August 4, 2026 • 5 mins
Nathan Nelson of Dairy NZ looks at upcoming events.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
From what.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Nathan Nelson of darian Z joins us on the muster
as we catch up with the team weekly. Good afternoon,
Nath the calm after the storm though it wasn't a storm,
it was just snowy and cold.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I suppose, good Andy, Good to be with you. Yeah.
I'd rather have the frost this morning that we had
than the crappy weather we had on Monday and Tuesday,
that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Absolutely. I mean, this is what they're thinking, is today
getting into spring planning mode as those calves start hitting
the ground.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Yeah, absolutely, it's that time that year already. I think
you and I were chatting off here. We've definitely got
heifers hitting the ground. And obviously people have got different
carving dates, but sort of about now three to the
eighth would be traditional carving dates for most mixed age
cows in the South. So yeah, well and truly got
carves on the ground, and yeah, heifers and mixed age
(00:57):
cows into it.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Okay, So what's some things for people to keep in
the back of their minds when they're trying to plan
for the next six, seven, eight weeks.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah, I think that's the key thing, is planning for
that next period of time. So I suppose it's the
busiest time of the year. You know, potentially on farm
you've got a lot of different mobs with you know,
everyone having probably dry cows, spring of mobs, coloss from curves,
and then obviously your milking cow mobs. So probably if
we start with the top, the key thing to get
(01:27):
that planning really set up well is what we'd encourage
farmers to use as a spring rotation planner, which really
is a great planning tool from the plans starter carving
through to balance state. Which balance state basically we would
sort of call once past your growth rates meet you
know feed demand or herd supply on farms, so basically
looking at now until the end of that first grazing
(01:50):
rotation or thereof. And really the spring rotation plan is
just a guide rails am I on track with allocating
areas of pasture between now balance date? Am I going
too fast too slow? You know? How does things like
the weather impact that or my carving pattern? And so
the spring spring rotation plan, as say, it's just a
(02:11):
great visual guide just to sort of check and make
sure that you're on track. So definitely encourage farmers to
have a look at that, download one or get a copy,
put it up in the shed, and then yeah, you
probably only need to update it a handful of times.
You know. Actually as you go through carving, just check
in and see are you on track? How much hectes
(02:33):
of grass have you graced so far? Up at the table,
see are your head or below target, and then make
the adjustments accordingly.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
And new staff members as well, they've just come on board,
getting them up to speed and what the go with
what the goers.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Yeah, look definitely very much around communication and probably observation
that the tool is great and such that it's a
really good visual tool. I mean, obviously you can run
an advanced model and have that more based on the computer,
but the simplest form is actually just to have it
printed out on the poster at the shed and literally
just update it with a pen as you're going. So yeah,
(03:09):
everyone can can definitely be involved in that. I suppose
yet a little bit more in terms of details, things
that would probably be looking for, you know, to get
that accuracy of feed intakes right as the key thing
is actually knowing or having a really good telling of
how many cows are in each mob, which sounds obvious,
but when you're juggling different mobs and numbers changing all
(03:30):
the time. Obviously some have got wearables that can help
with that, but a lot don't, So that's probably the
key thing to get right. Has been really accurate with
how many cows are actually in that particular mob, you know,
to work out your feed intakes, and then you know,
probably your three key observational points is the cows will
tell you what's going on, whether they're well fed or hungry,
(03:51):
in terms of how much feed they're leaving in the paddick,
in terms of a residual their cow behavior, whether they're
sus standing at the gate bellowing at you or reasonably contend.
And then for those that are looking for a little
bit more data, having a look at what the milk
docket's telling you in terms of creating fact ratios and
even cages and milk solids.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
So if deary and Z, what else has been happening lately?
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, look, I guess we're available for farmers to reach
out if you want to chat through any of that individually,
or just you know, talk through your plan. Obviously we're
in planning mode now for probably sort of September and
October events given us carving and we're not going to
be running too many events for farmers, but certainly looking
at our October lineup of events around dairy training, opportunities
(04:38):
for staff and team training, planning for our first round
of home ground feed events, So looking at farms that
are growing and utilizing you know, really high pasture harvested
or pasture eden. But yeah, certainly the team's available a
FINA wants to reach out, We'll have a look on
the website for that spring rotation planner and download a
copy and work for that for your specific business.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Nathan Nelson ol Darien's it always good to catch up mate.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Thanks, Andy, appreciate it, laugh out loud with ag proud
because life on the land can be a laughing matter.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Brought to us by sheer Well Data working to help
the livestock farmer. The woman who fell off the cruise
ship last week has finally been identified. Her name was
I leaned Over, although there was her maiden name. She
married a Levy gentleman named George en Fall Dad jokes
(05:35):
four and a half years in the making and we're
still rocking along with them. Who would have thought it
right right, well, carry on, I meany Muir. The muster,
of course, has brought to you by Peters Genetics. Podcast
will be out shortly thanks to iHeartRadio. Enjoy the afternoon,
See you tomorrow, scap
From what.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Nathan Nelson of darian Z joins us on the muster
as we catch up with the team weekly. Good afternoon,
Nath the calm after the storm though it wasn't a storm,
it was just snowy and cold.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I suppose, good Andy, Good to be with you. Yeah.
