video footage from PAsture Summit 2018 – South Island Event
DAY 1 – Welcome & opening address
Colin Armer, Conference Chairman & Julia Jones, MC
DAY 1 – SESSION A: Opportunities & Challenges
Michael Murphy, Irish Dairy Farming Leader (chaired by Colin Armer)
DAY 1 – SESSION B: Real data on the NZ dairy farm financial situation
Introduction (Colin Glass, Dairy Holdings Ltd)
Speaker: Susan Kilsby, ANZ
Speaker: Mark Grenside, ANZ
Questions and discussion chaired by Colin Glass
DAY 1 – SESSION C: Sustainable dairy farm businesses driven by high pasture utilisation and profitability – a farmer’s perspective
Introduction (Murray King, LIC)
Speaker: Greg Roadley, Dairy Farmer
Speaker: Leonie Guiney, Dairy Farmer
Questions and discussion chaired by Murray King
DAY 1 – SESSION D: Resilient pasture based dairy farm production systems – the research perspective
Introduction (Paul Bird, DairyNZ)
Speaker: Brendan Horan, Teagasc
Speaker: John Roche, Down to Earth Advice
Questions and discussion chaired by Paul Bird
DAY 1 – SESSION F: The Connection with the Consumer
Introduction (Mike Magan, Irish Dairy Farmer & Chairman of Animal Health Ireland)
Speaker: Jeremy Hill, Fonterra
Speaker: Tim Hunt, Rabobank
Questions and discussion chaired by Mike Magan
DAY 1 – SESSION E: Equity growth focused young farmer presents his experience
Speaker: Will Grayling, Dairy Farmer Chair: Trevor Gee, DairyNZ
DAY 1: Speaker Panel Discussion
All Speakers – Chaired by Julia Jones, KPMG
DAY 1 – Wrap up and final words
Speaker: Colin Glass, Dairy Holdings Ltd
DAY 2 – WORKSHOP 1: The NZ foundation dairy farm system – this is it!
Introduction (Paul Bird, DairyNZ)
Speaker: Laurence Shalloo, Teagasc
Speaker: Mark Neal, DairyNZ
DAY 2 – WORKSHOP 2: The grazing cow of 2030. What will she need to do and what do we need to do to help her achieve it?
Introduction (Malcolm Ellis, LIC)
Speaker: Donagh Berry, Teagasc
Speaker: Jeremy Bryant, DairyNZ
Questions and discussion chaired by Malcolm Ellis