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Northern Regions - Dewar property

"Making the Difference" is the catch phrase for the Deer Indsutry Focus Farms project.

Field day handouts
Field day presentations
Newsletters:

 

Farmers: David Dewar and Kay Garland

Facilitator: Mark Macintosh (AgFirst)
Robin Hopkirk (Animal Health Services)

FINAL FOCUS FARM FIELD DAY

Northern Region’s Final Focus Farm FINAL Field Day
David Dewar and Kaye Garland
376 Parsons Road, Ngakuru
Directions: Get onto SHW30 between Rotorua and Atiamuri. Turn into Nicholson Rd (18km from Rotorua, 14km from SHW1) and then first right into Parsons Rd.

Thursday 16th September, 2010
11.00am start. (Tea and coffee available for early arrivals)
Plan to finish at 3:00pm with refreshments
Provide own lunch

Featuring: What have we learnt about:
• How the farm has performed physically and $
• Managing the climate (risk)
• Feed supplementation and nutrition
• The benefits of AI and earlier fawning
• Spray topping to improve pasture quality
• The benefits of weighing stock
• Copper supplementation
Also: The latest on the industry market and returns
Guests: David Stevens, Jeff Asher, Jason Archer (AgResearch)
Tony Pearse (DINZ) and Andrew Duncan (Duncan Processors)

For more information, please contact:
Mark Macintosh (facilitator), ph: 027 449 1077
Robin Hopkirk, AHS (Co-facilitator) ph: 021 540 731
Andy Mitchell (DFA Representative) ph: 021 457 715
David Dewar (Focus Farmer), ph: 07 333 1952

Field day handouts

February 2010 (366KB)

August 2009 (363KB)

Field day presentations

Breeding programme (912KB)

Nutrient and soil health management (2030KB)

Newsletters:

August 2010 (253KB)

November 2009 (114KB)

 

April 2009 (267KB)

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