I'd rather have the frost this morning that we had
than the crappy weather we had on Monday and Tuesday,
that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Absolutely. I mean, this is what they're thinking, is today
getting into spring planning mode as those calves start hitting
the ground.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Yeah, absolutely, it's that time that year already. I think
you and I were chatting off here. We've definitely got
heifers hitting the ground. And obviously people have got different
carving dates, but sort of about now three to the
eighth would be traditional carving dates for most mixed age
cows in the South. So yeah, well and truly got
carves on the ground, and yeah, heifers and mixed age
(00:57):
cows into it.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Okay, So what's some things for people to keep in
the back of their minds when they're trying to plan
for the next six, seven, eight weeks.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah, I think that's the key thing, is planning for
that next period of time. So I suppose it's the
busiest time of the year. You know, potentially on farm
you've got a lot of different mobs with you know,
everyone having probably dry cows, spring of mobs, coloss from curves,
and then obviously your milking cow mobs. So probably if
we start with the top, the key thing to get
(01:27):
that planning really set up well is what we'd encourage
farmers to use as a spring rotation planner, which really
is a great planning tool from the plans starter carving
through to balance state. Which balance state basically we would
sort of call once past your growth rates meet you
know feed demand or herd supply on farms, so basically
looking at now until the end of that first grazing
(01:50):
rotation or thereof. And really the spring rotation plan is
just a guide rails am I on track with allocating
areas of pasture between now balance date? Am I going
too fast too slow? You know? How does things like
the weather impact that or my carving pattern? And so
the spring spring rotation plan, as say, it's just a
(02:11):
great visual guide just to sort of check and make
sure that you're on track. So definitely encourage farmers to
have a look at that, download one or get a copy,
put it up in the shed, and then yeah, you
probably only need to update it a handful of times.
You know. Actually as you go through carving, just check
in and see are you on track? How much hectes
(02:33):
of grass have you graced so far? Up at the table,
see are your head or below target, and then make
the adjustments accordingly.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
And new staff members as well, they've just come on board,
getting them up to speed and what the go with
what the goers.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Yeah, look definitely very much around communication and probably observation
that the tool is great and such that it's a
really good visual tool. I mean, obviously you can run
an advanced model and have that more based on the computer,
but the simplest form is actually just to have it
printed out on the poster at the shed and literally
just update it with a pen as you're going. So yeah,
(03:09):
everyone can can definitely be involved in that. I suppose
yet a little bit more in terms of details, things
that would probably be looking for, you know, to get
that accuracy of feed intakes right as the key thing
is actually knowing or having a really good telling of
how many cows are in each mob, which sounds obvious,
but when you're juggling different mobs and numbers changing all
(03:30):
the time. Obviously some have got wearables that can help
with that, but a lot don't, So that's probably the
key thing to get right. Has been really accurate with
how many cows are actually in that particular mob, you know,
to work out your feed intakes, and then you know,
probably your three key observational points is the cows will
tell you what's going on, whether they're well fed or hungry,
(03:51):
in terms of how much feed they're leaving in the paddick,
in terms of a residual their cow behavior, whether they're
sus standing at the gate bellowing at you or reasonably contend.
And then for those that are looking for a little
bit more data, having a look at what the milk
docket's telling you in terms of creating fact ratios and
even cages and milk solids.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
So if deary and Z, what else has been happening lately?
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, look, I guess we're available for farmers to reach
out if you want to chat through any of that individually,
or just you know, talk through your plan. Obviously we're
in planning mode now for probably sort of September and
October events given us carving and we're not going to
be running too many events for farmers, but certainly looking
at our October lineup of events around dairy training, opportunities
(04:38):
for staff and team training, planning for our first round
of home ground feed events, So looking at farms that
are growing and utilizing you know, really high pasture harvested
or pasture eden. But yeah, certainly the team's available a
FINA wants to reach out, We'll have a look on
the website for that spring rotation planner and download a
copy and work for that for your specific business.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Nathan Nelson ol Darien's it always good to catch up mate.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Thanks, Andy, appreciate it, laugh out loud with ag proud
because life on the land can be a laughing matter.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Brought to us by sheer Well Data working to help
the livestock farmer. The woman who fell off the cruise
ship last week has finally been identified. Her name was
I leaned Over, although there was her maiden name. She
married a Levy gentleman named George en Fall Dad jokes
(05:35):
four and a half years in the making and we're
still rocking along with them. Who would have thought it
right right, well, carry on, I meany Muir. The muster,
of course, has brought to you by Peters Genetics. Podcast
will be out shortly thanks to iHeartRadio. Enjoy the afternoon,
See you tomorrow, scap
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