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SIDE Papers - 1999 Characteristics of successful business people Is Retirement An Option Under Your Control John Penno Lactation curves for SI pasture growth patterns Milking systems - future options Research review and directions Richard Wright Supplementing milkers The Next Step The next step for me Why dont men listen

SIDE Papers - 2000 Change our attitudes or we are out of farming Climbing the ladder - one rung at a time Communication - its a two-way process Cruising cyberspace - how to get what you want on the net Environmental impacts of wintering systems Equity farming Equity share-farming Farming without CIDRs and inductions Fast healthy food tips financial fitness - how can you measure up Getting the right buzz from stress How much pasture can we really grow Milk of the future Natural remedies for dairy cows Nitrogen - for thinking farmers only Once-a-day milking - possible and profitable Organics - where does it fit in self contained vs alternatives Size does matter size does matter - bigger is better South Island 2005 Stocking rate for optimum profit The easiest extra production you will ever get Understanding biotechnology and genetic engineering What do staff look for when choosing employers Who comes first - the farm or me Who motivates the motivator

SIDE Papers - 2001 1What do SI dairy farmers want out of the new Lincoln University dairy farm A comparison of strains within breeds for SI dairying A farmers perspective of achieving the 4 percent A pathway forward Anoestrous treatments and resynchronising for mating Building your business team Business structures - 300 cow farm Calf rearing Can you be a dairy farmer and have a life Environmental issues and opportunities Farming cycles - opportunities taken Financial health - advanced business structures Financial health - how do you measure up Financial health - The first step Harnessing business opportunities I Thought She Was Pregnant- Unfolding the Mystery behind the Long Return Interval New Zealand Dairy cow Irrigation - options and considerations Lower cost land Machinery - investment considerations Managing fertility in the NZ dairy herd Managing seasonal pricing - shoulder milk Managing seasonal pricing and shoulder milk Motivate your team Non-cycling Cows, Hormones and Production - Is Feeding the Answer Nutritional effects on lameness Peo ple matter People productivity Productivity vs growth Reproductive Physiology and Management of High-Yielding Dairy Cattle Role of Bovine MHC Genes in Resistance to Mastitis The Irish experience Trace elements - exploding the myths Unlimited potential for improving productivity What do SI dairy farmers want out of the new Lincoln University dairy farm Wisely investing your share of the 1.1 billion

SIDE Papers - 2002 An environmentally friendly dairy farm Attracting and retaining staff Automatic Milking in New Zealand fact or fantasy Best use of time Biotechnology - creating a healthy farming future Building teams Calf rearing Creative accounting Debate - low input dairying Debate- High v low input dairying Developing performance management systems Dreams to reality Efficient time management Effluent technologies Environmental Research on the New Lincoln University Dairy Farm Environmentally friendly fertiliser management Farm management systems Farming with little capital Financial Future forages for South Island Dairying Future ownership options High input farming Lactowhat Lease or buy Minerals - do they measure up Planting and landscaping in dairy farm environments Preventing Milk Fever - Are all Magnesium Sources Equal Project analysis allocation of capital Report on Holstein Friesian Strain Trial - Year One of Farmlet Stage First Lactation Riaparian management benefits to water quality Spring cereal crops for silage Sustainability Sustainable innovative wintering The future Tomorrows cow Trigger levels for utilising feed Wages to self employed Whole crop cereal silage

SIDE Papers - 2003 Brassica wintering for dairy cows - overcoming the challenges Calf rearing using a once-a-day milk feeding system - what can the diary industry learm from the bull beef industy Canterburys irrigation water resource Cost effective butt covering - understanding changes in the local insurance market Cost effective minerals Cost effective minerals - a farmers view Dairying and the environment Dont treat soil like dirt Effective meetings Effective supplement use Effective team meetings Efficient milking - Taking the drag out of it Endophytes that cows like to eat Equity partnerships - lessons learned Equity partnerships - valuable lessons part 1 Feed budgeting made easier Feedplan. A computer workshop for non-users Getting the bangs for your fertiliser bucks Keeping your team healthy Keys to unlocking a better life from dairy farming ME or DM 4 NRG - how does pasture and forage quality impact on intake and cow performance Milk - a food, a cosmetic, and a medicine Milking the leaner cash cow Nitrogen - Is it a SIDE issue No induction, No CIDRs, No problem People productivity Performance management to incorporate the values of your business Plan your future - Going ahead with confidence Shelter improves dairy production Shelter improves dairy production - Peter Smail Striking a balance - Managing people and managing growth Where our future farm staff are coming from Where there is muck there is money

