Future Ready Dairy - Gippsland

Areas of the Gippsland region are wet again.  Last winter proved difficult in our dairying region & gatherings were held to share wet weather management ideas.  Have a look here for some ...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/05/wet-weather.html

GippsDairy has produced a great fact sheet about the value of effluent & dairy farmers legislative requirements to manage effluent have a look here

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/05/effluent-management.html

WHEN? Tuesday May 8th, 10am – 1.00pm then lunch Bass Coast Landcare Network Ph: 03 5678 2335 Em: landcare@nex.net.au www.basscoastlandcare.org.au WHERE? Craig Matthews Dairy ...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/04/farm-scale-composting.html

South Gippsland YDDP invites you to: Calf Facilities Day THURSDAY 26TH APRIL Starting at 11.00am till 2.00pm Including: BBQ Lunch coffee & tea supplied Guest Speakers include: DR PETER D...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/04/south-gippsland-yddp-invites-you-to.html

As the third financial quarter has just ended, many dairy farmers begin to consider their tax planning situation before June 30 comes around. Last year the Yarram business forum looked closely ...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/04/planning-for-end-of-financial-year.html

Online at Dairy Australia you will find the Future Ready Dairy Systems project page it was launched yesterday and has loads of great information about what farmers around Australia are doing to ...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/03/fantastic-web-resource.html

 "FEEDING PASTURES FOR PROFIT" programs are running across Gippsland.  It involves a 2 day course followed by 5 - 6 on-farm days throughout the year to more fully discuss pasture management & ...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/03/pastures-for-profit-programs-are.html

  The Dairying for Tomorrow program has a quarterly newsletter.  The latest edition as well as past items can be viewed on the Dairying for Tomorrow website.   Issue 16 has been distribute...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/03/latest-news-from-dairying-for-tomorrow.html

  Composting is growing in popularity.  Often thought of something for the garden, it seems that broader scale composting is becoming increasingly popular.  We can even compost animal carcas...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/03/composting-on-dairy-farms.html

The DPI has a decision support tool called Feedout Checkout .  It is a tool designed to help dairy farmers make sound economic decisions on the viability of different supplementary feeding syst...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/03/deciding-on-feed-pad.html

When?  Friday March 23rd 10.30 am Where? Zekiman's Farm 4kms south of Tinamba on the Rosedale - Tinamba Rd, look for signs What? Investigate if solar stacks up when it comes to saving dollars ...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/03/solar-hot-water-field-day-tinamba.html

Despite heavy rain, around 40 people attended a day at Yarram to look into energy use in the cow shed.  Speakers covered topics such as variable speed drive vacuum pumps, planning for solar, kno...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/03/interest-in-energy-at-yarram.html

Last September the FRDS project held an information session on chicory.  Three local farmers & consultant Neil Lane shared their knowledge about the plant and it's use in our region.  A fa...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/02/chicory-information-for-gippsland.html

"Climate scientists have been saying for a long time that one of the effects of climate change is likely to be more intense rainfall and flooding. In 1989, at a presentation to the Prime Mini...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/02/droughts-flooding-rains.html

As electricity prices rise and the energy bills associated with running a dairy farm increase, local dairy farmers are looking closely at their costs. AgVet Project’s ‘shed detecti...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/02/energy-focus-at-yarram.html

Congratulations to Danica Leys - RIRDC Rural Woman of the year. Danica Leys has been involved in agriculture for the last 15 years. In her early career she worked as an agronomist in Narrabri a...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/02/social-media-agriculture.html

This week marks the 10th Anniversary of The Australian Dairy Conference & it is being held in Gippsland. The weather is perfect to kick off farm tours taking place today.  The main conference...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/02/australian-dairy-conference-gippsland.html

The recent feed pad tours at Loch and Foster attracted over 100 farmers.  Each tour visited 3 farms and heard the story behind the planning, design, building & use of the feed pads.  Here are s...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/02/100-farmers-visit-feed-pads.html

IN VICTORIA, THE DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES RUNS SOME GREAT WEBINARS - ALL YOU NEED IS A PHONE & INTERNET CONNECTION, DETAILS OF THE NEXT ONE BELOW; JULIAN CRIBB of Julian Cribb and Assoc...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/02/webinar-climate-water-and-future-of.html

  60 people attended the Feed Pad tour of the Loch area on February 7th.  Practical ideas were shared to assist with planning, design, building and utilisation of feed pad...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/02/loch-feedpad-tour.html

  Tuesday February 7th (Loch) & Thursday February 16th  (Foster) are proving popular dates for the region's dairy farmers.  Buses are booked, farms are ready and lunches ordered. If you w...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/02/feed-pad-tours-are-popular.html

  Large British supermarket chain, Tesco has just announced that it will drop carbon footprint labelling.  The reason given is that it is expensive and no other supermarket chain has followe...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/02/tesco-drops-carbon-footprint-labels.html

The Victorian Department of Primary Industries has released a booklet about 'Making Sense of Carbon' it can be downloaded here.

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/01/making-sene-of-carbon.html

Happy New Year! 2012 is The Year of The farmer - more information on this web site

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-new-year-2012-is-year-of-farmer.html

A national two-year project will see the development of guidelines on nutrient management. Dairy Australia’s Natural Resource Management Program Manager, Cathy Phelps, said there are thre...

http://futurereadydairy.blogspot.com/2011/12/national-dairy-nutrient-guidelines.html