February 24, 2026 • 7 mins
Nicola Blair chats about upcoming Dairy NZ workshops.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Welcome Back to the Muster Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen.
Arguably today is one of those days in the context
of a so called southern summer. But anyway, we'll see
what tomorrow dishes up. It is a bit of a
fall from grace by the sound of it. Nichola Blair
of Darry and Zed joins us this afternoon. Nicola, Good afternoon,
house things.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Good Andy, How are you getting on well?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Like I say, I just wish I'm enjoying this weather.
We just need a bit more than two days in
a row.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
I know. I think everyone's on the same page with there.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
If the weather was a professional sports person, I would
have lost its contract back in November.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
You did right, You are right.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
So Derry and Z what are the happenings. What's been
going on?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Uh? You know, we've been pretty busy. Yeah, we've got
a few things coming up. Yeah, if you're a deary
in South and or South Otago, We've got their Milk
Smart workshops coming up. They're rolling into Winton, Gore and
Milton so they're through Dairy Training Limited and they'll be
(01:13):
in a couple of weeks. They're Wintons on Tuesday. The
tenth of March and Gorz on the eleventh and Melton
is on the twelfth of March. Yeah, and all these
workshops are free and they'll be hands on sessions for
anyone wanting to make their milk a fast, milking, faster,
(01:35):
easier and more profitable. Yeah, whether you're new to the
shed or you've been at it for years. And there's
some really cool research around it as well showing that
some farms they can say it up to eight hours
a week just by tweaking their milking routine, so like
that's a whole day back every week for being your team,
(01:58):
so huge benefits there. It's again and the big focus
is on MAX team, so that's short for maximum milking
time and then we farmers. They're sharing their real stories
as well around how they've cut their milking times down
and dropped their semitic cell counts and saved on power
(02:20):
bills and heaps of other stuff. So yeah, it's really
really a really good one to get along too. So yeah,
if you can on that, yeah, just head on to
the Dairy Training website and yeah, find a date that
suits you and register if you can. Their registrations will
(02:40):
be open until next Friday the sixth, So yeah, if
you can register that ideal, because then we've got to
keep count and we know because lunch is provided, so
we know how many decater for and all that. And
then we've also got some Genetic gain Field Days coming
up up which is really excuse me, really exciting, and
(03:05):
they'll be focusing on howving farmers lost their horle performance
through smarter breeding and all the benefits that come with that.
So again they will have local farmers sharing their stories
on that as well, and will also have some experts
sharing practical tips on how to achieve this. So what
(03:28):
the real value of accurate records and ding DNA can have.
So yeah, the goal is to give farmers confidence and
tools to make breeding decisions that booth their profit and sustainability. Really,
so we're holding these in March, so again check out
(03:49):
during the website under the event section and that will
help help you find an event near you. It's three
days being held and they're all starting at ten thirty
am and they'll finish at one seam. So there's one
at wood Seawood Downs that's on Tuesday, the seventeenth of March,
(04:12):
and Winton is on the Wednesday, eighteenth of March, and
we're also having one hold up in Omoru and that's
on the Thursday, on the nineteenth of March, so how
I see and see they will be attending these snths
as well. So yeah, it's just a really good excuse
to get off farm for the day and have a
(04:32):
barbecue and catch up with your neighbors and others in
the industry. And yeah, hopefully you take something valuable away.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
From it as well, absolutely talking genetics and milk smart
I mean things that are highly relevant in the rural
sector for sure, and as well. The milk Solas levy
votes underway.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Yeah yeah, so we've got a yeah, milk Solids Levy
vote has come up. So this happens every six years. Yeah,
and it's a great opportun unity for farmers to have
their say on the future of the milk solid levy.
So yeah, farmers can vote one or two ways, either
online or post. So the voting picks should have arrived
(05:14):
around ten days ago and the voting opened that last
Monday on the sixteenth and that will be closing on
the Friday, the thirteenth of March, so and that will
be at five pm. So yeah, you'll be receiving some
courtesy calls from the darien Z staff over the next
(05:36):
three weeks. Yeah, just to make sure that you've received
your pack and if there's anything that we can help
you with on that front, and if you haven't received
your voting peck or you're having any trouble with it,
just make sure you swing out to every local where
your managers and we'll be able to give you a
hand with that and send you in the right direction.
(05:58):
So yeah, it's really important for it's a great opportunity
for the farmers to have you stay. And yeah, on
the future of the milk Soli's levy. So yeah you
can vote, There'll be awesome and yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Got on your neckle I always got to catch up
with the team. You enjoy the afternoon.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Yeah you twoey, thanks so much.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Laugh out loud with a proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter. Brought to us by
sheer Well Data working to help the livestock. Farmer John
was in an accident and his face was badly buried.
The doctors couldn't reconstruct his face using his own skin
because he is so skinny, but his wife offered hers
The doctor decided best to use skin from her buttocks,
(06:45):
so they took it and reconstructed John's face. After the surgery,
he looked better than ever. His entire family was amazed,
but none of them even learned where the skin came from.
They assumed it was his own. One night, John was
overcome of the motion, began to cry and told his wife,
I love you so so much.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
I'm so grateful for your sacrifice.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
She shrieked and said, honey, all the things I need comes,
and when your mother kisses you on the cheek, we'll
leave it.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
There for the afternoon. The podcast going up shortly.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Annoy Heart Radio, Amandy Buwer, you've been listening to the Muster,
of course thanks to Peter's genelix.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Enjoy the afternoon, see it tomorrow, will you just said
Welcome Back to the Muster Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen.
