Dairy Events Calendar
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Join us for a night off farm with a game of Ten-Pin Bowling!
Bring your friends, family and farm team for a social night after calving to unwind and have some fun.
Make a team of 4-6 people or join a team on the night.
Nibbles will be provided, sponsored by Ballance Agri-Nutrients.
Additional food and drinks are available to purchase at the venue, at your own expense.
Cost will be $13/person for two games to be paid on the night upon arrival.
Limited numbers. Registrations close 25 October.
Our host, Jamie Haultain, is sharemilking 240 cows on a 75 ha system 2 farm. He enjoys crunching numbers, and uses DairyBase, so Phil Irvine, DairyNZ, will look into how his business stacks up against others in the region, the key numbers to focus on, and the factors that have influenced his results.
Jamie introduced OAD last season, and has been impressed by the results. Matamata farmer, Cam Houghton, is also a fan of OAD, and has been full season for over five years after using it for his youngstock for many years. They will outline why they shifted to OAD, how they transitioned, how they have benefitted, any challenges they encountered and how they managed them.
Phil runs the DairyNZ OAD discussion group and will talk about the main factors involved in shifting to OAD, and its pros and cons.
Jamie had a successful breeding season last year with a 87% 6 week in-calf rate and a 9% empty rate after a 7 week mating period. However, it can be difficult to produce good results from a short mating period. Katrina Roberts, Anexa, will delve into the reasons for Jamie’s success, and she will describe the key reproductive indicators, how to assess your performance, and the practical implications of your findings.
Free event, all welcome. Morning tea and lunch provided.
People are at the epicentre of our farm businesses, and ensuring employers and employees have strong relationships and a good work-life balance is key to the future of the industry. Moving the dial on the importance of attracting and retaining great people in the dairy industry is the focus of this workshop and webinar series. This is a free event funded by MPI.
Face-to-face workshops will set the scene around being a great employer and employee. Attendees will gain knowledge about employment contracts and rosters, salary packages, accommodation requirements, as well as growth opportunities, wellbeing and building strong team relationships.
Presenters are all experts in their field: Lee Astridge – No8HR, Rebecca Miller – Dairy Business of the Year award winner, and a representative from New Zealand payroll software company, PaySauce.
A series of live webinars will then delve deeper into the topics addressed in the workshops, ensuring that attendees are equipped with the right knowledge, resources, and tangible steps to turn their farm team into a Farmily™.
Key topics for the day:
Workshop timing:
People are at the epicentre of our farm businesses, and ensuring employers and employees have strong relationships and a good work-life balance is key to the future of the industry. Moving the dial on the importance of attracting and retaining great people in the dairy industry is the focus of this workshop and webinar series. This is a free event funded by MPI.
Face-to-face workshops will set the scene around being a great employer and employee. Attendees will gain knowledge about employment contracts and rosters, salary packages, accommodation requirements, as well as growth opportunities, wellbeing and building strong team relationships.
Presenters are all experts in their field: Lee Astridge – No8HR, Rebecca Miller – Dairy Business of the Year award winner, and a representative from New Zealand payroll software company, PaySauce.
A series of live webinars will then delve deeper into the topics addressed in the workshops, ensuring that attendees are equipped with the right knowledge, resources, and tangible steps to turn their farm team into a Farmily™.
Key topics for the day:
Workshop timing:
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
People are at the epicentre of our farm businesses, and ensuring employers and employees have strong relationships and a good work-life balance is key to the future of the industry. Moving the dial on the importance of attracting and retaining great people in the dairy industry is the focus of this workshop and webinar series. This is a free event funded by MPI.
Face-to-face workshops will set the scene around being a great employer and employee. Attendees will gain knowledge about employment contracts and rosters, salary packages, accommodation requirements, as well as growth opportunities, wellbeing and building strong team relationships.
Presenters are all experts in their field: Lee Astridge – No8HR, Rebecca Miller – Dairy Business of the Year award winner, and a representative from New Zealand payroll software company, PaySauce.
A series of live webinars will then delve deeper into the topics addressed in the workshops, ensuring that attendees are equipped with the right knowledge, resources, and tangible steps to turn their farm team into a Farmily™.
Key topics for the day:
Workshop timing:
Join us for Breakfast to hear from Dairy Industry Leaders.
