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NZARN is proud to announce Biomin as an annual sponsor
NZARN are very grateful for the support of Biomin.
October 22, 2018
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Animal Welfare and Nutrition – serving up the fifth domain. Mandi McLeod
Mandi McLeod is an international consultant on animal welfare in the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand. Mandi holds international certification from the Professional Animal Audit Certification Organisation (PAACO), and is a Cow Signals® Master, and is trained in animal sentience for expert witness testimony. Mandi has been involved with the expert review panel for
May 31, 2023
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Silage Fermentation, Trish Lewis
Trish is a consultant nutritionist based in Auckland, New Zealand. With an Honours degree in Agriculture from Nottingham University in UK and gained many years’ experience working in the UK dairy and animal feed industries before immigrating to New Zealand in 1997. After working as a nutritionist for Nutritech for 4 years and as a
May 31, 2023
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The Real Cost of Inflammation. Dr. Megan Abeyta
Dr Megan Abeyta recently completed her PhD under the supervision of Lance Baumgard focused on the impact of inflammation. To set the scene, Dr. Abeyta outlines the importance of the GIT in every animal. With 70% of the immune system located in the GIT, any damage to the protection barrier throughout the track can lead
May 31, 2023
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Energy Prediction from Feed Supplements. Dr. Bill Weiss
Dr. Bill Weiss is a Professor emeritus of dairy cattle nutrition at The Ohio State University. He worked extensively in the areas of minerals and vitamins on cow health, forage, feed evaluation and methods to incorporate variability into ration formulation for dairy cattle. Dr. Weiss has published more than 140 journal articles and 450 proceedings
September 23, 2022
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Mineral Updates – the latest NRC update explained. Dr. Bill Weiss
Dr. Bill Weiss is a Professor emeritus of dairy cattle nutrition at The Ohio State University. He worked extensively in the areas of minerals and vitamins on cow health, forage, feed evaluation and methods to incorporate variability into ration formulation for dairy cattle. Dr. Weiss has published more than 140 journal articles and 450 proceedings
September 22, 2022
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Transition Cow NRC 2021 Update, Prof. Bill Weiss
Dr. Bill Weiss is a Professor emeritus of dairy cattle nutrition at The Ohio State University. He worked extensively in the areas of minerals and vitamins on cow health, forage, feed evaluation and methods to incorporate variability into ration formulation for dairy cattle. Dr. Weiss has published more than 140 journal articles and 450 proceedings
September 22, 2022
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GHG, Nutrients and Economics, A Modelling Exercise. Offering Alternative Strategies, Helwi Tacoma
Helwi presented a piece of work he has been a part of that used modelling to look into environmental impact of grazing dairy systems and their profitability across a number of different scenarios. The same farm parameters were used for each scenario but with cow size, genetic potential and concentrate inputs varied across the scenarios
May 4, 2022
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Fonterra’s Co-Operative Difference Overview (animal aspects), Michael Shallcrass
This presentation by Michael Shallcrass gives a comprehensive yet succinct explanation of the Co-Operative Difference, a framework on which producers are incentivised to manage environmental, social and governance standards in line with Co-operative expectations. Of interest to members of the NZARN is the focus on winter grazing management, and the framework around nutrition, welfare and
May 4, 2022
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New science in facial eczema, Dr. Emma Cuttance
Dr. Emma Cuttance from VetEnt shares the latest New Zealand research information that has been carried out for the passed several years focusing on facial eczema. She showcases the impact of GGT levels on milk production and the risk of high GGT levels in consecutive years. Emma shares the impact of zinc delivery methods on
December 1, 2021
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Lamb rearing in dairy sheep systems. Sue McCoard
Sue talks about the importance of good lamb rearing and its effects on lifetime performance of the lamb. This is a multi-factorial approach involving genetics, environment and people and discusses the year-round feeding program in a range of farming systems. Sue discusses natural versus artificial rearing and the key feeding phases from liquid onto solid
December 1, 2021
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