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Break-feed: Farming the Future, the 2019 New Zealand Grassland Association Conference

‘Break-Feeds’ are short podcasts from Beef + Lamb New Zealand to let you know about interesting things happening.

The New Zealand Grassland Association conference is NZ’s premiere pastoral farming science conference. In 2019 it’s in Napier, from Tuesday 5 till Thursday 7 November.

In this podcast, local Organising Committee chair Jeff Morton joins us to discuss the conference programme. It's a chance to hear the latest grassland research, and discuss it with researchers, industry people and other farmers.

Keep an eye on the NZGA website for more detail: https://www.grassland.org.nz/

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