SIDE Papers - 2004 Alternative crops suitable for dairy land in southern New Zealand A-taxing the farmers Black and white answers on the modern dairy cow Break the cycle to let them cycle Clean and green with eco-n Dairy green - Alternative dairy effluent application methods - A MAF sustainable farming fund project Do plants respond to Invercargill Show Day Does your farm work for you or do you work for the farm Employment law - getting it right first time Environmentally friendly silage management Headaches and heart disease are not caused by aspirin deficiency Hedging the best bet, or just betting How big is too big How to feed the 500kg cow How to pick the best apple Influence of high levels of water-soluble carbohydrates in grass-based diets on production and pollution by ruminant livestock Lincoln University Dairy Farms drive to a profitable business in a lower payout environment Lower Mastitis SCC Methane. Is it hot air Natural progression - farming in harmony Priming your tank Strategies for dealing with stress Promoting dairy farming - why, to whom, and how making dairy farming the career change of choice Rearing qulaity heifers - then watch them milk Staff - How do other industries do it Techno Pot - The genetics game The coaching approach a catalyst to staff retention, improved performance and a dairy farming career The cost of wintering in Southland Valuing your community, business, families and working lives

SIDE Papers - 2005 Alternative pathways for progression Body Condition Score 5 - An old wives tale or the foundation for profit Building a team - the seven mistakes most poeple make and how to avoid them Calf rearing - a review of the prevention and treatments of disease of this valuable calf Explore your future with the Dexcel Whole Farm Model Finding and using a mentor Foreign workers on dairy farms Future foods How much feed is in the paddock - How much should I give them How to be compliant and remain sane I am a great employer - Yeah Right Innovate or stagnate. Applying business innovation methods on-farm Is your irrigation system up to scratch Lincoln University Dairy Farm - now a cropping farm Making the spring feed plan work Managing heifer mastitis - the hows and whys Novel grazing management options Physical lameness Reducing energy use on a dairy farm Runoffs - control but at what cost The changing nature of GM plants The Dairy Farmers Consumers Institute The Nutrient Management project Transition Cow nutrition - priming your herd to perform Using Nitrogen - what is best practice What to do if your neighbour says you stink When all else fails read the manual

SIDE Papers - 2006 A successful career in dairy farming - is it still possible Achieving high performance from a range of farm systems in the South Island Altern Aspects of dairying in South America ative pathways Aspects of dairying in South America Aspects of dairying in South America Breeding good producers Calf rearing Deciphering the letterbox grass species leaflets Electronic heat detection Fact or Fiction. How do I know who is telling truth Generation Y Leading the team Maintaining animal health Managing winter forage crops sustainably Managing your soil to maximise profit and protect the environment Manipulating cow diets to reduce nutrient wastage to the environment ME in Southland vs Production Optimizing fertiliser use efficiency on the dairy farm Power of the positive - David Holdaway Power of the positive - Simon Hopcroft Satellite grass monitoring Starting new employees on a positive foot Stop your spring feed pinch becoming a punch Sustain-a-bull mating management Technology in the cowshed Ten key factors to maintaining a happy workplace Using ryegrass technology for profit We are about safety, is compliance just the bonus Wintering systems for the south Women achieving in farming

SIDE Papers - 2007 Immigration - Find and keep the skilled migrants you need Practical tips on managing staff from different cultures Capturing on-farm innovation to work smarter not harder Extending lactation to 670 days Heifer mastitis Dairybase - Online, on time and on track Working smarter not harder in the dairy shed Investing outside of dairying Setting the standards so today's staff are with us tomorrow Whole farm manual Interactive feed wedge workshop Getting started - the 1st $50 000 Pasture monitoring technologies Spring hunger pains Lameness: Healthy Hoof Project on Farm Heifers: The dollars and sense of rearing them well Successful reproductive performance with nil inductions Nutient management in the LUDF: Nutient budgeting for efficent production When starting up a business, what can you do to keep an accountant happy Employment agreements and good employment practices Fertility in New Zealand dairy herds Developing an effective management plan for meetin target levels of reproductive performance Palm kernel, grain or silage: Which is best? Clean, green and profitable What is the best career progreesion option: Equity manager or 50/50 sharemilking Lincoln University Dairy Farm What makes a successful farmer - a wife? Performance management Milk production, body condition score and reproduction responses to supplementation in grazing dairy cows The South Island Dairy Lameness Group Irrigation efficiencies Operating the dairy farm business for profit What lies ahead? Looking at costs and sustainability for the future

SIDE Papers - 2008 Am I working "on' the business or "on" it? Automatic milking is here .... so is it time to get out of the shed? Better the odds Calf to cups - rearing heifers from waening to calving Carbon footprints, life cycle analysis, food miles - global trade trends and markets issues Collection, analysis and use of information on the farm Converting your farm to dairying Clydevale Clinton Quality Employers Group Getting the best from your support land - tips for allocating winter forages How to find and keep good staff Keeping mentally healthy Lame cows Low application effluent management Making immigrant employment work for you? Milking machines and mastitis - sorting fact from fiction More staff - more profit Profitable low input systems - separating the myth from the magic Progression to farm ownership Sex down on the farm - will using teaser bulls lower my empty rate? Southland Monitor Farm Project Supplements and body condition Sustainability and practice on dairy support land 30 years of Ruakura research: what does it mean for Southland? What employers have to look at to get the best out of people