LIC will be hitting the road from February to July 2021, holding free MINDA LIVE training sessions across the country.

 

10am -11.30am Intermediate session

If you would like to know more around creating groups and reports then this session is for you. Herd management is simpler and faster when using MINDA LIVE. In this workshop we will show you how MINDA LIVE can help you to build groups and reports to support your on-farm decision making. 

We will provide laptops and take you through some scenarios based on on-farm activities, allowing you to learn at your own pace.

 

11:45 – 12.15pm MINDA App

MINDA App enables you to keep track of what your animals are up to and how they’re doing directly from your smartphone or tablet. Easy to use and understand, the MINDA app allows you to record and view events from anywhere you may be and whether you're connected to the internet or not. 

We will provide tablets and take you through how to record and manage health events on the App, enabling you to practise at your own pace. We will highlight some of the upcoming features to keep you up-to-date of the future enhancements

 

1pm – 2pm Farmer feedback session 

This session revolves around our interest in developing a greater understanding of our farmers’ needs for MINDA LIVE and MINDA App, as we’re for designing our products and services for you.

This will be an interactive session where we will seek to understand your challenges and feedback in an attempt to identify potential strategies and solutions. 

 

2:30 – 4pm Protrack session

This session will show you how to get more out of your Protrack system’s software from MINDA LIVE.  We will guide you through creating and updating quick events, building groups to draft your animals and provide you with tips on how to utilise Protrack on farm.

We will provide laptops so that you can run through activities to reinforce your learnings.

 

Please register for the session(s) you wish to join here

 

CalvingSmart for new entrants to dairying
If you’re new to dairying or need a re-fresh, come along to our practical, in-person workshops so you can approach the calving season with confidence.

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are interactive. Topics will include:

 Calving 

What does a normal calving look and feel like?
Checking for signs a cow is going to calve
When to give a helping hand and when to call for help. 

 The cow and its calf… Full event info

SIDE is back for 2021 - Join us for excellent key note speakers, hot topic workshops, get in on the discussions and ask the burning questions, network with like minded farmers.

Keynote speakers Dr Ceri Evans, Logan Williams and Ali and Dion Kilmister joined by MC Julia Jones.

In this 5-day programme spread over a year you get to expand your understanding of governance,  implement new governance practices, and grow your business and your confidence to meet current challenges. 

Bring your farm team
For those who are new to dairy or needing a refresh and those seasoned veterans looking to gain a new idea or tip for this year’s calving.

We will be running a combined session, along with two dual sessions at our CalvingSmart workshops this year:

 

Home by 5

This will be a joint session for staff and managers to talk about the tips and tricks they use to make sure the cowshed lights are switched off and everyone is home by 5pm. Come and hear ideas on how you… Full event info

Can you reduce your Environmental footprint and improve profitability?
 
Get an understanding of the current national climate change commitments relating to dairy, what numbers are important for your farm, and how you can influence them.

DairyNZ and BNZ are partnering to help you understand what will help your business be better prepared for the future.

Find out:

What’s driving the Greenhouse gas numbers on your property
Details on how banks are supporting you to meet both your fi… Full event info

Curious? Come along!
Something different to talk about here: a biological management system in transition to full organic certification.  Come and pick up some tips and tricks to take home.  Bring a neighbour too!

Protect our industry - please arrive with clean boots to prevent the spread of disease, pest or weed

Join us on-farm!
Hosted by dry stock grazer Bart Gysbertsen - some great topics!

Discussion based on their grazing block and how they are achieving such good results
Also a focus on young stock management and winter feeding levels
Whip round included at the start of the day to see how farms are currently sitting feed wise
Latest update from rural police - what we need to look out for to keep safe.

Lunch provided - please RSVP to Abby by texting 021 244 3428

Protect our industry - please arri… Full event info

Understand what will help your business thrive into the future

Identify opportunities on your farm to meet both national and your own environmental goals, while reducing costs and becoming more profitable.   

DairyNZ and BNZ are partnering to help you understand what will help your business thrive into the future.

Find out:

How you can respond to environmental limits without taking a hit on profit
Details on how banks will use the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAFI) to support you to… Full event info

The Dollars & Sense of Going Green
Identify opportunities on your farm to meet both national and your own environmental goals, while reducing costs and becoming more profitable.   

DairyNZ, Beef + Lamb and BNZ are partnering to help you understand what will help your business thrive into the future. Find out:

How you can respond to environmental limits without taking a hit on profit
Details on how banks are supporting you to meet both your financial and environmental goals
How recor… Full event info

On farm discussion group
This month we will be visiting Gaz's farm.

Come and see the new farm, find out how the season has gone and what changes Gaz is considering for the 2021/22 season.

 

Protect our industry - please arrive with clean boots to prevent the spread of disease, pest or weed.

Quick look around a couple of different wintering examples and finishing with a lunch at the Milton White Horse Inn.
Join us for a chance to have a quick look at two different wintering systems before finishing with a lunch at The White Horse Inn.

We will start sharp at Glenn and Lynne Johnston's place at 11am sharp meeting at the old Phosphate Works Shed (intersection of Phosphate Road and State Highway 1)looking at cows on a feedpad, then moving to the runoff looking at cows on crop.

From t… Full event info

Take a break off farm and join us
Join us at the Rugby Club for some seasonal discussion and a light lunch.  Everyone welcome - bring your neighbour along too!

Be confident this calving season with all you need to know about raising healthy calves.

This workshop will leave attendees with not only knowledge but tools and resources that they can action.

Who should come to this event: All farmers that have an invested interest in raising healthy calves.

Topics that will be covered at the workshop include:

• Calf Housing and Pen Design
  • Demonstrate a setup of a calf shed. Including the importance of ventilation and bedding.
• Getting to Grips with Colostrum
  • How colostrum helps to minimize the risk of neonatal disease
  • Why colostrum management is important (changes in quality over time, effect of microbial contamination; assessing quality; options for improving quality)
• Feeding calves for lifetime productivity: How improving neonatal calf nutrition can improve profitability
  • The impact of early life nutrition on lifetime productivity,
  • Understanding your options: milk or milk replacer; skim milk powder or whey?
• Feeding and Meal
  • Calf energy and protein requirements, and how to transition from milk to meal and meal to grass.
• Achieving liveweight gains for heifers
  • Calculation of food to achieve liveweight targets, key target times and measuring options

Brought to you by SealesWinslow.

Proud supporters of Dairy Tomorrow.

This workshop helps to:
– be world leading in on-farm animal care
– build great workplaces for New Zealand’s most talented workforce

 

Event Timings

• 9.30am Registration
• 10.00am Start
• 2.30pm Finish

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are interactive

If you’re new to dairying or need a re-fresh, come along to our practical, in-person workshops so you can approach the calving season with confidence.

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are interactive. Topics will include:

 Calving 

What does a normal calving look and feel like?
Checking for signs a cow is going to calve
When to give a helping hand and when to ca… Full event info

Visit to Swaps new site in Matamata
Join us for this year's trip to have a tour through Swaps operation over in Matamata.

The ladies group recently had a trip to visit and so if you were jealous of what they came back to tell you about it, this is your chance!

 

We will meet over at Tauhei Hall to carpool over to Matamata.

We will be having lunch/drinks at Swaps new cafe after the tour.

Winter Herd Rally
To finish off this season's Discussion Groups, we will do a rally to look at a few of the herds within the group, starting at Kane and Claire Hughes and finishing at Cafe 487 for lunch.

 

Protect our industry - please arrive with clean boots to prevent the spread of disease, pest or weed.

Field trip to Halter farm and the Wainui Reserve
 

Keen to see Halter in action?
Have you ever wanted to look into the future to know what your riparian planting and retiring of land can achieve?

