Best Practice On The Gums

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Best Practice On The Gums

• Extension

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What is best practice?

• The implementation of innovative dairy business
  practices that fosters sustainable outcomes for
  both the dairy industry and the community

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What is not best practice.....

• Innovation ?
• Sustainable?
• Personal ?
• Community ?

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Our best practice

• Sustainable profitability
• Grazing Management
• Animal Health and Welfare
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Human Resource Management
• Environmental Management

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What are our BMPs?

• 4 6 page documents
• Practical for the industry to use
• Written for The Gums
• Professionals used when required
• Changeable document

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OH and S

• OH and S consultant
• Audit
• Plan was developed for the farm
• Changes made
• On-going monitoring
• Simply the BMPs are all about the process

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BMP achievements to date
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The Farm

• Commercial / corporate dairy farm
• Profit objectives
• With emphasis on sustainability through best
  practice

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Linking to industry
Extension component 3 things to understand -Lo
input corporate farm -Isolated -Large scale
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Communication

• www.tddf.com.au
• Farm Walks (every Monday)
• Field Days
• Targeted group visits
• Regional meetings
• E-mail list

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www.tddf.com.au

• Transparency
• Farm Walk Notes
• Weekly Data Set
• Financial information
• Event information
• Project information

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Engagement

• Farmer feedback
• Lively discussions
• 500 people across the farm
• 2000 hits on the web
• 2 field days