Bonus Episode: Farmers' Forum Series - Rural mental health and wellbeing
07/05/22 • 62 min
Recorded on 9 March 2022. Kiwi dairy farmers are increasingly under pressure with ever-changing regulations, acute workforce shortages, and all the complexities that come with a changing world. Sometimes it can be hard to navigate while still making time for family, friends, and the stuff that matters most. What are these challenges? How do we manage the juggle and still feel ok? What is being done for us as farmers ... and who is speaking up for us? How do I notice I’m not handling so well? Who can I talk to?
For more from the Farmers' Forum Series, visit our website.
Chapters:
2.18 - Overview from Jim van der Poel, DairyNZ Chair
7.22 - Former farmer and rural mental health advocate Doug Avery
34.32 - Dairy farmer panel – Wayne Langford, Loshni Manikam and Neil Bateup
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Recorded on 9 March 2022. Kiwi dairy farmers are increasingly under pressure with ever-changing regulations, acute workforce shortages, and all the complexities that come with a changing world. Sometimes it can be hard to navigate while still making time for family, friends, and the stuff that matters most. What are these challenges? How do we manage the juggle and still feel ok? What is being done for us as farmers ... and who is speaking up for us? How do I notice I’m not handling so well? Who can I talk to?
For more from the Farmers' Forum Series, visit our website.
Chapters:
2.18 - Overview from Jim van der Poel, DairyNZ Chair
7.22 - Former farmer and rural mental health advocate Doug Avery
34.32 - Dairy farmer panel – Wayne Langford, Loshni Manikam and Neil Bateup
Have feedback or ideas for future episodes? Email us at [email protected]
Follow DairyNZ on socials for the latest updates:
Previous Episode
Wintering – not just a Southland issue | Ep. 28
Wintering on crop isn’t just a Southland issue. New National Environment Standards for intensive winter grazing will come into effect in November 2022. Farmers all over New Zealand are having to review their wintering crop practices now and put some thought into how they’re going to winter into the future. In this episode, we chat with Central Hawke’s Bay sheep farmer Ben Tosswill and Southland dairy farmer Ewen Mathieson about winter grazing practices now and what’s next.
Chapters:
0.51 – Ben: banking back to farming
2.32 – Ewen: third generation farmer
3.20 – Changing consumer/market expectations
4.14 – What’s different now compared to five years ago?
5.13 – Ewen’s move away from cropping
7.18 – Meeting new regulations
7.59 – Flexibility to cope with curve balls
9.40 – Wintering as a North Island sheep farmer
10.20 – Sheep farmers lifting their game
11.34 – What Ben’s changed on his farm
13.10 – Reducing risk to animals and environment
15.10 – Cow lying time
16.39 – Lowering stress on sheep and staff
17.39 – Team culture and wellbeing
20.34 – Benefits of a written wintering plan
21.54 – Team buy-in on the plan
23.55 – Preventing small issues from becoming big ones
26.13 – Protecting waterways: silt fences (Ewen), temporary hot wires (Ben)
28.52 – Ewen: keeping the power on
29.49 – Ben: sharing the wintering plan
30.17 – Final thoughts: one thing farmers can do now
Visit our website for more on wintering
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Next Episode
Take action against foot-and-mouth disease | Ep. 29
Foot-and-mouth disease has reached the tourist hot spot of Bali, and the risk of it entering NZ on the footprint of an unwary traveller or by other means, is now a little too close for comfort. So, what are the risks to farmers and primary industry as a whole? And more importantly, who is responsible and what do we need to do to be prepared? We chat to Liz Shackleton, Biosecurity Manager for DairyNZ, who talks about the level of risk, who is involved, and shares some tips for farmers on what to look for and what to do.
Notes:
DairyNZ foot-and-mouth disease webpage
Chapters:
1.00 – Intro from Liz and what led to her role in biosecurity at DairyNZ
2.25 – Where in the world is FMD now and how much of a threat is it to our primary industries?
5.28 – What steps are being taken to contain it?
6.19 – Addressing the concern of FMD arriving with imported stock feed or imported goods
8.23 – What can be done now and who is responsible?
11.18 – The importance of a tracing system
12.37 – How do we recognise an outbreak it before it spreads and what actions can we take?
13.32 – How does FMD get onto farm and what would you see if it does?
15.37 – What would the first days of an FMD outbreak look like?
17.19 – FMD has been in some other counties for a while, so how would an outbreak in NZ be different?
18.56 – How can farmers keep updated?
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