Then this is the day for you!

Whaingaroa Harbour Care started 26 years ago to focus on stock exclusion and riparian planting along the Wainui Stream near Raglan.
Over this time the community has witnessed a substantial improvements both in water quality and a return of many indigenous flor… Full event info

Identify opportunities on your farm to meet environmental goals, while reducing costs and becoming more profitable.

DairyNZ and BNZ are partnering to provide tools, knowledge and insights to help you thrive into the future.

Respond to environmental limits without taking a hit on profit.
Learn how banks have integrated environmental, social and governance considerations into their traditional banking processes, and what this means for you.
Find out how your environmental progress and reporting… Full event info

Understand what will help your business thrive into the future

Identify opportunities on your farm to meet both national and your own environmental goals, while reducing costs and becoming more profitable.   

DairyNZ and BNZ are partnering to help you understand what will help your business thrive into the future.

Find out:

How you can respond to environmental limits without taking a hit on profit
Details on how banks will use the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAFI) to support you to… Full event info

The Dollars & Sense of Going Green
Identify opportunities on your farm to meet both national and your own environmental goals, while reducing costs and becoming more profitable.   

DairyNZ, Beef + Lamb and BNZ are partnering to help you understand what will help your business thrive into the future. Find out:

How you can respond to environmental limits without taking a hit on profit
Details on how banks are supporting you to meet both your financial and environmental goals
How recor… Full event info

This event is now full and registrations have closed.

If you’re new to dairying or need a re-fresh, come along to our practical, in-person workshops so you can approach the calving season with confidence.

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are interactive. Topics will include:

 Calving 

What does a normal calving look and feel like?
Checking for signs a cow is going to calve
When to give a helping hand and when to call for help. 

 The cow… Full event info

On farm discussion group
Colm & Gaynor Tierney have owned this 75ha farm for quite a few years now, but the season they just completed was the first that they have run the farm without their other sharemilker job. It is run as a genuine system one farm. 

It is also the first season the farm has been run OAD all season. Their focus, as always, has been to grow and harvest as much pasture as possible at the lowest cost of production. The data on the day will say that they have done a pr… Full event info

Field trip to Halter farm and the Wainui Reserve
Keen to see Halter in action?
Have you ever wanted to look into the future to know what your riparian planting and retiring of land can achieve?

Then this is the day for you where the Raglan discussion group will be joining the Waikato BOP Organic group.

Whaingaroa Harbour Care started 26 years ago to focus on stock exclusion and riparian planting along the Wainui Stream near Raglan.
Over this time the community has witnessed a substantial… Full event info

Session Full

If you’re new to dairying or need a re-fresh, come along to our practical, in-person workshops so you can approach the calving season with confidence.

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are interactive. Topics will include:

 Calving 

What does a normal calving look and feel like?
Checking for signs a cow is going to calve
When to give a helping hand and when to call for help. 

 The cow and its calf 

Working with cows and calves
the trip… Full event info

Join us as we take a look around the district at a number of different wintering systems!
Wintering tour across the district

We all have a part to play when it comes to making a difference this winter!

Join us as we do a social trip throughout the area looking at a number of different wintering systems both on and off the paddock beofre heading to the Waikaka pub for a catchup.

We will look at a range of wintering systems for cows and heifers

Fodderbeet wintering
Precision drilled swed… Full event info

Join us for an evening catchup
Join us for an early evening catchup and light supper (provided). Everyone welcome - bring your neighbour along too.

Programme (10 am – 3.40 pm)

• Looking Ahead: Global Forecast for the Dairy Industry. Fraser Whineray, Fonterra
  What is the situation looking like going forward, will it remain positive? What is the ongoing effect of Covid? What does Fonterra foresee and how is it positioning itself to adapt to future conditions?

• Pastures of the Future. Allister Moorhead, Agricom
  Climatic conditions, environmental regulation, poor pasture persistence, and the increasingly challenging balancing act between feed supply and demand are making us rethink what we will sow when we renew our pastures. This interactive session will look into the options available to us now and in the pipeline.

• What really influences reproductive performance on farm?. LIC
  Did you meet your herd reproductive targets this season? This session, which will include the data and experiences of local farmers, will explore the key reproductive measures, what they indicate, and the actions you can take to improve your herd’s performance.

• Eyes on the Prize. Dave Currie
  Dave has led a rich and varied career including: Chef de Mission at the Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games; race director of the Ironman Triathlon; executive director of the Halberg Trust; and the Manager of the New Zealand Black Caps cricket team. He will share how he, and elite athletes, set meaningful goals and courageously tackle challenges to emerge as winners.

How much?

$70 for DairyNZ levy payers (farmers and their staff), $120 non-levy payers.

Includes whole day package (morning tea, lunch, and happy hour). Can’t wait to see you there!

LIC will be hitting the road from February to July 2021, holding free MINDA LIVE training sessions across the country.

 

10am -11.30am Intermediate session

If you would like to know more around creating groups and reports then this session is for you. Herd management is simpler and faster when using MINDA LIVE. In this workshop we will show you how MINDA LIVE can help you to build groups and reports to support your on-farm decision making. 

We will provide laptops and take you through some scenarios based on on-farm activities, allowing you to learn at your own pace.

 

11:45 – 12.15pm MINDA App

MINDA App enables you to keep track of what your animals are up to and how they’re doing directly from your smartphone or tablet. Easy to use and understand, the MINDA app allows you to record and view events from anywhere you may be and whether you're connected to the internet or not. 

We will provide tablets and take you through how to record and manage health events on the App, enabling you to practise at your own pace. We will highlight some of the upcoming features to keep you up-to-date of the future enhancements

 

1pm – 2pm Farmer feedback session 

This session revolves around our interest in developing a greater understanding of our farmers’ needs for MINDA LIVE and MINDA App, as we’re for designing our products and services for you.

This will be an interactive session where we will seek to understand your challenges and feedback in an attempt to identify potential strategies and solutions. 

 

2:30 – 4pm Protrack session

This session will show you how to get more out of your Protrack system’s software from MINDA LIVE.  We will guide you through creating and updating quick events, building groups to draft your animals and provide you with tips on how to utilise Protrack on farm.

We will provide laptops so that you can run through activities to reinforce your learnings.

 

Please register for the session(s) you wish to join here

 

Drop-in day at the Kereone Hall followed by a farm visit
Lincoln Ventures have been doing some interesting research into water and nutrient flow in the Piakonui and Piakoiti Streams which flow into the Piako River.

They are having a community drop-in session at the Kereone Hall from 10am-12.30pm. You can call in for a cuppa and discuss with the researchers what they have been doing and what this may mean for your farm. We will then be heading out to Barry Matchett's farm on Milliken Rd fr… Full event info

Bring your farm staff
For those who are new to dairy or needing a refresh and those seasoned veterans looking to gain a new idea or tip for this year’s calving.

We will be running a combined session, along with two dual sessions at our CalvingSmart workshops this year:

 

Home by 5

This will be a joint session for staff and managers to talk about the tips and tricks they use to make sure the cowshed lights are switched off and everyone is home by 5pm. Come and hear ideas on how yo… Full event info

Drop-in day at the Kereone Hall followed by a farm visit
Lincoln Ventures have been doing some interesting research into water and nutrient flow in the Piakonui and Piakoiti Streams which flow into the Piako River.

They are having a community drop-in session at the Kereone Hall. You can call in for a cuppa and discuss with the researchers what they have been doing and what this may mean for your farm. We will then be heading out to Barry Matchett's farm on Milliken Rd from 1pm to 2pm to have a… Full event info

First discussion group for the season, bring your neigbours!
Join us on farm - plenty to talk and enquire about.  Specific topics will be updated nearer the time.

Protect our industry - please arrive with clean boots to prevent the spread of disease, pest or weed.

