Previous Focus Days
Focus Day October 2015
Topics Covered:
- Re-jigging the system to maintain viability
- Pasture Management; and
- Launch of the Sustainable Dairying – Workplace Action Plan
Focus Day July 2015
Topics Covered:
- Pushing For Profit
- LUDF Financial Benchmarking
- DairyNZ Tactics for Tight Times
Focus Day May 2015
Topics Covered:
- LUDF 2014/15 Scorecard
- Profitability……………………………………………………. B+
- Estimated N-Leaching…………………………………….. A+
- Cost Control………………………………………………….. A+
- Lessons learnt from 2014/15 Season and revised plan for 2015/16
- + Mating analysis – understanding the decline in 6 week InCalf
- + ECAN Variation 1 – Summary of Regulatory Changes.
Focus Day February 2015
Topics Covered:
- Staying Profitable – Transferable tactics for tight times
- On Target with fewer cows and less inputs
- Autumn feeding options – balancing CS / milk production / winter feed requirements
- Making regrassing pay at this years payout
Focus Day October 2014
Topics Covered:
- More from less – 2.3kgMS/cow on grass
- Upscaling the P21 Research – Results to date
- Plus: Mating Strategies without induction Including Dr Chris Burke, Reproduction Scientist, DairyNZ
Focus Day July 2014
Topics Covered:
- Wintering: 20% of the year, 30% of farm costs, affecting 100% farm performance:
- Evaluation of wintering system vs targets and objectives
- Latest data on local wintering research
- Compare LUDF’s 2013/14 Profitability with leading dairy farms
Focus Day May 2014
Topics Covered:
- Profitable or Compromised?
- Is early autumn culling the easy AND profitable solution to reduce N losses?Effluent WOF – Available Soon
- 2014/15 Plan – Grain, Concrete or ??
- What will it take for LUDF to achieve further reductions in Nitrate leaching losses?
Focus Day February 2014
Topics Covered:
- 78% – 6 week Incalf at LUDF this season
- Impact LWRP and Selwyn Waihora Sub Chapter
- Tipping Point? – The financial reality of farming without Eco-n, less clover and less Nitrogen Fertiliser?
- ECAN – Changes required by the Land and Water Plan
- Selwyn/Waihora sub-regional section (Variation 1)
Focus Day October 2013
Topics Covered:
- Farming Profitably within a Nitrogen limit
- Spring Pasture Management
- Mating Plans
- Research insights from AgResearch
Focus Day July 2013
Topics Covered:
- Cow Condition Scoring
- LUDF Profit Analysis and Comparison with other farms
- P21 Dairy Systems Research – Dairy Farming within the Nutrient Limits
- Pasture Mixture, Grazing Residuals and Supplements for Dairy Systems.
Focus Day May 2013
Topics Covered:
- Budgeted and forecast profit
- N Fertiliser and Gibberellic Acid Use
- Cow Liveweight and Body Condition Score
- Farming Profitably within N Limits
- Feed Conversion Efficiency or Residual Feed Intake
Focus Day February 2013
Topics Covered:
- Financial Budget and Expenses to date
- Holding Milk Production when pasture ME declines
- Mating Results
- P21 Dairy System Research
- Diverse Pasture – Impact, Risk and Opportunities
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