We want to ensure that all Rural Professional understand the challenges that Farmers are currently going through, the importance of people to the industry. How can RP’s help support farmers by ensuring they are asking the right questions when it comes to ensuring that we attract, grow and retain people in the Dairy Industry.
We want to ensure that everyone understands the Dairy Tomorrow Strategy and how they can fully support.
The breakfast will be a panel session which will be followed on by “Make Time for your People” workshop that provides dairy employers and employees with key learning and tools around the benefits of being a great employer and employee.
Panellists will be:
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People are at the epicentre of our farm businesses, and ensuring employers and employees have strong relationships and a good work-life balance is key to the future of the industry. Moving the dial on the importance of attracting and retaining great people in the dairy industry is the focus of this workshop and webinar series. This is a free event funded by MPI.
Face-to-face workshops will set the scene around being a great employer and employee. Attendees will gain knowledge about employment contracts and rosters, salary packages, accommodation requirements, as well as growth opportunities, wellbeing and building strong team relationships.
Presenters are all experts in their field: Lee Astridge – No8HR, Rebecca Miller – Dairy Business of the Year award winner, and a representative from New Zealand payroll software company, PaySauce.
A series of live webinars will then delve deeper into the topics addressed in the workshops, ensuring that attendees are equipped with the right knowledge, resources, and tangible steps to turn their farm team into a Farmily™.
Key topics for the day:
Workshop timing:
People are at the epicentre of our farm businesses, and ensuring employers and employees have strong relationships and a good work-life balance is key to the future of the industry. Moving the dial on the importance of attracting and retaining great people in the dairy industry is the focus of this workshop and webinar series. This is a free event funded by MPI.
Face-to-face workshops will set the scene around being a great employer and employee. Attendees will gain knowledge about employment contracts and rosters, salary packages, accommodation requirements, as well as growth opportunities, wellbeing and building strong team relationships.
Presenters are all experts in their field: Lee Astridge – No8HR, Rebecca Miller – Dairy Business of the Year award winner, and a representative from New Zealand payroll software company, PaySauce.
A series of live webinars will then delve deeper into the topics addressed in the workshops, ensuring that attendees are equipped with the right knowledge, resources, and tangible steps to turn their farm team into a Farmily™.
Key topics for the day:
Workshop timing:
Resilience can have a huge impact on your personal and professional lives. Join Cynthia Johnson, a Psychology Master Trainer, to learn four proven steps for building resilience and managing yourself in stressful situations.
You will learn:
Before the workshop, you’ll be sent an email with a link to a questionnaire. This is confidential and your results won’t be shared, but Cynthia would like you to bring the results with you to the session. On the day she will explain the different results and how they align with different personal resilience factors.
Workshop timing:
Resilience can have a huge impact on your personal and professional lives. Join Cynthia Johnson, a Psychology Master Trainer, to learn four proven steps for building resilience and managing yourself in stressful situations.
You will learn:
Before the workshop, you’ll be sent an email with a link to a questionnaire. This is confidential and your results won’t be shared, but Cynthia would like you to bring the results with you to the session. On the day she will explain the different results and how they align with different personal resilience factors.
Workshop timing:
Learn how Lean can help you to make continuous improvements in your business, regardless of whether you are a one-man band or have a team. It will free up your time, save you money, eliminate waste, reduce your workload, and help you to build an excellent team culture.
Lean was originally developed by the car manufacturing industry as a way of cutting out waste and streamlining systems, but the principles are just as relevant for any business, looking to make improvements to the way they operate, including yours.
At the end of the seminar you will receive an action plan to help you get started with Lean on your farm and a copy of The Lean Dairy Farm book.
Lean is not just a one-off reorganisation, but a system which helps you to continue to look for opportunities, and make improvements to the way you operate.
Free event, all welcome. Morning tea and lunch provided.
Attendee numbers are capped, so make sure you register early!
Learn how Lean can help you to make continuous improvements in your business, regardless of whether you are a one-man band or have a team. It will free up your time, save you money, eliminate waste, reduce your workload, and help you to build an excellent team culture.
Lean was originally developed by the car manufacturing industry as a way of cutting out waste and streamlining systems, but the principles are just as relevant for any business, looking to make improvements to the way they operate, including yours.