BCS and Lunch at Surf Inn
For this month's group we will meet at Oaonui Hall at 10.45am. We will do a Body Condition Score rally at different farms, and finish with lunch at the Surf Inn in Opunake from 12pm.

More information to come.

 

Protect our industry - please arrive with clean boots to prevent the spread of disease, pest or weed.

Identify opportunities on your farm to meet environmental goals, while reducing costs and becoming more profitable.

DairyNZ and BNZ are partnering to provide tools, knowledge and insights to help you thrive into the future.

Respond to environmental limits without taking a hit on profit.
Learn how banks have integrated environmental, social and governance considerations into their traditional banking processes, and what this means for you.
Find out how your environmental progress and reporting… Full event info

Have questions about your effluent consent or putting in a new system? This is the event for you!
We know the effluent consenting process is tricky; this event is designed to have all the answers in one place.

Agenda:

The dairy effluent consenting process and what is required for farmers.
Accredited advisor to go through the Dairy Effluent storage calculation - how much storage is required for your property?
Managing your effluent
Trade stands with effluent design/installation companies.

Com… Full event info

CANCELLED - WE'RE SORRY!
Cancelled - we're sorry.  We'll have a calving catchup soon!

 

Planning meeting
Come and Join us at our annual planning meeting to be held at the fire pot cafe, Gordonton. We welcome any one to come along and give us ideas about what you want on the group calendar for the year. Come and join us for lunch. 

Next chapter in Dylan's farming career
Dylan's just started the next chapter in his farming career, adding a 50/50 sharemilking position with a new farm owner (Maurice Butler) to his current Contract Milking position with Raroa Farms Trust.  It all happened with a bit of a late season flurry, with Dylan pulling together a herd of cows from Bay of Plenty and Taranaki and still sourcing all the bits and pieces he needs for the sharemilking position.

Come along to see how its all coming toge… Full event info

The Dollars & Sense of Going Green
Identify opportunities on your farm to meet both national and your own environmental goals, while reducing costs and becoming more profitable.   

DairyNZ, Beef + Lamb and BNZ are partnering to help you understand what will help your business thrive into the future. Find out:

How you can respond to environmental limits without taking a hit on profit
Details on how banks are supporting you to meet both your financial and environmental goals
How recor… Full event info

Enhance your communication and curiosity, and explore new ways to

- Understand and tailor your communication

- Deliver a message that lands well and gets through

- The key principles of good feedback

- The power of listening

Sara Keenan is Business Customer Experience facilitation manager for ASB Bank. Her experience encompasses leadership and coaching, and training effectiveness and time management all at levels and industries.

 

Join this session to understand latest thinking on leading ourselves and others through change

- Change models relevant for today

- Understanding your personal response to change

- Managing yourself through change

- Understanding essential leadership behaviours through change

Sara Keenan is Business Customer Experience facilitation manager for ASB Bank. Her experience encompasses leadership and coaching, and training effectiveness and time management all at levels and industries.

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are interactive

If you’re new to dairying or need a re-fresh, come along to our practical, in-person workshops so you can approach the calving season with confidence.

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are interactive. Topics will include:

 Calving 

What does a normal calving look and feel like?
Checking for signs a cow is going to calve
When to give a helping hand and when to ca… Full event info

Be confident this calving season with all you need to know about raising healthy calves.

This workshop will leave attendees with not only knowledge but tools and resources that they can action.

Who should come to this event: All farmers that have an invested interest in raising healthy calves.

Topics that will be covered at the workshop include:

• Calf Housing and Pen Design
  • Demonstrate a setup of a calf shed. Including the importance of ventilation and bedding.
• Getting to Grips with Colostrum
  • How colostrum helps to minimize the risk of neonatal disease
  • Why colostrum management is important (changes in quality over time, effect of microbial contamination; assessing quality; options for improving quality)
• Feeding calves for lifetime productivity: How improving neonatal calf nutrition can improve profitability
  • The impact of early life nutrition on lifetime productivity,
  • Understanding your options: milk or milk replacer; skim milk powder or whey?
• Feeding and Meal
  • Calf energy and protein requirements, and how to transition from milk to meal and meal to grass.
• Achieving liveweight gains for heifers
  • Calculation of food to achieve liveweight targets, key target times and measuring options

Brought to you by SealesWinslow.

Proud supporters of Dairy Tomorrow.

This workshop helps to:
– be world leading in on-farm animal care
– build great workplaces for New Zealand’s most talented workforce

 

Event Timings

• 9.30am Registration
• 10.00am Start
• 2.30pm Finish

OAD or TAD? What is the prefect summer crop?
The Waikato Once A Day June discussion group is at Richard and Lynda Lovelocks farm on Wiseman Road, 50/50 sharemilked by Bart and Vanessa Van de Ven.

Richard and Lynda have been milking OAD all season for the last five years and with Bart and Vanessa now coming on as 50/50 sharemilkers, they are considering OAD or TAD milking - the discussion group can help them make their decision.

Bart and Vanessa would also like to develop a summer fe… Full event info

OAD or TAD? What is the prefect summer crop?
The Elstow/Springdale June discussion group is at Richard and Lynda Lovelocks farm on Wiseman Road, 50/50 sharemilked by Bart and Vanessa Van de Ven.

Richard and Lynda have been milking OAD all season for the last five years and with Bart and Vanessa now coming on as 50/50 sharemilkers, they are considering OAD or TAD milking - the discussion group can help them make their decision.

Bart and Vanessa would also like to develop a summer feed strategy… Full event info

At the end of this workshop, you will:

• Understand what NAIT is and what your responsibilities are
• How to register with NAIT and register animals
• How to keep up-to-date with recording and confirm movements
• Know what to do if moving farms
• Understand what Delegates, Accredited Entities and Information Providers are
• Receive one-on-one help with your NAIT account
• Understand the benefits and features of using Allflex EID readers
• Learn how to reap maximum value form EID tags beyond compliance

This three-hour workshop is suited to any person who uses the NAIT system or who is in charge of animals. Understanding the importance of traceability.

EVENT TIMING
10.00am Arrival & Registration
10.30am Start
1.30pm Finish

The West Coast has a unique set of challenges, that’s why we’re bringing Mark and Measure to you
Mark and Measure is a three-day course to help you learn key business concepts and skills, and gain confidence to achieve your unique picture of personal and business success. 

Take control of your future and focus on your business without the interruptions of day-to-day life. The course is suitable for couples, business and family partnerships, and individuals. For farm owners, contract milke… Full event info

In this 5-day programme spread over a year you get to expand your understanding of governance,  implement new governance practices, and grow your business and your confidence to meet current challenges. 

Be confident this calving season with all you need to know about raising healthy calves.

This Expo will leave attendees with not only knowledge but tools and resources that they can action. Starting with you and how to be physically prepared for calf rearing through to knowing what the calves need.

Who should come to this event: All farmers that have an invested interest in raising healthy calves.

Topics that will be covered at the expo include:

• Physical daily exercises to strengthen your core
• Ensure that you go into the season strong and know how-to pick-up calves without injuring yourself. How to help sustain energy levels throughout the season incorporating health, safety and wellbeing tools and tips.
• Family Meal Preparation
• Meal prep recipes and demonstration.
• Staff Rosters
• Ensuring you have roster for the team clear and what can the whole team do to ensure there is clear communication through a very busy time.
• Animal Tagging and Traceability
• The importance of full-time traceability. The importance for disease and NZ market.
• Calf Housing and Pen Design
• Demonstrate a setup of a calf shed. Including the importance of ventilation and bedding.
• Getting to Grips with Colostrum
• How colostrum helps to minimize the risk of neonatal disease
• Why colostrum management is important (changes in quality over time, effect of microbial contamination; assessing quality; options for improving quality)
• Feeding calves for lifetime productivity: How improving neonatal calf nutrition can improve profitability
• The impact of early life nutrition on lifetime productivity,
• Understanding your options: milk or milk replacer; skim milk powder or whey?
• Feeding and Meal
• Calf energy and protein requirements, and how to transition from milk to meal and meal to grass.
• Achieving liveweight gains for heifers
• Calculation of food to achieve liveweight targets, key target times and measuring options

Brought to you by SealesWinslow and AgriVantage with support from: Fonterra, PaySauce and OSPRI/NAIT, LIC and Milk Bar.Proud supporters of Dairy Tomorrow.

