Looking Ahead for the Tasmanian Dairy Industry
The 2011 Tasmanian Dairy Conference “Looking Ahead for the Tasmanian Dairy Industry” was held in Ulverstone on July 5th 2011 with nearly 200 people attending. The conference provided a balance of industry outlook information, new developments and farm management topics for farmers, industry service providers and government representatives.
Main sponsors were:
- National Australia Bank
- Roberts
- Monds Feed
- De Laval/Agritech
- Fonterra
The presentations for 2011 covered:
- Industry national and international trends and forecasts
- Dairy Australia and Aust Dairy Farmers programs
- Animal welfare standards
- Pasture renewal and lucerne research
- NZ Lincoln Dairy Farm development
- Emissions trading in NZ
- Herd fertility study
- Automated milking
- Hepatic oxidation in dairy cows
- Soil conditioner project
- Schools and cows create careers
Session sponsors were:
- Handley AB
- Impact fertilisers
- IMP
- Skills Institute
- Wrightson Seeds
- Bayer Animal Health
- Degree C
The program and speaker presentations are provided here.
Program and flyer
Presentations
- Dairy Situation & Outlook, Chris Phillips, Dairy Australia
- The international economy and dairy industry outlook, Frank Drum, National Australia Bank
- NZ approach to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change impacts on farm, Ron Pellow, SIDDC
- The changing world of animal welfare standards, Bridget Peachey, Dairy Australia
- Research initiatives from Dairy Australia, Ian Halliday, Dairy Australia
- Doing battle with the supermarkets, Chris Griffin, Australian Dairy Farmers (ADF)
- Future directions for the Lincoln University Dairy Farm, Ron Pellow Executive Director, SIDDC & Alvin Reid, Dairy Farmer, SIDDC Board Member, LIC Board Member
- Maximising results from pasture renewal, David Squibb, Wrightson Seeds
- Preparing for an automated milking system (AMS) dairy – the farming system, Ron Mulder, De Laval
- IMP digester and soil conditioner project, Phillip Pryor
- Introducing hepatic oxidation, Phillip Gale, Vanguard Nutrition
- Freezing out drought – adaptive processes to drought within lucerne and its implications on farm, Keith Pembleton, TIAR
- Early promising results from circular head reproductive trial, Craig Dwyer, Smithton Veterinary Service