Arguably today is one of those days in the context
of a so called southern summer. But anyway, we'll see
what tomorrow dishes up. It is a bit of a
fall from grace by the sound of it. Nichola Blair
of Darry and Zed joins us this afternoon. Nicola, Good afternoon,
house things.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Good Andy, How are you getting on well?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Like I say, I just wish I'm enjoying this weather.
We just need a bit more than two days in
a row.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
I know. I think everyone's on the same page with there.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
If the weather was a professional sports person, I would
have lost its contract back in November.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
You did right, You are right.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
So Derry and Z what are the happenings. What's been
going on?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Uh? You know, we've been pretty busy. Yeah, we've got
a few things coming up. Yeah, if you're a deary
in South and or South Otago, We've got their Milk
Smart workshops coming up. They're rolling into Winton, Gore and
Milton so they're through Dairy Training Limited and they'll be
(01:13):
in a couple of weeks. They're Wintons on Tuesday. The
tenth of March and Gorz on the eleventh and Melton
is on the twelfth of March. Yeah, and all these
workshops are free and they'll be hands on sessions for
anyone wanting to make their milk a fast, milking, faster,
(01:35):
easier and more profitable. Yeah, whether you're new to the
shed or you've been at it for years. And there's
some really cool research around it as well showing that
some farms they can say it up to eight hours
a week just by tweaking their milking routine, so like
that's a whole day back every week for being your team,
(01:58):
so huge benefits there. It's again and the big focus
is on MAX team, so that's short for maximum milking
time and then we farmers. They're sharing their real stories
as well around how they've cut their milking times down
and dropped their semitic cell counts and saved on power
(02:20):
bills and heaps of other stuff. So yeah, it's really
really a really good one to get along too. So yeah,
if you can on that, yeah, just head on to
the Dairy Training website and yeah, find a date that
suits you and register if you can. Their registrations will
(02:40):
be open until next Friday the sixth, So yeah, if
you can register that ideal, because then we've got to
keep count and we know because lunch is provided, so
we know how many decater for and all that. And
then we've also got some Genetic gain Field Days coming
up up which is really excuse me, really exciting, and
(03:05):
they'll be focusing on howving farmers lost their horle performance
through smarter breeding and all the benefits that come with that.
So again they will have local farmers sharing their stories
on that as well, and will also have some experts
sharing practical tips on how to achieve this. So what
(03:28):
the real value of accurate records and ding DNA can have.
So yeah, the goal is to give farmers confidence and
tools to make breeding decisions that booth their profit and sustainability. Really,
so we're holding these in March, so again check out
(03:49):
during the website under the event section and that will
help help you find an event near you. It's three
days being held and they're all starting at ten thirty
am and they'll finish at one seam. So there's one
at wood Seawood Downs that's on Tuesday, the seventeenth of March,
(04:12):
and Winton is on the Wednesday, eighteenth of March, and
we're also having one hold up in Omoru and that's
on the Thursday, on the nineteenth of March, so how
I see and see they will be attending these snths
as well. So yeah, it's just a really good excuse
to get off farm for the day and have a
(04:32):
barbecue and catch up with your neighbors and others in
the industry. And yeah, hopefully you take something valuable away.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
From it as well, absolutely talking genetics and milk smart
I mean things that are highly relevant in the rural
sector for sure, and as well. The milk Solas levy
votes underway.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Yeah yeah, so we've got a yeah, milk Solids Levy
vote has come up. So this happens every six years. Yeah,
and it's a great opportun unity for farmers to have
their say on the future of the milk solid levy.
So yeah, farmers can vote one or two ways, either
online or post. So the voting picks should have arrived
(05:14):
around ten days ago and the voting opened that last
Monday on the sixteenth and that will be closing on
the Friday, the thirteenth of March, so and that will
be at five pm. So yeah, you'll be receiving some
courtesy calls from the darien Z staff over the next
(05:36):
three weeks. Yeah, just to make sure that you've received
your pack and if there's anything that we can help
you with on that front, and if you haven't received
your voting peck or you're having any trouble with it,
just make sure you swing out to every local where
your managers and we'll be able to give you a
hand with that and send you in the right direction.
(05:58):
So yeah, it's really important for it's a great opportunity
for the farmers to have you stay. And yeah, on
the future of the milk Soli's levy. So yeah you
can vote, There'll be awesome and yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Got on your neckle I always got to catch up
with the team. You enjoy the afternoon.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Yeah you twoey, thanks so much.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Laugh out loud with a proud because life on the
land can be a laughing matter. Brought to us by
sheer Well Data working to help the livestock. Farmer John
was in an accident and his face was badly buried.
The doctors couldn't reconstruct his face using his own skin
because he is so skinny, but his wife offered hers
The doctor decided best to use skin from her buttocks,
(06:45):
so they took it and reconstructed John's face. After the surgery,
he looked better than ever. His entire family was amazed,
but none of them even learned where the skin came from.
They assumed it was his own. One night, John was
overcome of the motion, began to cry and told his wife,
I love you so so much.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
I'm so grateful for your sacrifice.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
She shrieked and said, honey, all the things I need comes,
and when your mother kisses you on the cheek, we'll
leave it.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
There for the afternoon. The podcast going up shortly.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Annoy Heart Radio, Amandy Buwer, you've been listening to the Muster,
of course thanks to Peter's genelix.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Enjoy the afternoon, see it tomorrow, will you just said
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