This Expo helps to:

- be world leading in on-farm animal care
- build great workplaces for New Zealand’s most talented workforce

 

Event Timings

• 9.30am Registration
• 10.00am Start
• 2.30pm Finish

 

At the end of this workshop, you will:

• Understand what NAIT is and what your responsibilities are
• How to register with NAIT and register animals
• How to keep up-to-date with recording and confirm movements
• Know what to do if moving farms
• Understand what Delegates, Accredited Entities and Information Providers are
• Receive one-on-one help with your NAIT account
• Understand the benefits and features of using Allflex EID readers
• Learn how to reap maximum value form EID tags beyond compliance

This three-hour workshop is suited to any person who uses the NAIT system or who is in charge of animals. Understanding the importance of traceability.

EVENT TIMING
10.00am Arrival & Registration
10.30am Start
1.30pm Finish

LIC will be hitting the road from February to July 2021, holding free MINDA LIVE training sessions across the country.

 

10am -11.30am Intermediate session

If you would like to know more around creating groups and reports then this session is for you. Herd management is simpler and faster when using MINDA LIVE. In this workshop we will show you how MINDA LIVE can help you to build groups and reports to support your on-farm decision making. 

We will provide laptops and take you through some scenarios based on on-farm activities, allowing you to learn at your own pace.

 

11:45 – 12.15pm MINDA App

MINDA App enables you to keep track of what your animals are up to and how they’re doing directly from your smartphone or tablet. Easy to use and understand, the MINDA app allows you to record and view events from anywhere you may be and whether you're connected to the internet or not. 

We will provide tablets and take you through how to record and manage health events on the App, enabling you to practise at your own pace. We will highlight some of the upcoming features to keep you up-to-date of the future enhancements

 

1pm – 2pm Farmer feedback session 

This session revolves around our interest in developing a greater understanding of our farmers’ needs for MINDA LIVE and MINDA App, as we’re for designing our products and services for you.

This will be an interactive session where we will seek to understand your challenges and feedback in an attempt to identify potential strategies and solutions. 

 

Please register for the session(s) you wish to join here

 

This workshop is full.
This afternoon session is fully booked and registrations have closed - please register for one of the other workshops in Ashburton.

On farm discussion group
This Whole Farm Assessment group discusses and investigates the farm system on the host farm.  Discussion on current issues and upcoming seasonal topics. This group uses an open forum that draws on the experiences of all its members.

Topics for todays group to be confirmed 

Covid 19 Government Guidelines   will be followed in accordance with the level at time of this event - please do not attend if you are unwell 

Protect our industry - pleas… Full event info

On farm demonstration
DairyNZ alongside Pastoral Robotics are running are series of event across the Waikato, demonstrating ‘Spikey’ to farmers – a machine that scans the surface of the pasture detecting urine patches at 8-12km/h, and automatically sprays fertiliser on them.

You’ll get an introduction to Spikey, an explanation of how it works, a demonstration of the machine working and finish with a Q&A.

Come along for a look!

Protect our industry - please arrive… Full event info

Social catch up to celebrate the start of a new season.
Socialising is an important part of looking after our wellbeing. Rural Support Trust will be at the group discussing keeping ourselves and our teams well during calving.

CalvingSmart for new entrants to dairying
If you’re new to dairying or need a re-fresh, come along to our practical, in-person workshops so you can approach the calving season with confidence.

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are interactive. Topics will include:

 Calving 

What does a normal calving look and feel like?
Checking for signs a cow is going to calve
When to give a helping hand and when to call for help. 

 The cow and its calf… Full event info

All welcome!
This winter we will head out on farm to tour three different types of wintering systems:

- Starting at Angela Reid's we will follow-up on how her minimum tillage and conventional FB has held up over the winter and whether this has impacted on the time frame she can get catch-crops in.

- We will then head to Denis Heenan's to discuss his grass wintering and use of plan B baleage and hay (39 Oswald Road)

- Our last stop will be at Jason Checkitt's to look at his tube wrap baleage… Full event info

Come and hear what the Tararua Plantain Project working group have achieved!
The event will start with a light lunch , followed by:

Presentation of the project monitoring data and key learnings – 3 years of local data will be presented!
Massey University update of their plantain research trials
David Chapman, Principal scientist DairyNZ will talk about the full programme of DairyNZ-led plantain research
What does the farm system look like to get 10%, 15%, 20% etc plantain of the pasture… Full event info

This workshop is full.
This afternoon session is fully booked and registrations have closed - please register for one of the other workshops in Ashburton.

Join us as we take a look around the district at a number of different wintering systems!
Wintering tour across the district

We all have a part to play when it comes to making a difference this winter!

Join us as we do a social trip throughout the area looking at a number of different wintering systems both on and off the paddock beofre heading to the pub for a catchup.

We will look at 

Strip Tilled Swedes
Heifers on grass and baleage
Cows on Fodderbeet being strategically grazed … Full event info

This workshop is full.
This afternoon session is fully booked and registrations have closed - please register for one of the other workshops in Ashburton.

This workshop is full
This afternoon session is fully booked and registrations have closed - please register for one of the other workshops in Ashburton.

On farm demonstration
DairyNZ alongside Pastoral Robotics are running are series of event across the Waikato, demonstrating ‘Spikey’ to farmers – a machine that scans the surface of the pasture detecting urine patches at 8-12km/h, and automatically sprays fertiliser on them.

You’ll get an introduction to Spikey, an explanation of how it works, a demonstration of the machine working and finish with a Q&A.

Come along for a look!

Protect our industry - please arrive… Full event info

Come along for a social catch up before calving!
Come along for lunch and a catch up before spring calving. 

Topics:

Whip 'round
Wellbeing
Milk price guesses

CalvingSmart for new entrants to dairying
If you’re new to dairying or need a re-fresh, come along to our practical, in-person workshops so you can approach the calving season with confidence.

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are interactive. Topics will include:

 Calving 

What does a normal calving look and feel like?
Checking for signs a cow is going to calve
When to give a helping hand and when to call for help. 

 The cow and its calf… Full event info

On farm discussion group.
More details to come.

This discussion group will focus on the host farmers system and management practices in order to identify opportunities and solutions that meet the hosts future goals and objectives. We will also discuss seasonal issues and challenges that are affecting farmers in the region.

Protect our industry - please arrive with clean boots to reduce the risk of spreading a disease, pest or weed.

Pre calving plans and preparation
Come along to the Kaponga Hotel for a pre calving and social catch up.

 

The Dollars and Sense of Going Green

Identify opportunities on your farm to meet both national and your own environmental goals, while reducing costs and becoming more profitable.   

DairyNZ and BNZ are partnering to help you understand what will help your business thrive into the future. Find out:

How you can respond to environmental limits without taking a hit on profit
Details on how banks are supporting you to meet both your financial and environmental goals
How recording environmental p… Full event info

Zoom meeting
For the bulk of the region, calving is just around the corner - so transition cow feeding is on the minds of our farmers.

Join us to ask our expert all your transition cow questions.

Check back later for more details.

