Living and working on a New Zealand dairy farm - Settlement Support
Living and working on a New Zealand dairy farm - Settlement Support
Living and working on a New Zealand dairy farm - Settlement Support
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High input<br />
system<br />
In-calf Pregnant<br />
20 | A guide for migrant <strong>dairy</strong> <strong>farm</strong> workers<br />
Dairy <strong>farm</strong> using substantial supplementary feed in<br />
additi<strong>on</strong> to the grass grown <strong>on</strong> <strong>farm</strong><br />
Irrigati<strong>on</strong> System for providing water to crops or pasture<br />
Mastitis Inflammati<strong>on</strong> of the udder/teats in a milking cow<br />
Milk solids<br />
The solid comp<strong>on</strong>ents of milk (fats <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> proteins) which are<br />
used to calculate payment. Measured in kilograms (“kgs”)<br />
Pasture cover Amount of feed/grass in the paddock<br />
Plate meter Device to measure grass cover <strong>on</strong> the <strong>farm</strong><br />
Post <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> batten<br />
Races<br />
Rotary shed<br />
Silage<br />
Smoko<br />
Fence made of wooden posts with smaller supporting<br />
wooden ‘battens’ in between the posts<br />
Fenced walkways so that stock can be moved easily around<br />
the <strong>farm</strong><br />
Automatic milking shed where cows st<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> a rotating<br />
platform<br />
Decomposed grass, stored in plastic covered bales or<br />
stacks that is fed to animals<br />
A short break from work, a rest period (also known as<br />
morning tea/afterno<strong>on</strong> tea)<br />
Tape Tape for electric fence that divides paddocks<br />
The shed Usually the milking shed if <strong>on</strong> a <strong>dairy</strong> <strong>farm</strong><br />
Two-wheeler A two-wheel motorbike<br />
Ute Vehicle with a flat platform<br />
Windbreak Trees or fencing to stop the wind<br />
Water trough Large c<strong>on</strong>tainer for drinking water for animals<br />
Young stock Replacement heifers (cows)