•To inspire people to a career in the primary sector

•To make our graduates work ready and highly employable in all facets of the agricultural sector•To further equip those already in the rural sector with the skills and knowledge required for industry development

•To demonstrate best practice and extend thinking

Custom made to suit different farming contexts - family farms, small herds, large herds…

Examples of programmes include:-Dairy Technician-Sheep and goat technician-Farm supervisor-Dairy farming basics-Introduction to New Zealand Agriculture

Learn the Taratahi philosophy of training…

•How do we prepare our students for their first job?

•What does real training on real farms look like?

•How do we up skill the workforce?

Participants of this programme learn by doing. This programme is highly practical.

1week – 12 weeks in length

Groups of 12 preferred

Accommodation on campus

This programme is structured around skill modules designed to encourage best practice in managing a small dairy herd for milk production in order to lift production and profitability.

water protein fat Minerals, vitamins and carbohydrates

Milk solids

• In NZ farmers are paid by the amount of milk solids they produce

• In Indonesia farmers are paid by the litre of milk• The goodness of milk is in the milk solids

New Zealand statistics 2012 Indonesian statistics 2011

Average litres produced per cow per year = 4,950Average per day = 18L

Average litres produced per cow per year = 3,300Average per day = 12L although anecdotally, we hear figures of 6-8L

NZ milks 4.6m cows 495,231 (total dairy herd)

NZ companies processed 19.1 b L of milk = 1.69b kg milk solids

927,838L milk produced in total

On average 275 days in milk Less than 275 days in milk

Average gross income per cow @ $8.20 per kg milk solids = NZ$3040 = IDR28,577,382

10 litres x Rp4000/l x 275 = IDR11M

Average production per cow over the season

Lift in production and profitability

Good breedingGood feedingGood animal health Low stress

A happy cow!

Thank you for your time and consideration.