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Welcome to Farm Source Focus, created as a way to share knowledge and advice on the season ahead. Where vets, agronomists, vendor reps, our team of TSRs and sustainable dairy advisors but most importantly fellow farmers share their insights in an easily digestible way.
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Effective feed management during the warmer months
Help your cows manage heat stress and maintain production. Technical Sales Representative Dilbir Singh and Casey Edgecumbe from Agricom share tips on which feeds can benefit your cows during the…
Best practices for ensuring milk quality during the challenging summer months
Join Brent Spencer, National Milk Quality Manager at Farm Source, and Rebecca White, Australasian Sales Manager from Skellerup, while we dive into practical best practices for ensuring milk quality…
Pasture Utilisation - Smarter Pasture, more milk
Improving pasture planning and including clover can boost utilisation, milk solids & farm efficiency. Listen in with Techincal Ag Specialist Russell, and Agricom's, Allister (Al) for expert tips…
Enhance efficiency with Maize
Join Jarno, Farm Source Technical Ag Specialist, and Wade, Pioneer Farm Systems Manager, as they catch up on the benefits of Maize and how it can work for your farm system.See omnystudio.com/listener…
FSSK Podcast May 2022
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Replacing your rubberware
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FS - LIVE - Barenbrug Pasture Partners
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Pablo - Agrisea
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S3E6 Strive for 5 - BCS at dry off
Hear from Louise Cook, Farm Source Programme Manager - Environment, on how body condition score (BCS) at dry-off can impact production next season, and what you can do now to impact this.See…
S5 Sustainability in dairy: a bank's point of view.
In this episode, we sit down with Rabobank’s Sustainability Manager Gavin Marshall to discuss why banks are so interested in sustainability on farm, and how farmers can use their Farm Insights Report…
S5 Data-driven decision making: a farmer’s point of view
In this episode, we sit down with Waikato farmer Jo Sheridan to discuss how Owl Farm use data from their Farm Insights Report to better understand everything from feed efficiency and emissions to…
S4 Fall Armyworm Risk - protecting your maize crop
Fall armyworm (FAW) is a problematic moth known to damage crops during its larvae stage. A native pest of the Americas, it reached New Zealand in 2022, likely from Australia. FAW is a plant pest that…
Start of Season Milk Quality Tips
Farm Source Milk Programme Lead Daniel Heine, and Senior Veterinary Manager Michael Shallcrass discuss what you can do during calving and those first few milkings to optimise your milk quality…
S5E1 Udder health and SCC
Join us for a conversation with Farm Source Milk Programme Lead, Daniel Heine and FIL National Sales Manager and industry veteran Colin May on managing your udder health through the start of the…
S4E2 LIVE Facial Eczema Expert Q & A - Zinc Dosing Methods
Facial Eczema is one of NZ's most challenging ruminant animal diseases. It is also one of the most misunderstood and underdiagnosed. It is a dangerous liver disease, causing pain and stress to cows…
S4E1 LIVE: Facial Eczema Expert Q & A - ZincCheck
Facial Eczema is one of NZ's most challenging ruminant animal diseases. It is also one of the most misunderstood and underdiagnosed. This episode is a recent live conversation with Veterinarian and…
S3E6 Understanding Soil Health
In this episode we are joined by Ian Tarbotton, Ballance Agri-Nutrients Science Extension Manager and Neville Knight, Farm Source Southland Technical Sales Rep to discuss the details on soil health…
S3E5 Get to Know Your Farm Insight Report
In this episode we sit down with Farm Source Environment Programme Lead Kirsti Lovie to discuss the updates to the latest Farm Insights Report and how farmers can use their report on-farm. See…
S3E4 Milk Response to Crop Options – presented with PGG Wrightson Seeds
In this episode we talk to Dr Charlotte Westwood, veterinary nutritionist based with the PGG Wrightson Seeds team at Kimihia Research Centre, Canterbury, about the results from some recent Waikato…
S3E3 Biostimulants on-farm – farmer experience, brought to you by AgriSea
In this episode we talk to Manawatu farmer Mike Collis about his experience using AgriSea biostimulants in a conventional farming system, how he uses it to meet his productivity and profitability…
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Farm Source Seasonal Focus has published 29 episodes since November 2020, covering topics in Science.
Farm Source Seasonal Focus is currently active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 20m.
