South-west Victorian dairy farmers are invited to attend two upcoming Focus Farm Field Days.
The Jancourt East Focus Farm Field Day — to be held on Thursday, September 29 between 11am and 2pm — will visit the Blasche farm in Jancourt East.
It's now two years since Terry and Shannon Blasche moved south from northern NSW to south-west Victoria.
During that short time a lot has changed on the farm they now call home.
Now 14 months into the two-year Focus Farm project, the Blasches have made great strides towards the goals they set at the start of the program.
Significant improvements to the dairy, extensive pasture renovations, benchmarking of financial performance and transitioning of the year-round calving pattern to a single autumn calving are all well under way.
Following this, the final Macarthur Focus Farm Field Day will be held on Thursday, October 6 between 11am and 2pm.
During the two-year course of the Macarthur Focus Farm project there has been significant investment in farm drainage, cow management technology and infrastructure to facilitate off-pasture feeding.
This final field day offers farmers the opportunity to see the impact different activities have had on the sustainability of farm production and hear about the cow house (120m x 42m) and feedpad (5/6/5 central alley) construction process.
Finally, with the winding up of the successful Macarthur Focus Farm project, WestVic Dairy is seeking expressions of interest for a new Focus Farm in western Victoria.
If you would like to find out more about the Focus Farms program, give WestVic Dairy a call on 5557 1000 or email info@westvicdairy.com.au