 

Join the meeting here

Passcode 389253

Be confident this calving season with all you need to know about raising healthy calves.

This workshop will leave attendees with not only knowledge but tools and resources that they can action.

Who should come to this event: All farmers that have an invested interest in raising healthy calves.

Topics that will be covered at the workshop include:

• Calf Housing and Pen Design
  • Demonstrate a setup of a calf shed. Including the importance of ventilation and bedding.
• Getting to Grips with Colostrum
  • How colostrum helps to minimize the risk of neonatal disease
  • Why colostrum management is important (changes in quality over time, effect of microbial contamination; assessing quality; options for improving quality)
• Feeding calves for lifetime productivity: How improving neonatal calf nutrition can improve profitability
  • The impact of early life nutrition on lifetime productivity,
  • Understanding your options: milk or milk replacer; skim milk powder or whey?
• Feeding and Meal
  • Calf energy and protein requirements, and how to transition from milk to meal and meal to grass.
• Achieving liveweight gains for heifers
  • Calculation of food to achieve liveweight targets, key target times and measuring options

Brought to you by SealesWinslow.

Proud supporters of Dairy Tomorrow.

This workshop helps to:
– be world leading in on-farm animal care
– build great workplaces for New Zealand’s most talented workforce

 

Event Timings

• 9.30am Registration
• 10.00am Start
• 2.30pm Finish

LIC will be hitting the road from February to July 2021, holding free MINDA LIVE training sessions across the country.

 

10am -11.30am Intermediate session

If you would like to know more around creating groups and reports then this session is for you. Herd management is simpler and faster when using MINDA LIVE. In this workshop we will show you how MINDA LIVE can help you to build groups and reports to support your on-farm decision making. 

We will provide laptops and take you through some scenarios based on on-farm activities, allowing you to learn at your own pace.

 

11:45 – 12.15pm MINDA App

MINDA App enables you to keep track of what your animals are up to and how they’re doing directly from your smartphone or tablet. Easy to use and understand, the MINDA app allows you to record and view events from anywhere you may be and whether you're connected to the internet or not. 

We will provide tablets and take you through how to record and manage health events on the App, enabling you to practise at your own pace. We will highlight some of the upcoming features to keep you up-to-date of the future enhancements

 

1pm – 2pm Farmer feedback session 

This session revolves around our interest in developing a greater understanding of our farmers’ needs for MINDA LIVE and MINDA App, as we’re for designing our products and services for you.

This will be an interactive session where we will seek to understand your challenges and feedback in an attempt to identify potential strategies and solutions. 

 

2:30 – 4pm Protrack session

This session will show you how to get more out of your Protrack system’s software from MINDA LIVE.  We will guide you through creating and updating quick events, building groups to draft your animals and provide you with tips on how to utilise Protrack on farm.

We will provide laptops so that you can run through activities to reinforce your learnings.

 

Please register for the session(s) you wish to join here

 

Bring your farm team
For those who are new to dairy or needing a refresh and those seasoned veterans looking to gain a new idea or tip for this year’s calving.

We will be running a combined session, along with two dual sessions at our CalvingSmart workshops this year:

 

Home by 5

This will be a joint session for staff and managers to talk about the tips and tricks they use to make sure the cowshed lights are switched off and everyone is home by 5pm. Come and hear ideas on how you… Full event info

On farm demonstration
DairyNZ alongside Pastoral Robotics are running are series of event across the Waikato, demonstrating ‘Spikey’ to farmers – a machine that scans the surface of the pasture detecting urine patches at 8-12km/h, and automatically sprays fertiliser on them.

You’ll get an introduction to Spikey, an explanation of how it works, a demonstration of the machine working and finish with a Q&A.

Come along for a look!

Protect our industry - please arrive… Full event info

Can you reduce your Environmental footprint and improve profitability?
 

Get an understanding of the current national climate change commitments relating to dairy, what numbers are important for your farm, and how you can influence them.

DairyNZ and BNZ are partnering to help you understand what will help your business be better prepared for the future.

Find out:

What’s driving the Greenhouse gas numbers on your property
Details on how banks are supporting you to meet both your f… Full event info

Identify opportunities on your farm to meet environmental goals, while reducing costs and becoming more profitable.

DairyNZ and BNZ are partnering to provide tools, knowledge and insights to help you thrive into the future.

Respond to environmental limits without taking a hit on profit.
Learn how banks have integrated environmental, social and governance considerations into their traditional banking processes, and what this means for you.
Find out how your environmental progress and reporting… Full event info

Join us for Otago’s first regional Dairy Environment Leaders' Forum

Come together as we hear from progressive Otago farmers, Rural Professionals, Milk Companies and DairyNZ policy experts who are supporting farmers and the wider community in the times ahead.

This one-day Forum is your time to connect with other Otago farmers, hear from inspiring speakers, and influence how the dairy sector responds to our current environmental challenges.

More information about the Dairy Environment Leaders… Full event info

The Dollars and Sense of Going Green
Identify opportunities on your farm to meet both national and your own environmental goals, while reducing costs and becoming more profitable.   

DairyNZ and BNZ are partnering to help you understand what will help your business thrive into the future. Find out:

How you can respond to environmental limits without taking a hit on profit
Details on how banks are supporting you to meet both your financial and environmental goals
How recording enviro… Full event info

Mid Winter Social Group
All are welcome to join us at the Toko Tavern for a pre calving catch up

Thursday, 1 July -

It’s time for a get-together so come along and join Dairy Women’s Network Taranaki for a social night out.

Bring your partner (blokes are welcome too), family and friends for networking hour, followed by a movie at Everybody's Theatre - Opunake.

The movie we will see is - Dream Horse

Not everyone milks cows so no matter what your role in the dairy industry is, come along and enjoy time with great company.

Drinks and nibbles provided, movie will be at your own expense.

Thanks to Fonterra and LIC for sponsoring this event.

Event timing

• 6pm - Registration and networking
• 7pm - Movie

RSVP - by 30 June

Be confident this calving season with all you need to know about raising healthy calves.

This workshop will leave attendees with not only knowledge but tools and resources that they can action.

Who should come to this event: All farmers that have an invested interest in raising healthy calves.

Topics that will be covered at the workshop include:

• Calf Housing and Pen Design
  • Demonstrate a setup of a calf shed. Including the importance of ventilation and bedding.
• Getting to Grips with Colostrum
  • How colostrum helps to minimize the risk of neonatal disease
  • Why colostrum management is important (changes in quality over time, effect of microbial contamination; assessing quality; options for improving quality)
• Feeding calves for lifetime productivity: How improving neonatal calf nutrition can improve profitability
  • The impact of early life nutrition on lifetime productivity,
  • Understanding your options: milk or milk replacer; skim milk powder or whey?
• Feeding and Meal
  • Calf energy and protein requirements, and how to transition from milk to meal and meal to grass.
• Achieving liveweight gains for heifers
  • Calculation of food to achieve liveweight targets, key target times and measuring options

Brought to you by SealesWinslow.

Proud supporters of Dairy Tomorrow.

This workshop helps to:
– be world leading in on-farm animal care
– build great workplaces for New Zealand’s most talented workforce

 

Event Timings

• 9.30am Registration
• 10.00am Start
• 2.30pm Finish

On farm demonstration
DairyNZ alongside Pastoral Robotics are running are series of event across the Waikato, demonstrating ‘Spikey’ to farmers – a machine that scans the surface of the pasture detecting urine patches at 8-12km/h, and automatically sprays fertiliser on them.

You’ll get an introduction to Spikey, an explanation of how it works, a demonstration of the machine working and finish with a Q&A.

Come along for a look!

