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DAIRY DIARY
by AgriHQ
April 2023
April 4, 6 and 27 – Primary People
FarmTune 2023, Winton and Balclutha, workshop 4
A comprehensive programme that supports you and your team to implement Lean thinking on farm.
For more information or to register, please contact Lynsey Stratford.
Info at www.primarypeople.co.nz/
April 4 – SMASH
Field day, Bay of Plenty
Details TBC
Info at www.smallerherds.co.nz
April 5 – Dairy Women’s Network
The importance of bovine viral diarrhoea and how you can help to protect your herd, Live Webinar. This webinar will provide an overview of the disease as well as providing insights into best on-farm management practices to help protect your herd from BVD.
Info at www.dwn.co.nz/events
April 11 – DairyNZ
Oaonui Body Condition Score Rally, Taranaki
Brush up on scoring your herd before dry-off. This is a crucial time of year to look at individual BCS and make drying-off plans for those lighter cows. This has been shown to increase milk production in those animals for the following season.
Info at www.dairyevents.co.nz
April 12 – DairyNZ
Building a Fit-for-Purpose Effluent System
Join us for a 90-minute toolbox session on getting the plan locked and loaded
In the fourth session of our compliance toolbox series we’ll look at what’s required to build a land-based effluent system that is compliant, fit for purpose and completed on time.
Info at www.dairyevents.co.nz
April 20 – DairyNZ
Cow Wearables, Te Puke
Join local farmers and hear their decisions on collars. With the increasing use of cow wearables we are going to look at the decision-making process used by farmers when purchasing collars.
Info at www.dairyevents.co.nz
April 20 – DairyNZ
Come and Get Sorted Field Day
Declutter your mind of the unknowns.
We’ve gathered speakers on a range of topics with the goal of decluttering your mind of unknowns. If you have a question about rules and regulation, or just want some clarity, or you don’t know what you don’t know, this is the event for you.
Info at www.dairyevents.co.nz
April 26 – DairyNZ
P3 Monitor Farm Field Day, Waikato Performance, Profit and Climate Numbers
Join us at the P3 Monitor Farm Field Day at the Hauraki Charitable Trust farm
We will be covering performance of the four P3 monitor farms, profit under pressure and how to manage inflationary cost pressure and GHG and nitrogen surplus numbers.
Info at www.dairyevents.co.nz
Dairy Hoofcare Institute
Lameness Management Workshop, various dates and locations https://www.dairyhoofcareinstitute.ac.nz/
This workshop is designed to give students an overview of issues relating to lameness management and introduce them to the five-step trimming process according to the Dutch method.
DairyNZ
Repro Action, various dates and locations
Improve on-farm performance and profitability. The Bay of Plenty and Central Plateau regions are performing behind the national average on six-week incalf and not-in-calf rates.
Along with LIC, CRV and local vets, we are giving farmers an opportunity to identify in their herds where you need to focus time, energy and money.
Info at www.dairyevents.co.nz
May 3 and 4 – Dairy Women’s Network
DWN2023 Brighter. Braver. Bolder. Conference Invercargill
Registrations are now open.
Info at www.dwn.co.nz/events
