What can we learn from the Kiwis?
14 people travelled to New Zealand as part of the MFMG Study Tour from 2nd – 7th August 2015.
Site visits included:
Meat Works – Palmerston North
Parkvale Mushrooms – Mangitinoka
Rotopai Dairy Farm
Pirinoa Station
Palliser Ridge
Spring Valley – Masterton (Focus Genetics)
Salt Lake (Dominion Salt Limited) – Grassmere Lake
Bonavaree Farm (Doug Avery) – Seddon
Foundation of Arable Reserach site – Chertsey
AgriSeeds – Christchurch
Inspections looked at pasture management, feed budgeting, bull beef processing, dairies, solar salt works, beef/sheep breeding & processing and long term sustainable production of quality produce.