Tasmanian Dairy Conference a Great Success
Nearly 200 people attended the annual Tasmanian Dairy Conference in Ulverstone on July 7th 2010. The day was a great success with an air of cautious optimism about the year ahead for dairy in Tasmania. There was a diversity of speakers and themes with innovation being the main item on the agenda; innovation around milking, pastures and nutrition. Ian Halliday set the scene giving an overview of Dairy Australia’s main priorities and industry directions. Frank Drum from NAB provided an international perspective in terms of global impacts and outlook. The day also featured a live robotic milking machine operation courtesy of Lely and there were farmer profiles around their operations and the impact of the Taking Stock program. DairyTas Executive Officer Mark Smith commented that the support for the conference day highlighted its importance and value to the industry.
Program and flyer
Presentations
- Situation and outlook – Jo Bills
- The Carbon Story for Dairy in Tasmania and on-farm actions – Rachel Brown
- A Global Perspective Where to from here? – Frank Drum
- Tasmanian Dairy Conference – Ian Halliday
- Production System Performance and Risk: Insights from the TasMilk-60 project – Steve Little
- Perennial Ryegrass, Persistence and changing goal posts – Allister Moorhead
- Taking Stock Program – Mark Smith
- Three challenges of really “magic grass” – Ian Sawyer
- Getting the most out of your feed plan – Jim Wade
- Taking Stock in the Tasmanian Dairy Industry – Penny J. Williams
