Previous Focus Days
Focus Day February 2019
Topics Covered
- Attracting and Retaining the Best Quality People in the Dairy Industry
- Passing Your Environmental Audit With Flying Colours
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- LUDF On-Farm Update
Open Farm Walk Day October 2018
Open Farm Walk in lieu of LUDF October Focus Day
Topics Covered
- LUDF season to date
- Spring Management After a High Growth Winter
- 39% Ahead of Last Season's Production to-date
- This Season's Mating Plan: No Bulls
Focus Day May 2018
Transforming effluent management:
Hear about an emerging new technology that looks to reduce effluent storage requirements, fresh water use, and environmental & safety risks linked to farm dairy effluent.
As well as the end of season scorecard: Production, profit, InCalf results, calving spread, N-Loss and GHG emissions.
Handout from the dayFocus Day February 2018
Topics Covered
- Forages for Reduces Nitrate Leaching
- Winter crops and standoff areas
- Plantain dominant pasture
- Eating >18,000 kgDM/ha
- Future cuse of dry cow products
- LUDF seasonal update
Focus Day October 2017
Topics Covered:
- Farm Biosecurity - What are the real risks?
- Outcome of the wet winter
- Season to date farm performance
- Controlling expenses per kgMS
- Mating plans - Planned changes this season
Focus Day July 2017
Topics Covered
- Annual Profitability Comparison of leading Canterbury Dairy Farms
- Exploring the next Frontier
- Following 3 years of stunning performance at LUDF, its your opportunity to contribute to the next phase.