Conference Proceedings
2017 Sheep Milk NZ Conference
Programme
Powhiri and Addresses from Sam Robinson, AgResearch Chairman, Jan Thomas, Massey Vice-Chancellor , Kirsty Silvester Wildbush Cheese Co-owner (Honorary Guest) and Natalie Dang, Maui Milk director
Kingsmeade Artisan Cheese: Products, Consumers, and Markets Session
Chair: Janet King (Kingsmeade)
- Patrice Feary (KPMG) ‘Market Analysis; sheep dairy products in Asia’
- Robert Boekhout and Gareth Lyness (Blue River Dairy) ‘Adding Value to Sheep Milk’
- Michael and Cressida McNamarra (Pecora Dairy) ‘Australian Fine Sheep Milk Cheese Markets’
- Wendy Hollingsworth (Policy Networks International) ‘Location Branding, IP and the case of the Barbados’ Black Belly Sheep Milk Sector’
- Extraordinary Sheep Milk Creations with 2016 NZ Chef of the Nation, Marc Soper (Wharekauhau Estate)
- Panel Question and Answer
MBIE-AgResearch Sheep Dairying Research: (Year 3 Results)
Chair: Linda Samuelsson (AgResearch)
- Wayne Young (AgR) “Protein digestion in Sheep milk”
- Keegan Burrow (Otago) “The effect of milk consumption by rats on mineral levels in vital organs”
- Mikhail Vyssotski (Callaghan Innovation) “Advanced analysis of NZ sheep milk lipids”
- Heike Schwendel (AgR) “Casein Polymorphism – a Sheep Milk Investigation”
- Bob Longhurst (AgR) “Nitrogen and the Dairy Sheep industry”
- Lamb Rearing presentations & discussion (AgR/Massey)
- Amber Jensen “How feeding meal affects artificially-reared East Friesian-cross dairy lambs growth”
- Omar Christobal “Age at weaning effects on ruminal fermentation profiles of artificially reared lambs”,
- Brad Nieper “Rumination and feeding behaviour of artificially reared dairy lambs”
- Caroline Chylinski “Stocking density impact on lamb health, production and welfare”
- April Bliss “Different Housing Systems on Dairy Ewe Health and Production”
- Cindy Inverarity ‘Sildenafil citrate and mammary gland’
- Panel discussion
GEA Food Processing and Manufacturing Session Chair:
Jason Quertier ( GEA National Sales)
- Julie Dalziel (AgResearch) ‘Effect of sheep and cow milk and yoghurt drinks on gastrointestinal transit in a rat model’
- Maheeka Weerawarna (Massey University) ‘Heat Stability of Sheep Milk Whey as a Base Ingredient in Foods/Beverages’
- Trina Parker (BEC Feed) ‘Comparative selenium levels from Sheep milk to foods’
- Thomas Frewen (Canterbury University) ‘Development of a portable milking platform for ovine dairy’
- Jolin Morel and Georg Ripenberger (Massey) ‘Sheep Milk Freezer’
- GEA Presentation on Bacteria Removal Separators
Day 2 Programme
AGMARDT International Guest Speaker Gilles Frégeat (UPRA Lacunae, France)
Farmlands Farm Operations Session
Chaired by Neal Shaw (Farmlands)
- Neal Shaw (Farmlands) Introduction
- Thomas Macdonald (Spring Sheep) ‘Feeding trials’
- Peter Gatley (Maui Milk) ‘Indoor/outdoor flow: Creating a hybrid farm system for New Zealand dairy sheep’
- Aristeidis Papadopoulos, (Milkplan) ‘Milkplan Plant and Processing’
- Patrick Morel (Massey University) ‘Artificial Lamb rearing: effect of energy/protein levels’
- Andy Gunson (GlenCross) ‘Collecting and managing test day data – benefits and challenges’
- Sam Peterson, Brad Nieper, Mark Collett, Rochelle Smith, Adrian Molenaar (Massey) ‘Mastitis in sheep’
- Ray Mohan (Massey) ‘Research Partnership Opportunity – Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Sheep Dairy’
- Elton Mayo (Farmlands) ‘Forages for Milking Sheep’
- Rob Derrick (Farmlands) ‘Ruminant Nutrition’
Animal Breeding Services (ABS) Genetics and Breeding Session.
Chair John Hepburn (ABS)
- John Hepburn (ABS) ‘Reproductive Technologies in the Emerging Dairy Sheep Industry’
- Julie Labatut (INRA, France) ‘What NZ producers might learn from French genetic improvement practice’
- Peter Gatley (Maui Milk) ‘KiwiCross: Breeding a hybrid dairy sheep for New Zealand’
- Suzanne Rowe (AgResearch) “Breeding values for dairy sheep”
- Annie O’Connell (Beef and Lamb NZ) ‘How SIL could be used for storing and evaluating Sheep Milking data for genetic selection’
- Roger Morris (Massey University) ‘Establishment and genetic improvement of Dairymeade breed’
- Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos (Massey University) ‘A prototype economic index for selection of dairy sheep’
- Megan Schotens (Massey) ‘Genetic evaluation of dairy sheep: a prototype model’
Industry futures
Chair Craig Prichard (Massey)
- Nick Hammond (Spring Sheep) PGP Update
Conference Closing: Natalie Dang (Maui Milk)