The last time I wrote calving was the next big thing to happen. Well, it arrived early as usual, but went well. We ended up with 100% live births, that is a first, and only assisted one heifer who had a large calf. Milk fever has been prevalent around the district and quite bad, so […]
SMASH: Run by dairy farmers for dairy farmers
SMASH has been set up to help dairy farmers, particularly those with smaller operations, to run successful businesses. We mainly achieve this by running events throughout New Zealand. These give farmers the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills which will stand them in good stead back on their own farms.
We also want to foster a supportive farming community – we are all in it together! SMASH is run by a group of New Zealand dairy farmers with a passion for the industry and for helping to build a strong and sustainable future for dairy farming. Read more
Survey: Pathways to Farm Ownership. Can you help us out?
Whatever your farming career path we would like to hear from you! We want to find out what career path dairy farmers have taken, and what their plans are for the future.
- Have you bought a farm?
- Are you planning to buy a farm?
- Or is farm ownership not your end goal?
Whatever your farming career path, we would like to hear from you. We want to find out what dairy farming career end goals look like nowadays and how people who buy farms have achieved their ownership dream. Once we have the results we are going to share them so all farmers can benefit from what we learn.
We value your time, and so we are offering people who fill in our survey the opportunity to go in the draw to win one of two Kapiti Cheese hampers (valued at $200 each – thanks to Fonterra).
The survey takes 5 – 10 minutes to complete.