Protect our industry - please arrive… Full event info

This is a unique opportunity to view and discuss the host farm's Sheep Milking farm and system
  Discussion topics:

This will be an opportunity to learn about this Sheep Milking operation and a chance to discuss how the system is run
More detail to follow
Plus any other topics that you would like to talk about

It is an open forum that utilises the experience of all members in the group.

Protect our industry - please arrive with clean boots to reduce the risk of spreading a disease, pest… Full event info

All things Green - everyone welcome!
Join us and Laura Keenan, Agronomist from Agricom, for lunch and a final summary catch up of our year's Tiller Talk programme. Please order & pay for your lunch on arrival. We welcome new and current Tiller Talk members along, so if you haven't attended one of our Tiller Talk sessions before, come along and see what it's all about!

We will have a quick discussion about what we have learned over the last 12months and a few things gree… Full event info

Be confident this calving season with all you need to know about raising healthy calves.

This workshop will leave attendees with not only knowledge but tools and resources that they can action.

Who should come to this event: All farmers that have an invested interest in raising healthy calves.

Topics that will be covered at the workshop include:

• Calf Housing and Pen Design
  • Demonstrate a setup of a calf shed. Including the importance of ventilation and bedding.
• Getting to Grips with Colostrum
  • How colostrum helps to minimize the risk of neonatal disease
  • Why colostrum management is important (changes in quality over time, effect of microbial contamination; assessing quality; options for improving quality)
• Feeding calves for lifetime productivity: How improving neonatal calf nutrition can improve profitability
  • The impact of early life nutrition on lifetime productivity,
  • Understanding your options: milk or milk replacer; skim milk powder or whey?
• Feeding and Meal
  • Calf energy and protein requirements, and how to transition from milk to meal and meal to grass.
• Achieving liveweight gains for heifers
  • Calculation of food to achieve liveweight targets, key target times and measuring options

Brought to you by SealesWinslow.

Proud supporters of Dairy Tomorrow.

This workshop helps to:
– be world leading in on-farm animal care
– build great workplaces for New Zealand’s most talented workforce

 

Event Timings

• 9.30am Registration
• 10.00am Start
• 2.30pm Finish

LIC will be hitting the road from February to July 2021, holding free MINDA LIVE training sessions across the country.

 

10am -11.30am Intermediate session

If you would like to know more around creating groups and reports then this session is for you. Herd management is simpler and faster when using MINDA LIVE. In this workshop we will show you how MINDA LIVE can help you to build groups and reports to support your on-farm decision making. 

We will provide laptops and take you through some scenarios based on on-farm activities, allowing you to learn at your own pace.

 

11:45 – 12.15pm MINDA App

MINDA App enables you to keep track of what your animals are up to and how they’re doing directly from your smartphone or tablet. Easy to use and understand, the MINDA app allows you to record and view events from anywhere you may be and whether you're connected to the internet or not. 

We will provide tablets and take you through how to record and manage health events on the App, enabling you to practise at your own pace. We will highlight some of the upcoming features to keep you up-to-date of the future enhancements

 

1pm – 2pm Farmer feedback session 

This session revolves around our interest in developing a greater understanding of our farmers’ needs for MINDA LIVE and MINDA App, as we’re for designing our products and services for you.

This will be an interactive session where we will seek to understand your challenges and feedback in an attempt to identify potential strategies and solutions. 

 

2:30 – 4pm Protrack session

This session will show you how to get more out of your Protrack system’s software from MINDA LIVE.  We will guide you through creating and updating quick events, building groups to draft your animals and provide you with tips on how to utilise Protrack on farm.

We will provide laptops so that you can run through activities to reinforce your learnings.

 

Please register for the session(s) you wish to join here

 

CalvingSmart 2021 is here for new entrants to dairying
Approach the calving season with confidence.
Send your team along to a CalvingSmart event to ensure you're all prepared for the busiest time of the year. 

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are very practical, with hands-on learning using our calving cow simulator Frieda and her calf Ferdinand. 

Topics include:

Calving  - what does a normal calving look and feel like?
The cow an… Full event info

Halter Technology - what's it all about?

We have an exciting day planned for our July discussion group visiting a farm using the new Halter technology.

Halters hardware and software package deliver a unique farm management tool.  Solar-powered GPS-enabled smart collars are fitted to each dairy cow, that when coupled with an app allows a farmer to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cow's health, feed and behavior. 

We will be visiting Pete Morgan to see how he is us… Full event info

Come along and celebrate the new season with a social catchup!
Socializing is an important part of our wellbeing. Rural Support Trust will be at the group to discuss how we can keep ourselves and our teams well during calving. 

On farm discussion group
On farm discussion group.
More details to come.

This discussion group will focus on the host farmers system and management practices in order to identify opportunities and solutions that meet the hosts future goals and objectives. We will also discuss seasonal issues and challenges that are affecting farmers in the region.

 

Protect our industry - please arrive with clean boots to prevent the spread of disease, pest or weed.

A pilot programme preparing you and your farming businesses to grow through change.

The next drought is coming, prices will swing and regulations will tighten.

Uncertainty and risk are not new. But the pace and scale of change facing Kiwi farmers and growers is.

Navigating your farming business through this accelerating change starts at the kitchen table, with the accounts open and the confidence to make good decisions, whatever comes your way.

Building financial and personal resilience is about developing your capability to adapt and seize new opportunities when change happens.

Resilience is a skill. It can be learnt. It starts with investing time in preparation - identifying potential risks and opportunities ahead of time, training your decision-making skills, preparing an action plan and knowing where to find tools and support.

Supported by the Ministry for Primary Industries, this free programme will support farming and growing New Zealanders to cultivate the financial and personal resilience needed to thrive in the face of accelerating change.

A pilot programme preparing you and your farming businesses to grow through change.

The next drought is coming, prices will swing and regulations will tighten.

Uncertainty and risk are not new. But the pace and scale of change facing Kiwi farmers and growers is.

Navigating your farming business through this accelerating change starts at the kitchen table, with the accounts open and the confidence to make good decisions, whatever comes your way.

Building financial and personal resilience is about developing your capability to adapt and seize new opportunities when change happens.

Resilience is a skill. It can be learnt. It starts with investing time in preparation - identifying potential risks and opportunities ahead of time, training your decision-making skills, preparing an action plan and knowing where to find tools and support.

Supported by the Ministry for Primary Industries, this free programme will support farming and growing New Zealanders to cultivate the financial and personal resilience needed to thrive in the face of accelerating change.

Join us at the Stella Restaurant & Bar
Join us for a pre-calving catchup.  More details to follow - SAVE THE DATE!

Visit some of Taranaki's premier research farms!
All are welcome to the annual mid winter road trip.  This year we are excited to be visiting the Dairy Trust Taranaki farms that surround the Fonterra factory at Whareroa.

Both farms have a history of research done on behalf of Taranaki dairy farmers and this will be a great chance to see their latest work. 

Gibson Farm - Step change trial - What does the farm of the future look like?

Kavanagh Farm - Everything Winter Milk.

 … Full event info

All welcome

Pencil the 7th July in your calendar!!!

We will kick off with a 12pm lunch followed by a start time of 12.30-2.30pm

More details to come!

Protect our industry - please arrive with clean boots to prevent the spread of disease, pest or weed.

Joint virtual forum between Pasture Summit New Zealand and Pasture Summit Ireland with NZ & Irish speakers addressing a range of highly relevant topics and questions relating to pasture-fed dairy and water quality.

 

A pilot programme preparing you and your farming businesses to grow through change.

The next drought is coming, prices will swing and regulations will tighten.

Uncertainty and risk are not new. But the pace and scale of change facing Kiwi farmers and growers is.

Navigating your farming business through this accelerating change starts at the kitchen table, with the accounts open and the confidence to make good decisions, whatever comes your way.

