Previous Focus Days
Focus Day October 2015
Topics Covered:
- Re-jigging the system to maintain viability
- Pasture Management; and
- Launch of the Sustainable Dairying - Workplace Action Plan
Focus Day July 2015
Topics Covered:
- Pushing For Profit
- LUDF Financial Benchmarking
- DairyNZ Tactics for Tight Times
Focus Day May 2015
Topics Covered:
- LUDF 2014/15 Scorecard
- Profitability............................................................. B+
- Estimated N-Leaching............................................ A+
- Cost Control........................................................... A+
- Lessons learnt from 2014/15 Season and revised plan for 2015/16
- + Mating analysis – understanding the decline in 6 week InCalf
- + ECAN Variation 1 – Summary of Regulatory Changes.
Focus Day February 2015
Topics Covered:
- Staying Profitable - Transferable tactics for tight times
- On Target with fewer cows and less inputs
- Autumn feeding options – balancing CS / milk production / winter feed requirements
- Making regrassing pay at this years payout
Focus Day October 2014
Topics Covered:
- More from less - 2.3kgMS/cow on grass
- Upscaling the P21 Research – Results to date
- Plus: Mating Strategies without induction Including Dr Chris Burke, Reproduction Scientist, DairyNZ
Focus Day July 2014
Topics Covered:
- Wintering: 20% of the year, 30% of farm costs, affecting 100% farm performance:
- Evaluation of wintering system vs targets and objectives
- Latest data on local wintering research
- Compare LUDF’s 2013/14 Profitability with leading dairy farms