SheepMilkNZ September Round Up
- Canterbury Sheep Milk Public meeting. Proposal to form a Canterbury Sheep Milk Association meeting: Darfield Rugby Club Rooms this Thursday 7pm (September 27).Further details attached. Guy Trafford discussing the proposal on ‘The Country’ (click to view)
- AgResearch South Island Dairy Sheep Lamb Rearing Workshop on October 4 Lincoln Event Centre and October 5 Croyden Lodge, Gore (flier attached)
- 2019 SheepMilkNZ Conference, Bledisloe Function Centre, Mystery Creek, Hamilton March 20-21 (further details to follow)
News and View:
- Blue River win 2018 Export Southland Recognition Award (click to view story)
- Spring Sheep Finalist in NZ Trade and Enterprise 2018 International Business Awards Excellence in Innovation Category (winners announced in November)
- Charlie had five little Angels! One of Julie Webb-Brownlee’s favourite ewes, Charlie, went above and beyond at Hanover stud (near Nelson) this seaon (national news story)
- Pāmu and the future of alternative dairy (Steve Carden, Pāmu (formerly Landcorp) CEO on the future)
Products/ Foods:
- How Halloumi Devoured a Nation (UK consumers go mad for halloumi!)
- Early cheese making and the spread of farming
- Sheep Milk Icecream traditions and history
Research:
- Mechanics of milks project: A new $11m multi-species milk’s mechanisms research project underway at Riddet Institute (Palmerston North)
Animals: