1. Dairy Farming History

2. 1814 Shorthorns introduced by Samuel Marsden

3. 1840’s Shorthorn herds

4. 1882 First Refrigerated Ship Dunedin

5. Shorthorn Herds Early Milking Parlour

6. Improved hygiene conditions

7. Pasteurization

8. 1890’s Creamery System Tuakau Creamery

9. 1884 to 1892 Transport to Dairy Factories

10. Pigs Fed Whey

11. 1930’s and 1940’s Cream cans were collected each day by a cream truck

12. 1951 Whole milk collected by milk tanker

13. Dairy Factories Year Dairy Factories 1884 20 1920’s 240 1940’s 230
1920’s 240
1940’s 230
1950’s 220
1960’s 100
1970’s 90
1990’s New Zealand Dairy Group
- Kiwi Co-operative Dairies
- Westland Milk products
- Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company
remain - Fonterra Co-operative Group
- Westland Milk Products
2015 now increased to 7 - Miraka
- Open Country Dairy
- Synlait
- Oceania

14. Modern Transport

15. 1893 First Vacuum Pump Milking Machine

16. Walk Through Shed

17. 1950s Herringbone Shed Invented

18. Yards

20. 1960’s Rotary Sheds

21. 2007 First Robotic Milker in New Zealand

22. Dairy Cow Numbers

24. 1848 Aryshire introduced to New Zealand

25. 1862 Jersey introduced

26. 1960’s Friesian became the most popular dairy breed

27. Present - Kiwi Crosses Friesian Jersey Cross

28. Herd Testing 1909 - Beginning of herd testing Modern Herd Testing
2013/ % of national dairy cows were tested
Milk analysis
Milk solids (fat and protein)
Somatic cell count
Average test (266 days of milking)
4,480 litres of milk
212 kg of milkfat (4.74%)
170 kg milk protein (3.80%)
383 kg milk solids (8.54%)

29. 1950’s Sire Proving Scheme

30. Artificial Insemination 3 million inseminations each year

31. Price of Milk Approximately1 kg pasture to produce 1kg milk.
Mature cows eat about 17-20kg of pasture/day and drink 50 L water.
Cost to produce 1 kg of milksolids is $5.17.
2013/ 14 NZ dairy farmers were paid $8.47 per kg of milksolids
2014/15 it is $4.60 per kg of milksolids.

32. 1930’s Electric Fencing Invented

33. Dairy Farming in 2014 Farms Average farm size 144 ha
Waikato and Bay of Plenty 28%
Taranaki 10%
Northland 6%
South Island 39%
Average farm size 144 ha
Stocking rate 2.8 cows/ha
12,000 milking herds
Average herd size 413 cows

34. Dairy Exports
New Zealand produces 35% of worlds trade in dairy products
95 % dairy products exported
2014 $13.7 billion

35. Dairy Products

37. Silage

38. Rearing Heifer Calves