| What
is SIDDC?
- SIDDC is an industry funded partnership
of six leading organisations in the dairy sector, and
was established in 2001.
- The partner organisations are Lincoln
University, DairyNZ, Ravensdown, Crop & Food Research,
the South Island Dairy Event [SIDE] farmer network,
and LIC.
- SIDDC was established to help the
South Island dairy industry achieve continuous improvements
in efficiency and productivity, and to promote innovation.
- SIDDC partners work to promote sustainable
development of South Island dairying through collaborative
research, education and training for farmers.
- This is done through a network of
DairyNZ, Ravensdown and LIC consulting and field officers
in one-on-one and group discussions, field days, farm
and field officer visits, printed material and the partners'
and SIDDC website.
The Lincoln University dairy farm
[LUDF]
The LUDF is owned by Lincoln University
and managed by SIDDC. Its main aim is to develop and
demonstrate world-best practice in dairy farm systems
and to transfer them to dairy farms throughout the South
Island. The farm tests and develops practical applications
of new technologies which help maximise the use of pastoral
production systems, while achieving a commercial return,
protecting the environment, and considering the industry's
4% productivity gain target.
All results are published at quarterly
Focus Days, and a wide range of data from the LUDF is
published on this website under LUDF Dairy Farm.
South Island Dairying Development
Centre
Located at
Gate 2, corner Ellesmere Junction Road and Calder Drive,
are the offices of the SIDDC Executive Director and the
Co-ordinator.
The Centre is the hub of SIDDC activities:
- Liaising between the SIDDC partners
- Facilitating SIDDC Research, Communications
and LUDF Business Advisory Group meetings
- Arranging visits to the Lincoln
University dairy farm
Approximately 13,000 people have visited
the Lincoln University Dairy Farm since its launch in
2001 enhancing the wider communities’ view of dairy
farming. These visitors have included local, national
and international dairy farmers, central and local government
officials and groups, environmental groups, significant
representation from across the dairy industry, national
and international politicians, academics, and students.
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