Building financial and personal resilience is about developing your capability to adapt and seize new opportunities when change happens.

Resilience is a skill. It can be learnt. It starts with investing time in preparation - identifying potential risks and opportunities ahead of time, training your decision-making skills, preparing an action plan and knowing where to find tools and support.

Supported by the Ministry for Primary Industries, this free programme will support farming and growing New Zealanders to cultivate the financial and personal resilience needed to thrive in the face of accelerating change.

A pilot programme preparing you and your farming businesses to grow through change

The next drought is coming, prices will swing and regulations will tighten.

Uncertainty and risk are not new. But the pace and scale of change facing Kiwi farmers and growers is.

Navigating your farming business through this accelerating change starts at the kitchen table, with the accounts open and the confidence to make good decisions, whatever comes your way.

Building financial and personal resilience is about developing your capability to adapt and seize new opportunities when change happens.

Resilience is a skill. It can be learnt. It starts with investing time in preparation - identifying potential risks and opportunities ahead of time, training your decision-making skills, preparing an action plan and knowing where to find tools and support.

Supported by the Ministry for Primary Industries, this free programme will support farming and growing New Zealanders to cultivate the financial and personal resilience needed to thrive in the face of accelerating change.

Be confident this calving season with all you need to know about raising healthy calves.

This workshop will leave attendees with not only knowledge but tools and resources that they can action.

Who should come to this event: All farmers that have an invested interest in raising healthy calves.

This is an on farm event and we will be moving between two farms. Please dress appropriately for the weather.

The day includes:

On farm visits will cover presentations about:

• Ad-lib feeding: Contract milker calving 960 cows with 220 heifer replacements
• Automatic feeding: Corporate farm calving 1280 cows with 320 replacements and also doing Angus Red Wagyu heifers, Bobby Friesian & Jersey Bulls
• Identifying nutritional scours v infectious scours
• Medicine Toolbox for Calf Rearers

SealesWinslow and AgriVantage will discuss:

• Calf Housing and Pen Design
  • Demonstrate a setup of a calf shed. Including the importance of ventilation and bedding.
• Getting to Grips with Colostrum
  • How colostrum helps to minimize the risk of neonatal disease
  • Why colostrum management is important (changes in quality over time, effect of microbial contamination; assessing quality; options for improving quality)
• Feeding calves for lifetime productivity: How improving neonatal calf nutrition can improve profitability
  • The impact of early life nutrition on lifetime productivity
  • Understanding your options: milk or milk replacer; skim milk powder or whey?
• Feeding and Meal
  • Calf energy and protein requirements, and how to transition from milk to meal and meal to grass.

Brought to you by SealesWinslow and AgriVantage.

Proud supporters of Dairy Tomorrow.

This workshop helps to:

– be world leading in on-farm animal care
– build great workplaces for New Zealand’s most talented workforce

 

Event Timings

• 9.30am Registration
• 10.00am Start
• 2.00pm Finish

At the end of this workshop, you will:

• Understand what NAIT is and what your responsibilities are
• How to register with NAIT and register animals
• How to keep up-to-date with recording and confirm movements
• Know what to do if moving farms
• Understand what Delegates, Accredited Entities and Information Providers are
• Receive one-on-one help with your NAIT account
• Understand the benefits and features of using Allflex EID readers
• Learn how to reap maximum value form EID tags beyond compliance

This three-hour workshop is suited to any person who uses the NAIT system or who is in charge of animals. Understanding the importance of traceability.

EVENT TIMING
10.00am Arrival & Registration
10.30am Start
1.30pm Finish

LIC will be hitting the road from February to July 2021, holding free MINDA LIVE training sessions across the country.

 

10am -11.30am Intermediate session

If you would like to know more around creating groups and reports then this session is for you. Herd management is simpler and faster when using MINDA LIVE. In this workshop we will show you how MINDA LIVE can help you to build groups and reports to support your on-farm decision making. 

We will provide laptops and take you through some scenarios based on on-farm activities, allowing you to learn at your own pace.

 

11:45 – 12.15pm MINDA App

MINDA App enables you to keep track of what your animals are up to and how they’re doing directly from your smartphone or tablet. Easy to use and understand, the MINDA app allows you to record and view events from anywhere you may be and whether you're connected to the internet or not. 

We will provide tablets and take you through how to record and manage health events on the App, enabling you to practise at your own pace. We will highlight some of the upcoming features to keep you up-to-date of the future enhancements

 

1pm – 2pm Farmer feedback session 

This session revolves around our interest in developing a greater understanding of our farmers’ needs for MINDA LIVE and MINDA App, as we’re for designing our products and services for you.

This will be an interactive session where we will seek to understand your challenges and feedback in an attempt to identify potential strategies and solutions. 

 

2:30 – 4pm Protrack session

This session will show you how to get more out of your Protrack system’s software from MINDA LIVE.  We will guide you through creating and updating quick events, building groups to draft your animals and provide you with tips on how to utilise Protrack on farm.

We will provide laptops so that you can run through activities to reinforce your learnings.

 

Please register for the session(s) you wish to join here

CalvingSmart 2021 is here for new entrants to dairying
Approach the calving season with confidence.
Send your team along to a CalvingSmart event to ensure you're all prepared for the busiest time of the year. 

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are very practical, with hands-on learning using our calving cow simulator Frieda and her calf Ferdinand. 

Topics include:

Calving  - what does a normal calving look and feel like?
The cow an… Full event info

Come along to celebrate the start of a new season!
Socializing is an important part of our wellbeing. Rural Support Trust will be at the group to discuss how we can better look after ourselves and our team during calving.

Winter crop check in, followed by a chat from MPI on Winter Animal Welfare considerations and lunch at Hotel Taieri.
Join us for a look at Cam Edgecombes cows on crop on the runoff, check on everyones progress thru winter to date and how farms are planning on maximising the coming payout this season!

Following this we are adjourning to the Hotel Taieri restaurant where we have a speaker from MPI to chat about how they manage animal welfare concerns as they come in and any questions you might h… Full event info

The Dollars & Sense of Going Green
Identify opportunities on your farm to meet both national and your own environmental goals, while reducing costs and becoming more profitable.   

DairyNZ and BNZ are partnering to help you understand what will help your business thrive into the future. Find out:

How you can respond to environmental limits without taking a hit on profit
Details on how banks are supporting you to meet both your financial and environmental goals
How recording environm… Full event info

Be confident this calving season with all you need to know about raising healthy calves.

This workshop will leave attendees with not only knowledge but tools and resources that they can action.

Who should come to this event: All farmers that have an invested interest in raising healthy calves.

The day includes:

On farm visits will cover presentations from farmers about:

• Ad-lib feeding system
• Once-a-day feeding

SealesWinslow and AgriVantage will discuss:

• Calf Housing and Pen Design
  • Demonstrate a setup of a calf shed. Including the importance of ventilation and bedding.
• Getting to Grips with Colostrum
  • How colostrum helps to minimize the risk of neonatal disease
  • Why colostrum management is important (changes in quality over time, effect of microbial contamination; assessing quality; options for improving quality)
• Feeding calves for lifetime productivity: How improving neonatal calf nutrition can improve profitability
  • The impact of early life nutrition on lifetime productivity
  • Understanding your options: milk or milk replacer; skim milk powder or whey?
• Feeding and Meal
  • Calf energy and protein requirements, and how to transition from milk to meal and meal to grass.
• Achieving liveweight gains for heifers
  • Calculation of food to achieve liveweight targets, key target times and measuring option

Hukanui Rural Transport will speak about calf pickup requirements

Brought to you by SealesWinslow and AgriVantage.

Proud supporters of Dairy Tomorrow.
This workshop helps to:

– be world leading in on-farm animal care
– build great workplaces for New Zealand’s most talented workforce

This is an on farm event and we will be moving between two farms. Please dress appropriately for the weather.

