14 May 2009 Dairy Farm Focus Day

The second Lincoln University Dairy Farm Focus Day of the year takes place today, Thursday 14 May at the Dairy Farm, off the Lincoln-Springston road, about 1.5kms from the central campus.

The theme for the day is: "Achieve Target Production OR Maximise Profit?"

The Lincoln University Dairy Farm moved to once-a-day milking from 9 April and reduced the size of the herd by 140 at the end of April. The 2009-2010 budget is aimed at making the farm work with a reduction in expenses. The Focus Day will examine these moves.

Other topics to be covered are -
• Pasture production - the whole story.
• Is silage profitable for the Lincoln University Dairy Farm. John Roche of DairyNZ will be the speaker for this topic.

After lunch there will be an optional farm walk at 1.15pm.

The Focus Day starts at 10.15am. All welcome. Focus Days are hosted and organised by the South Island Dairying Development Centre.