At the end of the seminar you will receive an action plan to help you get started with Lean on your farm and a copy of The Lean Dairy Farm book.
Lean is not just a one-off reorganisation, but a system which helps you to continue to look for opportunities, and make improvements to the way you operate.
Free event, all welcome. Morning tea and lunch provided.
Attendee numbers are capped, so make sure you register early!
Join us on December 1st for our first field day where we will be sharing the results of our regenerative trial to date.
More details about our trial, and preliminary results can be found on our website https://alignfarms.co.nz/regenerative-farming/about/
The field day will be from 10-12:30 followed by a BBQ lunch and an optional farm walk. We ask all attendees to be off farm by 1:30 so we can prepare for our 2 pm milking.
Please rsvp for catering/covid purposes at environment@alignfarms.co.nz
If we are still at level 2, attendance will be limited to the first 100 RSVPs
The Farmax Conference provides a platform for thought and discussion around advancing New Zealand's pastoral system into the future. There will be more than a dozen well-known speakers, a scientist panel, half a day of FARMAX training and accreditation, plus dinner and quiz.
See "full event info" for further information and to register.
Join us to celebrate Bay of Plenty's Share Farmers, Dairy Managers and Dairy Trainees, with the winners of each category going on the National finals in May 2022
Join us to celebrate Central Plateau's Share Farmers, Dairy Managers and Dairy Trainees, with the winners of each category going on the National finals in May 2022
Join us to celebrate Waikato's Share Farmers, Dairy Managers and Dairy Trainees, with the winners of each category going on the National finals in May 2022
Join us to celebrate the best of Northland's Share Farmers, Dairy Managers and Dairy Trainees, with the winners progressing to the National finals in May 2022.
Join us to celebrate the best of Auckland/Hauraki's Share Farmers, Dairy Managers and Dairy Trainees, with the winners of each category progressing to the National Finals in May 2022.
Join us to celebrate the best of Canterbury/North Otago's Share Farmers, Dairy Managers and Dairy Trainees, with the winners of each category progressing to the National Finals in May 2022.
Join us to celebrate the best of West Coast/Top of the South's Share Farmers, Dairy Managers and Dairy Trainees, with the winners of each category progressing to the National Finals in May 2022.
Join us to celebrate the best of Southland/Otago's Share Farmers, Dairy Managers and Dairy Trainees, with the winners of each category progressing to the National Finals in May 2022.
An opportunity to hear the 2022 Bay of Plenty Share Farmer, Dairy Manager and Dairy Trainee of the Year speak. Venue TBC after winners announced.
An opportunity to hear the 2022 Central Plateau Share Farmer, Dairy Manager and Dairy Trainee of the Year speak. Venue TBC after winners announced.
Join us to celebrate the best of Taranaki's Share Farmers, Dairy Managers and Dairy Trainees, with the winners of each category progressing to the National Finals in May 2022.
Join us to celebrate the best of Hawke's Bay/Wairarapa Share Farmers, Dairy Managers and Dairy Trainees, with the winners of each category progressing to the National Finals in May 2022.
Join us to celebrate the best of Manwatu's Share Farmers, Dairy Managers and Dairy Trainees, with the winners of each category progressing to the National Finals in May 2022.
** Save the Date **
This year’s conference is about you. Learning from the wisdom of other women and making bold decisions. Equipping yourselves with the resources to create a brighter future. Telling your stories with pride. Celebrating the work of other women, and making new connections.
It’s your farm, your business, your community and your industry. And we are with you every step of the way. Together, let’s continue to move towards a brighter, braver and bolder future.
We are #BrighterBraverBolder.
Have you ever attended a conference just for you? An event that recognises your need for professional development, personal wellbeing, connection, celebration, learning and networking opportunities, while coffee and bubbles flow?
You belong within an industry full of strength, courage and individuality. Join us in April for the DWN2022 Brighter. Braver. Bolder conference, as we celebrate our journey so far and look forward to the future.
Through interactive workshops, keynote speakers, breakfasts, dinners and so much more, we are making sure that you are equipped with the tools to face challenges, make bold decisions with confidence, support your farm businesses and – most of all – be proud to be farming during an undeniably challenging time.
An opportunity to hear the 2022 Waikato Share Farmer, Dairy Manager and Dairy Trainee of the Year speak. Venue TBC after winners announced.