Dairy Events Calendar
Explore all up and coming Dairy Industry Events
Join us for a casual get together to celebrate a strange and busy year before it ends. We have booked a table near the playground so round up the family and enjoy some time with great company. Children and dogs are welcome!
This event is open to everybody, no matter what their role in the dairy industry is. Invite your friends, family, neighbours and farming team and introduce them to the Dairy Women’s Network Hauraki Plains Group.
Please RSVP by 25 November as seats are limited.
Sharpen up your writing and feel more confident!
Whether you write emails, website content, reports or business cases, learn how to write less and get more done.
Because ‘the way we’ve always done it’ just won’t cut it any more.
$125pp Farmers/Members (remainder funded by Ballance Agri-Nutrients)
$200pp Rural Professionals
Tickets are limited.
How do you choose to show up to life?
Join us for dinner, and let Shelly Davies rock your world as she shows up in a way that’s uniquely hers and pretty irresistible: with vulnerability and authenticity.
From farmer’s wife and school teacher, through divorce, a dead husband, and single-motherhood, she’s learned to embrace living with depression, addressed obesity head-on, she parents adult children through addictions and mental health and regularly wants out of that – but keeps going anyway.
Grab the men and women who need to feel powerful in their own life, prepare your best “I’m not crying, you’re crying” face, and maybe pop on your pee-proof undies, because the belly-laughs are strong in this one.
A representative from charity Meat the Need will give an introduction to their organisation on the night. Our Truth, Power & Inspire Roadshow is supported by Fonterra.
Limited ticket numbers.
Allflex, IDEXX and MSD Animal Health are proud to deliver this practical on-farm workshop focused on how technology is a game changer and the importance of the BVD dairy framework.
At the end of this workshop, you will understand:
This three-hour workshop is suited to farmers and vets wanting to understand the importance of technology and eradicating BVD on your farm.
Sharpen up your writing and feel more confident!
Whether you write emails, website content, reports or business cases, learn how to write less and get more done.
Because ‘the way we’ve always done it’ just won’t cut it any more.
$125pp Farmers/Members (remainder funded by Ballance Agri-Nutrients)
$200pp Rural Professionals
Tickets are limited.
How do you choose to show up to life?
Join us for dinner, and let Shelly Davies rock your world as she shows up in a way that’s uniquely hers and pretty irresistible: with vulnerability and authenticity.
From farmer’s wife and school teacher, through divorce, a dead husband, and single-motherhood, she’s learned to embrace living with depression, addressed obesity head-on, she parents adult children through addictions and mental health and regularly wants out of that – but keeps going anyway.
Grab the men and women who need to feel powerful in their own life, prepare your best “I’m not crying, you’re crying” face, and maybe pop on your pee-proof undies, because the belly-laughs are strong in this one.
A representative from charity Meat the Need will give an introduction to their organisation on the night. Our Truth, Power & Inspire Roadshow is supported by Fonterra.
Tickets are limited.
Lincoln Agritech and Plant & Food scientists will discuss current research results, issues and benefits around catch crop establishment including crop type, cultivation and soil management methods from the last three years. Participating farmers will discuss the cost-savings and economic of including a catch crop in a winter forage rotation. We'll also discuss possible future work and farmers' needs. Refreshments will follow discussion, generously supplied by John and Lucy van Vliet.
"I believe every dairy farmer should be using fixed milk prices.” Nigel McWilliam, MBS Advisors. This tool can provide benefits for farm businesses of all sizes. If you are thinking about using it, or you have given it a try, then tune-in to this session to find out more.
Nigel has usedmilk price fixing in his own farm business, and advises his clients on how to use this approach effectively. He is going to chat with farmer, Gaynor Tierney, about her experiences with it this season, and Satwant Singh, Commodity Risk and Trading, Fonterra. They will discuss:
Plus much more!
Sharpen up your writing and feel more confident!
Whether you write emails, website content, reports or business cases, learn how to write less and get more done.
Because ‘the way we’ve always done it’ just won’t cut it any more.
