Join us this week as we dive into the world of sub-clinical mastitis with Alison Digney and Rhys McKinlay of Koru Diagnostics

Unpacking the results so far from the High Performance Herd Focus Farm, we look at what identifying Staph Aureus in your herd looks like, and what to do with the information once you have it.

How much is subclinical mastitis costing you?  Listen in to find out

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In this episode, we talk about the High Performce Herd Project, summarise what problems we are solving for dairy farmers and AgTech companies, and where it is heading.

Listen as Andrew discusses the problems we have come up against.   How the project works, and what value the project offers.

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Zoetis

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Idexx

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Sam Flight has niched down on Milk Urea Nitrogen, and has become an authority on how this valuable tool may be used in pasture systems to take your nutrition to the next level

Join us as Sam takes us from ANCAC cove, back to the farm to talk through how this test works, what it means, and what it can do to help you with your nutrition and feeding going forward.

MUN is poised to become another asset to farmers to take the herds to the next level in sustainability, Sam does a great job of taking something very scientific and explaining it in a way that applies to everyday farming.

Trutest Datamars

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Fonterra Australia

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Koru Diagnostics

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Zoetis

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Idexx

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Mt Patrick Estate milks 900 dairy cows in Tasmania, and has been consistently in the top 100 farms in Australia for somatic cell count.

Mark shares some of his teams secrets.  What happens in the dairy, how they manage clinical cases, and how he takes his staff on his mission to maintain milk quality excellence.

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Fonterra Australia

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Zoetis

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Idexx

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Insider access to hundreds of dairy farm business’s over nearly three decades has given Jeremy Savage from MacFarlane Rural Business a very deep understanding of what makes a pasture based dairy farm business tick.

Join us this week as we unpack:

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Zoetis

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Finding out which new technology is going to offer you the best return  on investment for your farm is key in driving the future bottom line for  your dairy business.   

Join us as Andy Irvine (Datamars Ltd) walks us through the benefits of  using collars, how they work, and surprisingly how versatile they are.   

He will touch on the labour-saving capabilities at heat detection time,  animal health advantages and how farmers are using them in young stock.   

Also, how the gateway works, and options for those too.   

Another episode offering great insights to help you make farming  decisions.  

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Koru Diagnostics

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Staphylococcus Aureus is not only hard to spell, but it is also hard to manage in your dairy herd.

Staph A from herein, is living in dairy herds throughout the world and is costing the industry an estimated $ 30 billion per year.

Would you walk past and leave the tap on your milk vat open just a little bit?

Find out from Rhys McKinlay what it takes to tackle this problem head-on, what he has been doing to solve this problem for dairy farmers, and what you can do to help mitigate this problem on your own farm.

For more information on this topic, head to:

www.korudiagnostics.com

www.staphgold.com

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Zoetis

https://www2.zoetis.com.au/

Idexx

https://www.idexx.com.au/en-au/livestock/

TasHerd

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There is far more to cow collars than meets the eye.   

Standard Cow collar dashboards display heats, rumination information and  activity, but hiding away in the background is the source of  information that will take your dairy business to the next level.   

Line drops value through out this episode, including labour saving,  saving cash and making more cash.  

How do these “fitbits for cows” work?   Cow tags, collars and boluses, what are they all about.   

Your farming system is unique to you so what would you really want from a  monitor system?   

play on this episode for valuable information whether you already  have collars or are thinking about it.    

For more on the high performance herd project head to:

www.highperformanceherd.com   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/highperformanceherdproject

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Idexx  

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IDEXX is changing the game in the animal diagnostics space.

BVD Pestiviruis, empty cows, and antibiotics in your herd are causing stress and costing dairy farmers money, but it doesn't need to be complicated.

Victor is lifting the lid on what IDEXX is doing to help you overcome these challenges and contribute to the sustainability of your dairy business.    We will talk about what tests are available, and how your herd testing centre can connect you with their diagnostic tools, namely, milk pregnancy testing, blood pregnancy testing, BVD testing, snap antibiotic tests, which all have a positive influence on the bottom line of a dairy business.

For more information on the topics covered in this episode, head to www.farmframeworks.com.au

For more on the high performance herd project head to:

www.highperformanceherd.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/highperformanceherdproject

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Zoetis

https://www2.zoetis.com.au/

Idexx

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TasHerd

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Ryan has 30000 sets of collars under his watch.

Listen how covid saw him pivot from general practice vet work, to offering powerful insights into transition periods, mating performance, and cow performance, concentrating on the “engine room” of the herd.

If you own collars or are thinking about collars, you don't want to miss this episode.

Our project is sponsored by Datamars, our herd is fitted with Trutest active tag collars.

For more information head to:

https://dairy.farmingmadebetter.com/en-au/active-tag

For more on the high performance herd project head to:

www.highperformanceherd.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/highperformanceherdproject

Thanks to our sponsors :

Trutest Datamars

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Fonterra Australia

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https://www.korudiagnostics.com/

Zoetis

https://www2.zoetis.com.au/

Idexx

https://www.idexx.com.au/en-au/livestock/

TasHerd

www.tasherd.com

NHIA -

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