Women in Dairy E-Mag Issue Three

Welcome to the third edition of the Women in Dairy E- mag!

Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." - Oprah Winfrey

A new web-based tool, My Grains2Milk Feed Report, is now available to help dairy farmers get the most out of their feed analysis report.

The tool uses results from lab feed analysis tests, providing insight into what the results mean in terms of feeding dairy cows.

Pregnancy testing dairy herds provides information that can become a powerful management tool.

Yoga books tell us that Yoga, is aimed to unite the mind, the body, and the spirit. Yogis view that the mind and the body are one, and that if it is given the right yoga kit and tools and taken to the right environment, it can find harmony and heal itself. Yoga therefore is considered therapeutic.

Did you know that sleeping is essential even more so than eating right, and exercising? Not getting enough shut eye can seriously affect your health (and create dark under-eye circles!); We’ve got 10 reasons not to miss out on your precious snooze time.

 .......if you dont know where you are going, any road will take you there........

Cheshire Cat to Alice..........

An innovative project has been established by the Young Dairy Network to help young dairy farmers work together to identify and address the issues climate change will create in the next 20 years in northern Australia.

Set for the 23rd and 24th of March in Melbourne, The National Women in Dairy Forum will attract delegates from all States of Australia.

The main aim of the Forum is to come up with a national plan for how the dairy industry can support women in dairy - What needs to happen within the industry to support women in learning, education and training, in taking on decision making roles and in economic development.

NRM on farms is a monthly email news summary about natural resource management in agriculturein NSW, Australia and overseas.

To subscribe to NRM on Farms email Rebecca Lines-Kelly -  rebecca.lines-kelly@industry.nsw.gov.au

Pacific Ocean temperatures remain at levels typical of a mature El Niño.

Leading climate models continue to suggest tropical ocean temperatures are approaching their peak, and will remain above El Niño thresholds through the southern summer before starting to cool.

More Info from www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/

External Links

Department of Climate Change - Science facts and fiction

National Climate Change Adaption Research Facility

Climate Change in Australia

CSIRO Climate Change

Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry

The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. The world is invited to take action in 2010 to safeguard the variety of life on earth. Visit the website.

Are you a farmer interested in managing your farm to deal with a variable climate? If so, you are encouraged to apply to be ‘Climate Champion’.

The national research program, Managing Climate Variability (www.managingclimate.gov.au), wants to communicate with farmers about ways to deal with an increasingly variable climate. To do this it needs farmers to nominate as Climate Champions for their region.

Climate Champions will have direct access to the latest research and development, contribute their ideas to developing new climate management tools and technology, and will be supported with a small payment to network within their region and industry.

To nominate to become a Climate Champion, follow this link to the survey page, fill in the form, and submit before 5pm on Thursday 13 January 2010.

The agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors account for 63 per cent of Australia’s total exports, and provide many social and environmental benefits. These sectors are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

This Women in Dairy Project is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry under the Australian Farming Future Program

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