$125pp Farmers/Members (remainder funded by Ballance Agri-Nutrients)
$200pp Rural Professionals
Tickets are limited.
How do you choose to show up to life?
Join us for dinner, and let Shelly Davies rock your world as she shows up in a way that’s uniquely hers and pretty irresistible: with vulnerability and authenticity.
From farmer’s wife and school teacher, through divorce, a dead husband, and single-motherhood, she’s learned to embrace living with depression, addressed obesity head-on, she parents adult children through addictions and mental health and regularly wants out of that – but keeps going anyway.
Grab the men and women who need to feel powerful in their own life, prepare your best “I’m not crying, you’re crying” face, and maybe pop on your pee-proof undies, because the belly-laughs are strong in this one.
A representative from charity Meat the Need will give an introduction to their organisation on the night. Our Truth, Power & Inspire Roadshow is supported by Fonterra.
Tickets are limited.
Frankie Stevens, our host, is contract milking on Stu Roberts’ farm. They will outline how they have set up a solid contract milking arrangement that works for them, particularly since they have made a conscious decision to decrease intensity.
Frankie and Stu are focussed on remaining profitable while minimising nitrogen use and milking OAD. Dave Clark (former DairyNZ scientist) will look at the opportunities and challenges of de-intensifying, mainly by reducing your feed inputs and/or stocking rate, and the outcomes of doing it.
Jair Mandriaza, LIC,will go through the various strategies you can use to maximise your breeding policy’s benefits, and reduce bobby numbers e.g. all AI, sexed semen, specialist beef breeds (like Wagyu). What are the pros and cons, how can you determine which options are the best fit for your farm system? Owl Farm has been trialling a variety of these strategies, Tom Buckley, farm manager, will share their experiences and the data they have collected.
Jackson Efford, BOPRC, will talk about what you need to consider when planning riparian planting on your farm, actioning your plan, and how to make sure you get the best results. What are the potential pitfalls and how can you avoid them? What options work best? What funding is available to support you?
Free event, all welcome. Morning tea and lunch provided.
Our host, Graeme Edwards, is innovating on his farm, with the goal of achieving sustainable profitability. Come along to gain an insight into his operation.
Graeme has planted some trial bananas - a novel forage which could also provide an excellent use for his effluent. Grant Rennie, AgResearch, is conducting research on this option, we will find out what they are investigating. His farm also borders the Opouteke River and he is vitally interested in mitigating his farm’s impact on this through riparian planting. Also, he undersows with Italian ryegrass every year, we will find out why.
All AI, sexed semen, beef breeds? Are you considering a different style of mating plan? Jair Mandriaza, LIC,will go through the strategies you can use to maximise the benefits from your mating policy, their pros and cons, how they work together, and the considerations when putting them in place on your farm.
Graeme has a new effluent system with a weeping wall. How can you best futureproof your own effluent system in a cost effective way? Do you know if your current system is up to scratch? The Effluent WOF program will analyse your system and highlight any risk areas. Murray McEwan, McEwan Ag-Nutrients, will take us through what you should be thinking about and how you can get the best results.
Free event, all welcome. Morning tea and lunch provided.
Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards dinner.
DairyNZ Farmers' Forum
What does the future hold for dairying? How can you best respond to what’s coming down the track?
Diarise now for the one-day event to be held in Hamilton at the Claudelands Event Centre!
Attend "in-person" or options available for live-streamed sessions.
The one day event will be supported by two, weekly webinars (7.00-8.30pm) on Thursday 6 May and Thursday 13 May 2021.
More detail to come as the programmes develop.
DairyNZ Farmers' Forum Webinar
The first of a two-webinar series supporting the one day event held Thursday 29 April 2021.
A second webinar is scheduled for Thursday 13 May, 7-8.30pm.
More detail to come as the programmes develop.
DairyNZ Farmers' Forum Webinar
The second of a two-webinar series supporting the one day event held Thursday 29 April 2021.
More detail to come as the programmes develop.
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.
More details coming to the website - get the dates in your calendar