2018 pasture summit · 2018. 8. 28. · 2018 day 1 claudelands event centre followed by evening...
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2018
DAY 1 Claudelands Event Centre
followed by evening Gala Dinner (sponsored by Ballance) with keynote speaker Jake Millar
DAY 2 Lye Farm, Waikato
NORTH ISLAND HAMILTON
26 - 27th Nov 2018
SOUTH ISLANDASHBURTON
29 - 30th Nov 2018
DAY 1 Ashburton Trust Event Centre
followed by evening Gala Dinner (sponsored by Ravensdown) at Ashburton Hotel with keynote
speaker Kevin Biggar
DAY 2 Ashley Dene Farm, Springston
PASTURE SUMMIT
Programme information
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GROWING DAIRY'S FUTURE
OUTLINE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME:North Island and South Island conferences mirror workshop titles; however each will have a regional specific focus.
8:30AM - 5:30PM I GROWING DAIRY’S FUTUREMaster of Ceremonies (MC): Julia Jones – Farm Specialist, Enterprise Agri-Food, KPMG 1
8:30 - 9:20 REGISTRATION & MORNING TEA
9:20 - 9:30 Welcome and opening address Colin Armer – Conference Chairman
9:30 - 10:00 A/ Opportunities and challenges faced by pasture based dairy farming, today and tomorrowPerspective from a globally connected Dairy leader. Michael Murphy – Irish Dairy Farming Leader and international businessman Chaired by Colin Armer
10:00 - 11:00 B/ Real data on the NZ dairy farm financial situation With static milk and the farm debt position, we can’t rely on increasing land values. How do we shift the focus? Mark Grenside – NZ Head of Corporate Agri and Bevan Holdaway – Senior Manager Client Insights, Commercial & Agri, ANZ Bank New Zealand Chaired by Colin Glass (Chief Executive of Dairy Holdings Limited and DairyNZ Director)
11:00 - 12:00 C/ Sustainable dairy farm business driven by high pasture utilisation and profitability – a farmer’s perspective Farmer in the top 5% on financial performance, who is consistently profitable, very clear on their profit drivers and actively mitigating environmental/animal husbandry challengesLeonie Guiney, Greg Roadley – NZ Dairy Farmers
12:00 -1:00 LUNCH
1:00 - 2:30 D/ Resilient pasture based dairy farm production systems – the research perspectiveWhat is the research telling us? Low footprint, maximum sustainable profit dairy system. The intensification promises and what does the research and experience tell us. Brendan Horan – Grassland Science Project Leader Teagasc, Moorepark Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Ireland. John Roche – Ph.D., Departmental Science Adviser, Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) Chaired by Paul Bird, DairyNZ
2:30 - 3:00 E/ Equity growth focused young farmers present their experience Young farmers with a belief in the opportunity to progress, building significant equity and achieving farm ownership in recent years. Robert Ferris – Dairy Farmer, North Island and Henry Bolt – Dairy Farmer, South Island Chaired by Trevor Gee, DairyNZ
3:00 – 3:30 AFTERNOON TEA
3:30 – 4:30 F/ The connection with the Consumer and to the Environment What differentiates dairy from non-dairy substitutes, grass fed dairy farming from more intensive dairy systems and what will our consumers pay a premium for? Jeremy Hill – Chief Science and Technology Officer, Fonterra Tim Hunt – General Manager, Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory, Rabobank Chaired by Mike Magan (Irish Dairy Farmer and Chairman of Animal Health Ireland)
4:30 – 5:30 Closing discussionEnlarged panel to summarise full day with Q and A discussion. All speakers to participateChaired by Julia Jones
5:30PM Wrap-up and final words for Day 1 of conferenceJulia Jones & Colin Armer
DAY
Cover: Paul Sutherland Photography
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The NZ Foundation dairy farm system – this is it!
10-year detailed economic analysis of farm systems.
Mark Neal – Dairy Systems Specialist, DairyNZ
Laurence Shalloo – Moorepark Researcher dairy farm economics and sustainability (Ireland’s farm profit data)
Tomorrows Cow – fit for purpose.
Breeding for the future & breeding the cow to suit the system.
Donagh Berry – Moorepark Researcher, Dairy Genetics and Breeding
Jeremy Bryant – NZAEL Manager at DairyNZ
Time is money, see how the latest research and developments can save you time and make more money.
A presentation by farmers and industry specialists with ideas that have greatly improved efficiency and working conditions for a more resilient business.
North Island:Brian Dela Rue – DairyNZ, Research Engineer (Precision Dairy, Applications of technology, Labour productivity)
Steve Allen - North Island Dairy Farmer
South Island:Callum Eastwood – DairyNZ Scientist (People in dairy, effective use of new technologies in dairy systems)
Paul Marshall – South Island Dairy Farmer
Solutions to the environmental and climatic challenge.
Evaluation of the solutions to environmental and climatic change by farmers and dairy sector experts.
Chaired by Dr Ants Roberts – Chief Scientific Officer at Ravensdown
North Island:Bruce Thorrold – Strategy and Investment Leader for Productivity, DairyNZ
South Island:From Faculty of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Lincoln University:
Keith Cameron – Professor of Soil Science, Head of Centre for Soil and Environmental Research
Grant Edwards – Dean of Faculty of Agriculture & Life Sciences; Professor of Dairy Production
Farm ownership – what are the building blocks to farm ownership.
The goal of farm ownership is achievable, when the right ingredients are in place. What are these ingredients?
North Island:Colm & Gaynor Tierney (Waikato Dairy Farmers)Bryce & Amanda Savage (Taranaki Dairy Farmers)
Chaired by Brent Love – Director Farm Enterprise, KPMG
South Island:James and Ceri Burke, (Culverden Dairy Farmers)Will Green (Fairlie Dairy Farmer)
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8:00AM - 3:30PM I A PROSPEROUS FUTURE
TIMING: 8:00 – 9:00 Registration & Orientation. Delegates will be divided into 5 groups.
9:00 – 3:00 Rotating workshops with 5 running concurrently. 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (sponsored by Silver Fern Farms) 3:00 – 3:30 Final words and close of conference by Colin Armer, Conference Chair. 2DAY
8:00 - 9:00 REGISTRATION, orientation & morning Tea
3:00 - 3:30 final words and close of conference Workshop Session Organisers
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