Mating results
- Managing Time Off
- Our Future, Their Future
- On-Farm Compliance
- Motivating Change of your Dairy Business
- LUDF Profitability Updates
Focus Day October 2019
Topics Covered:
- Pasture Management
- Mating Without Bulls
- Managing Milk Price Risk
- Pasture Monitoring Systems
- Profitability Benchmarking