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The podcast that celebrates dairy farming and the people behind it. Hosts George Dodson (Young Farmer of the Year winner, dairy farming the family farm in Leeston) and Conan Moynihan (Groundshift co-founder, agribusiness coach and Kellogg Scholar) sit down with farmers, experts and industry folk to dig into one topic at a time, from soil health and nutrition to calf rearing and everything in between. Practical advice you can take back to the farm, real stories from the paddock, and plenty of laughs along the way. Because dairy's good..... but how good? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- 2 weeks ago35 min
How Good’s Less Urea | Dr Allan Piercy, Agraforum
Soil compaction, urea and the cow: ex-vet Dr Allan Piercy on growing the same grass on less nitrogen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago24 min
How Good’s Spring | George Dodson & Conan Moynihan
Calving’s nearly done, mating’s a week away and the grass is going gangbusters. George and Conan catch up on what mid-October really looks like on George’s Canterbury dairy farm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Oct 11, 202637 min
How Good's Your Udder Health | Natasha Maguire, Farm Medix
Mastitis microbiologist Natasha Maguire on subclinical cases, cell count, antibiotics and bought-in heifers, and why the answer starts with testing before you treat.00:00 Coming up 00:28 How good's dairy? 00:47 Meet Natasha and how it all started 03:11 What is mastitis? 04:17 Finding subclinical mastitis: herd tests and RMT 04:58 What somatic cell count actually measures 06:33 Why test every case 07:56 What the bugs tell you about your farm 08:56 Benchmarking your herd's udder health 11:27 When the cell count spikes 12:47 Guessing is expensive: the teat spray trap 14:08 Can teat spray damage teats? 14:58 George's farm: where to start with bought-in cows 16:28 Fresh cow procedures and the first four days 18:05 What's really behind early-season mastitis 19:28 Next steps: just test 21:33 Antibiotics and selective dry cow 24:27 When there's nothing to treat 26:14 Prevention: buying in cows and heifers 28:08 Teat spraying done properly 31:16 Staph aureus: the big one 33:32 Culling, cell count and "it's not the farmer" 34:50 Don't wait, find out 35:52 Takeaways 36:43 Where to find Natasha Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Oct 4, 202633 min
How Good's Tech | Ash des Landes, Canterbury Sharemilker
Ash des Landes and his wife are 50/50 sharemilkers on the Canterbury Plains, milking 650 cows at Dunsandel and, from this season, another 585 near Leeston. That's 1,200 cows producing around 600,000 kg of milk solids. In this episode George and Conan dig into the technology behind that operation and what it has actually changed on farm: Culturing mastitis samples in the farm office before treating. Antibiotic use is substantially down, the bulk cell count is holding around 110,000, and Staph cows at dry-off went from as many as 20 to zero. Virtual fencing collars. The fuel bill has halved, lameness is down, the team spends less time on motorbikes, and kale and pasture breaks are shifted several times a day. How Ash weighs up what a piece of tech is worth, and how he gets a young team using it properly. Why the tech is what let the family take on a second farm without giving up time together. Ash's take: we all do effectively the same thing; what separates the good from the best is the timing of the decisions we make. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 27, 202636 min
How Good's Your Soil - Canaan Ahu, Agrownomics
Canaan Ahu of Agrownomics on soil biology, nitrogen, compaction and carbon, and why the best soil test starts with a spade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 21, 202634 min
How Good's Beef on Dairy | Ben Watson, GENEZ
Beef over dairy is the fastest-growing decision on a New Zealand dairy farm — and most of it gets made in about three seconds, standing behind a cow at mating.George Dodson sits down with Ben Watson, co-founder of GENEZ and a dairy farmer of close to thirty years, to work out what putting beef over your dairy cows actually does to the bottom line. Conan's away this week, so producer Andy Rowe takes the second chair.They get into why the beef decision drives genetic gain in your replacement heifers, how GENEZ picks a different sire for week one than week six, what calving ease really means next to birth weight, and why a 40kg calf can still come out easy.Then the money. A bobby calf gets you thirty or forty dollars. Contracted beef calves are running one fifty to one eighty in the South Island — both sexes, the whole of spring. But Ben won't call it free money: every kilo of calf birth weight costs the cow around 0.67 of a milk solid, which is $6.70 a kilo on a $10 payout.Also in this one: what a "marker" calf is and why it has to be obvious at three in the morning, the $118 difference in rearing cost between the slowest and fastest bull in the catalogue, and the 156kg weaner that turned up the week after Show Week.GENEZ: @Dairy's good — how good? Let's find out.Chapters00:00 INTRO00:32 "Ben, how good's dairy?"00:51 Conan's away — Andy fills in01:23 Where GENEZ started03:07 Why put beef over your dairy cows04:21 Picking the right sire, week by week06:14 Calving ease, birth weight and gestation10:16 What the calf rearer actually wants11:37 The $118 gap between two bulls12:58 Why the smaller calf can win15:10 "Who's dropped the ball here?"16:23 Wearables, beef price and the perfect storm18:01 What a marker is20:05 Why you don't use Angus at AB22:11 The bottom line — $30 bobby vs $180 beef calf26:08 Contracts, scale and a 156kg weaner28:10 What that beef calf costs the cow30:52 Bridging the gap — markers, then SGL32:34 Coming up — George's beef mating plan33:20 Where to find GENEZ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 13, 202634 min
How Good's Year One - First Season On Your Own Farm
George is a season into milking his own cows, and he's already doing things his own way: a colostrum mob that never goes behind a wire, and a breeding rule with no science behind it at all. From there it's the ideal cow for a wet, heavy farm, why Conan gets a bit miffed at being called a regenerative consultant, the three legs of the stool on compaction, why effluent ends up in the wrong paddock on most farms, a planting plan going in this autumn, and an honest word about what eleven-hour days do to a body.George Dodson farms at Leeston, Canterbury. Conan Moynihan is an agribusiness coach and co-founder of Groundshift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 6, 202650 min
How Good's the Co-op | Richard Allen, Fonterra CEO
Fonterra CEO Richard Allen on what the co-op actually does with your milk, how the milk price is really set, and why New Zealand dairy farmers are the envy of the world. Dairy's good — how good? Let's find out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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About How Good's Dairy
The podcast that celebrates dairy farming and the people behind it. Hosts George Dodson (Young Farmer of the Year winner, dairy farming the family farm in Leeston) and Conan Moynihan (Groundshift co-founder, agribusiness coach and Kellogg Scholar) sit down with farmers, experts and industry folk to dig into one topic at a time, from soil health and nutrition to calf rearing and everything in between. Practical advice you can take back to the farm, real stories from the paddock, and plenty of laughs along the way. Because dairy's good..... but how good? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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