Event Timings

• 9.30am Registration
• 10.00am Start
• 2.00pm Finish

CalvingSmart 2021 is here for new entrants to dairying
Approach the calving season with confidence.
Send your team along to a CalvingSmart event to ensure you're all prepared for the busiest time of the year. 

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are very practical, with hands-on learning using our calving cow simulator Frieda and her calf Ferdinand. 

Topics include:

Calving  - what does a normal calving look and feel like?
The cow an… Full event info

LIC will be hitting the road from February to July 2021, holding free MINDA LIVE training sessions across the country.

 

10am -11.30am Intermediate session

If you would like to know more around creating groups and reports then this session is for you. Herd management is simpler and faster when using MINDA LIVE. In this workshop we will show you how MINDA LIVE can help you to build groups and reports to support your on-farm decision making. 

We will provide laptops and take you through some scenarios based on on-farm activities, allowing you to learn at your own pace.

 

11:45 – 12.15pm MINDA App

MINDA App enables you to keep track of what your animals are up to and how they’re doing directly from your smartphone or tablet. Easy to use and understand, the MINDA app allows you to record and view events from anywhere you may be and whether you're connected to the internet or not. 

We will provide tablets and take you through how to record and manage health events on the App, enabling you to practise at your own pace. We will highlight some of the upcoming features to keep you up-to-date of the future enhancements

 

1pm – 2pm Farmer feedback session 

This session revolves around our interest in developing a greater understanding of our farmers’ needs for MINDA LIVE and MINDA App, as we’re for designing our products and services for you.

This will be an interactive session where we will seek to understand your challenges and feedback in an attempt to identify potential strategies and solutions. 

 

2:30 – 4pm Protrack session

This session will show you how to get more out of your Protrack system’s software from MINDA LIVE.  We will guide you through creating and updating quick events, building groups to draft your animals and provide you with tips on how to utilise Protrack on farm.

We will provide laptops so that you can run through activities to reinforce your learnings.

 

Please register for the session(s) you wish to join here

 

Just a few places left!
Approach the calving season with confidence.
Send your team along to a CalvingSmart event to ensure you're all prepared for the busiest time of the year. 

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are very practical, with hands-on learning using our calving cow simulator Frieda and her calf Ferdinand. 

Topics include:

Calving  - what does a normal calving look and feel like?
The cow and its calf  - looking afte… Full event info

Come along for some warm tucker and to chew the fat with your fellow farming peers.
A sponsored lunch will be served from midday onwards where you will have the opportunity to network with farmers and have a good catch up before embarking on a busy calving period.

Following lunch, we will hear from Pup Chamberlain and Kaji Sherpa who will share tips on looking after our physical and mental wellbeing and what it is like to climb Mt Everest!

Hugh Jackson, your Mid Canterbury Consulting Officer,… Full event info

CalvingSmart 2021 is here for new entrants to dairying
Approach the calving season with confidence.
Send your team along to a CalvingSmart event to ensure you're all prepared for the busiest time of the year. 

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are very practical, with hands-on learning using our calving cow simulator Frieda and her calf Ferdinand. 

Topics include:

Calving  - what does a normal calving look and feel like?
The cow an… Full event info

LIC will be hitting the road from February to July 2021, holding free MINDA LIVE training sessions across the country.

 

10am -11.30am Intermediate session

If you would like to know more around creating groups and reports then this session is for you. Herd management is simpler and faster when using MINDA LIVE. In this workshop we will show you how MINDA LIVE can help you to build groups and reports to support your on-farm decision making. 

We will provide laptops and take you through some scenarios based on on-farm activities, allowing you to learn at your own pace.

 

11:45 – 12.15pm MINDA App

MINDA App enables you to keep track of what your animals are up to and how they’re doing directly from your smartphone or tablet. Easy to use and understand, the MINDA app allows you to record and view events from anywhere you may be and whether you're connected to the internet or not. 

We will provide tablets and take you through how to record and manage health events on the App, enabling you to practise at your own pace. We will highlight some of the upcoming features to keep you up-to-date of the future enhancements

 

1pm – 2pm Farmer feedback session 

This session revolves around our interest in developing a greater understanding of our farmers’ needs for MINDA LIVE and MINDA App, as we’re for designing our products and services for you.

This will be an interactive session where we will seek to understand your challenges and feedback in an attempt to identify potential strategies and solutions. 

 

2:30 – 4pm Protrack session

This session will show you how to get more out of your Protrack system’s software from MINDA LIVE.  We will guide you through creating and updating quick events, building groups to draft your animals and provide you with tips on how to utilise Protrack on farm.

We will provide laptops so that you can run through activities to reinforce your learnings.

 

Please register for the session(s) you wish to join here

 

CalvingSmart 2021 is here for new entrants to dairying
 

Approach the calving season with confidence.
Send your team along to a CalvingSmart event to ensure you're all prepared for the busiest time of the year. 

The sessions are designed for new entrants with 0-3 years’ experience and are very practical, with hands-on learning using our calving cow simulator Frieda and her calf Ferdinand. 

Topics include:

Calving  - what does a normal calving look and feel like?
Th… Full event info

Come along for some warm tucker and to chew the fat with your fellow farming peers.
A sponsored lunch will be served from midday onwards where you will have the opportunity to network with farmers and have a good catch up before embarking on a busy calving period.

Following lunch, we will hear from Pup Chamberlain  and Kaji Sherpa  who will share tips on looking after our physical and mental wellbeing and what it is like to climb Mt Everest!

Hugh Jackson, your Mid Canterbu… Full event info

You're not your farm, your job or your kids. You, are you. 

In your search for confidence and self-worth - your values, strengths, goals and experiences will show you the way.

No matter your stage in life, it's time to re-prioritise you. 

It's all about YOU is a two-day personal development programme that uncovers your true value and identity.  A chance to break away from your everyday routine, reconnect with yourself and explore new possibilities for positive change in your life.

But you won’t do it alone. Your It's all about YOU experience takes places in a supportive group of likeminded primary sector women. Everyone is a little nervous at first, but sharing in each other’s journey of self-reflection makes for lifelong connections by the programme’s end.  

Guiding your group is a professional facilitator who will both cultivate a culture of trust, and support you one-on-one.

Two full days dedicated entirely to YOU costs just $350 (+GST). A big thank you to DairyNZ for subsidising the majority of the $1,000 full cost of the programme. 

Don't take on a board role without understanding your liabilities and responsibilities. A fully engaged board can make such a powerful difference to a farm enterprise. In this one-day course you will explore robust decision making, taking a world view of market trends and succession planning for your farm business. Unleash the full potential of your farm by harnessing the power of a farm board.

https://www.iod.org.nz/governance-courses/rural-governance-essentials/#

Join us for a warm lunch and a quiz
And just like that it is calving season again and time for our annual Otorohanga South pub quiz and lunch at the Thirsty Weta.

No pressure to be there for the full event, join us for as long as the farm allows you to.

 

More details to follow.

Join us at Owl Farm using data to discuss management of the season to date from the team at Owl Farm

Relevant topics lead by our team of technical experts 

Lunch provided - everyone welcome

Don't miss this event!
If you’re a farmer or rural professional, this is your chance to find out about Northland’s Extension 350 Project at one of ten public field days being held across the region.

Are you looking for localised information and advice to help you achieve your goals or address an issue? Extension 350 can help.

The project is a long-term farmer-to-farmer extension programme designed to help Northland farmers succeed - not just with a healthy bottom line, but with a… Full event info

Join us at Owl Farm using data to discuss management of the season to date from the team at Owl Farm

Relevant topics lead by our team of technical experts 

Lunch provided - everyone welcome