Animal care consults | Ep. 76

Animals are at the heart of every farming business. To support the sector in achieving high levels of animal welfare, DairyNZ has been interviewing farmers about their animal care practices for over a decade now. Join us as DairyNZ Lead Advisor Animal Care Penny Timmer-Arends and Animal Care Consult Contractor Hannah Fulton, talk to how the information from the consult is used to track changes in practice, inform extension activities and future research, and enlighten submissions to government when advocating for practical, outcome-based rules.

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Chapters

• 1:10 Speaker introduction and credibility
• 2:41 Animal Care Consult Legacy and overview
• 3:45 Animal Care Consult team and their remit
• 5:00 Farmer interactions with the Animal Care Consult team
• 5:54 What do farmers get out of the Animal Consult?
• 6:47 What has changed and what’s on the Horizon for the Animal Consult project?
• 9:58 Overview of recent findings from the Animal Consult
• 11:42 Trends as a result from the Animal Consult to date
• 14:40 Hannah’s insights and adaptions on farm from a result of the Animal Care Consult
• 17:23 Hannah share’s her winter grazing practices
• 18:38 Technology adaption on farms
• 20:28 Penny provides an insight into key Animal Care focus areas moving forward
• 22:38 Episode summary