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Who is this suited for?
Young and emerging shepherds wanting to build confidence in pasture and forage management, stockmanship, and finishing quality lambs. This workshop will cover the "why" behind priority stock classes, understanding functional feed values, and growing quality lambs. Shepherds will also can test their skills through practical, hands-on exercises.
This is the fourth Young Shepherds Day we’ve run and this one dives into the practical stockmanship skills required for a busy spring on farm.
Lochinvar Station
Our host farm of Lochinvar is an iconic New Zealand Station for the Young Shepherds' Day. This is our fourth Young Shepherds' Day and what we have learned is young team members do need spaces to build confidence, learn new skills and cement good farm practise. We try hard to create safe spaces for the next generation to step up and learn. Theres no judgement in our wananga.
Little connections of neighbours or like minded areas like dog trailing, rugby or hunting. Some of these shepherds live isolated lives, so getting off farm and coming together important. Some of them find a new skill around farming, take a little better care of themselves via kai prep, met someone to buy a dog off of.
Connecting regularly is important. Improving overall farm skills is important.
Speaker: Ginny Dodunksi (B+LNZ Wormwise)
- Weaning and lamb finishing.
- The importance of pasture quality.
- Drench gun calibration.
Speaker: Greg Zeuren (PGG Wrightson Seeds)
- Pasture measuring.
- Managing the growth curve.
- Pasture quality and feed value.
- High-priority stock classes.
- Pasture Management 101.
- Plant identification.
GM & Managers Panel: Q&A
Some of the country’s top farm managers will answer the question: What makes a good shepherd?
Members include:
- Courtney Haywood, General Manager Atihau Incorporated
- Justin Thompson, General Manager Makata Station (Ngati Tuwharetoa, Mokai Patea, Waikato Tainui)
- Josh Kelleher, General Manager Mangatu Incorporated
- Ross Shepherd, General Manager Tiroa Te Hape
Collectively these four oversee 493,000 stock units of New Zealand’s Sheep & Beef.
Registration
We are consistently getting young entrant shepherds travelling two and half plus hours to these days, so apologies in advance if that’s not you.
Registrations are essential. We are expecting a full house of 17–24-year-olds from across the central north island. Event is capped.
Rural Professionals please enquire directly with B+LNZ's Lisa Chase at [email protected]