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
Only a couple of days to go till the conference! Have you registered?? If you are a PITO student your ticket is half price. Bargain!
SMASH Conference 2019 – Waikato, June 18th | SMASH
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Register now and go in the draw for a delicious food hamper. (One hamper to give away to a conference attendee. Prize drawn at the conference.)This guy is a bit of a character.
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#WATCH Our Grass Roots series follows the day-to-day lives of two young farmers: Award-winning contract milker and jokester, Tangaroa Walker, and Sophie Barnes, a roving shepherd exploring the great outdoors.
It's an up close and personal insight into the life of a farmer, or as Tangaroa Walker puts it, “If I’m going to be going for a fart, you’ll hear that too.” 🌬️
Last chance to enter. The draw is tomorrow and the odds are looking good! We want to include you in the conference excitement by giving you the chance to win a Trusti Tuber Starter Kit to use this spring.
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Thank you and your committee for your great work re SMASH events. We have gained several life changing ideas from these events.
At SMASH events we met like-minded people doing similar things.
It gave us confidence to know that there are people out there doing the same thing we are doing.
The positive vibe and the feeling of community amongst the farmers here was a highlight.
Can't sleep as am too excited after events!
This was a brilliant day. Refreshing, informative, varied and motivating.
“We have kind of gone off discussion groups because they tend to just look after our little district. Discussion groups are mainly people checking up on what the neighbours are doing whereas SMASH events are different, we get a lot more from them. I wholeheartedly loved it. It is good getting out of the area too.”
The strong working partnership of smaller herd farmers Matt and Sarah-Jane Yates has been a cornerstone to the success of their farming business. Matt started his career drystock farming on the family block, but its sale enabled him to buy his own property.
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