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Southland and South Otago farmers have been affected by drier than normal conditions this summer with many already changing their milking frequency. |
Situation: 7 February 2012
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For actual growth rates from the pasture monitor farms for the last for seasons click here
- See the soil moisture deficit graphs below.
DairyNZ Dry Conditions email updates:
To view past Otago and Southland Dry Conditions updates, click on the links below:
Register to receive DairyNZ Dry Conditions updates, with information and tools to help you manage your way through summer and the challenges they may bring. To register click here.
Related links
Current situation
MetService Rural
Tactical advice
DairyNZ farmfacts
- Dry summer management - culling cows (1-33 B)
- Summer nutrition (1-34)
- Nitrogen use after a dry summer (7-4)
- Dry summer management - milking OAD or every 16 hours (1-33C)
- DairyNZ Farmwatch – Southland
- Southland Demonstration Farm
- Once-a-day milking in a dry summer
- Inside Dairy December 2011 - Waiting for Rain (see sidebar on page five for latest update on OAD in a dry summer)
- South Island Dairy Development Centre (SIDDC)
