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Tech and data raising the bar on farm efficiency and production | Ep. 92
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Missed DairyNZ’s recent on-farm events about building a productive workplace for on-farm efficiency? This episode of Talking Dairy brings the highlights to you. Hosted by Central Waikato Area Manager Willie McKnight, this podcast replicates the insights and discussions shared during the events, making it easy to catch up if you couldn’t make along it to one.
Willie is joined by Tauwhare sharemilker Gillian Bunnik and DairyNZ scientist Brian Dela Rue to explore how technology and data are transforming farm operations. Gillian shares their experience adopting technology on-farm, while Brian provides the latest insights from research and practical advice on using data to boost productivity and workplace efficiency.
If you’re looking for ways to future-proof your farm or simply curious about what’s driving innovation in the dairy sector, this episode is for you.
Find an upcoming DairyNZ on-farm event
Useful links:
Technology in the workplace | DairyNZ
Milking Practices and Technology Use | DairyNZ
Workplace Productivity Study | DairyNZ
Have feedback or ideas for future episodes? Email us at [email protected]
Follow DairyNZ on socials for the latest updates:
Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. The long-term sector challenges around people (00:01:24)
3. About Gillian Bunnik's farm system, cows and staff (00:04:24)
4. Why they invested in wearables (00:06:20)
5. Advice on selecting wearables (00:14:14)
6. The range of other tech they're using on-farm and why (00:19:00)
7. Tech for making milking more efficient (00:24:35)
8. Tech for pasture management (00:26:38)
9. Tech for effluent management (00:32:02)
10. Tech for application accuracy and efficiency (00:36:08)
11. Tech for feed management (00:37:30)
12. Tech for health and safety (00:38:35)
13. Tech for staff management and comms (00:39:12)
14. What tech are the Bunnik's looking at next? (00:41:49)
15. Advice for other farmers looking to adopt new tech (00:43:28)
16. How to pitch a tech investment to a farm owner (00:44:39)
17. What does the future of farm tech look like? (00:46:25)
18. Episode summary (00:51:25)
110 episodes
Manage episode 465000741 series 2979744
Missed DairyNZ’s recent on-farm events about building a productive workplace for on-farm efficiency? This episode of Talking Dairy brings the highlights to you. Hosted by Central Waikato Area Manager Willie McKnight, this podcast replicates the insights and discussions shared during the events, making it easy to catch up if you couldn’t make along it to one.
Willie is joined by Tauwhare sharemilker Gillian Bunnik and DairyNZ scientist Brian Dela Rue to explore how technology and data are transforming farm operations. Gillian shares their experience adopting technology on-farm, while Brian provides the latest insights from research and practical advice on using data to boost productivity and workplace efficiency.
If you’re looking for ways to future-proof your farm or simply curious about what’s driving innovation in the dairy sector, this episode is for you.
Find an upcoming DairyNZ on-farm event
Useful links:
Technology in the workplace | DairyNZ
Milking Practices and Technology Use | DairyNZ
Workplace Productivity Study | DairyNZ
Have feedback or ideas for future episodes? Email us at [email protected]
Follow DairyNZ on socials for the latest updates:
Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. The long-term sector challenges around people (00:01:24)
3. About Gillian Bunnik's farm system, cows and staff (00:04:24)
4. Why they invested in wearables (00:06:20)
5. Advice on selecting wearables (00:14:14)
6. The range of other tech they're using on-farm and why (00:19:00)
7. Tech for making milking more efficient (00:24:35)
8. Tech for pasture management (00:26:38)
9. Tech for effluent management (00:32:02)
10. Tech for application accuracy and efficiency (00:36:08)
11. Tech for feed management (00:37:30)
12. Tech for health and safety (00:38:35)
13. Tech for staff management and comms (00:39:12)
14. What tech are the Bunnik's looking at next? (00:41:49)
15. Advice for other farmers looking to adopt new tech (00:43:28)
16. How to pitch a tech investment to a farm owner (00:44:39)
17. What does the future of farm tech look like? (00:46:25)
18. Episode summary (00:51:25)
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