Getting
Down and
Dirty on
the dairy
farm with
Emma
& Jet
http://www.slideshare.net/LandLearnNSW/

Emma and Jet
• My name is Emma I am 16. As part
of my HSC I am doing a dairy
traineeship at Clover Hill Dairies.
• My name is Jet. I am also doing a
dairy traineeship with Alan and
Leesa Swan at Hillview Dairy.

Hi
I’m Jet
Hi
I’m
Emma

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What are Jet and Today we are going
to learn about what
Emma going to happens at milking
teach us today time

Firstly we are going to tell you about our
farm Yes that makes us
Do you think different from most
everyone knows we other farms in
get milked three times Australia.
daily ??????? I wont forget to talk
about that !!!!!!!

Our farm is located at
Jamberoo in NSW.
It is on the north east
face of Saddleback Mt.
Saddleback Mt was
once a volcano and the
soil is very rich basalt.

Its very steep
Can you see my friends??

50% of the farm is rainforest
The farm is very beautiful and we want to
make sure it looks like this for my grand
calves

We are part
of the
“Cleaner
Greener
Dairying
Sustainable
Farming”
Network

and the Small Farms Network
You can read a Clover Hill
Dairies sustainable farming
case online
http://www.smallfarms.net.au/Projects%20&%20Grants.html#CWG

To protect the
rainforest and
waterways our
cows travel
backwards
and forwards
from the dairy
on laneways
we have built
just for them.

Our cows are
Holsteins – also
known as Friesians
Holsteins are black
and white cows
that produce lots
of milk
When they first came
to Australia people
called them
Magpie cows
http://nutrition.natfoods.com.au/st_cowfacts.html

Illawarra Cattle
Hi . My name is Doris. I won
the All Australian Aged Cow
competition in 1989 • Before we
changed to
Holstein cattle
in the late
1990’s our
farm had a
long tradition
of breeding
Illawarra
Cattle
http://www.lbcentre.com.au/Illawarra_Cattle_Society_Australia.php

Adapted from “How
Now Aussie Cow” –
Dairy Australia

Our cows are very big and we have sourced
our cow bloodlines (genes) from North
America
FYI Holstein, refers to animals traced from North American bloodlines, while
Friesian refers to indigenous European black and white cattle

Okay.
If I am a Holstein and Holsteins are black
and white and we only have Holsteins
on our farm.
What breed of cow is my best friend ??????
Can Holsteins
be red and
white ??????

Now you have all the background stuff
I think I can hear
Nick coming on the
bike now !!!!!!! Nick’s the boss –
Its time to get he is the farm
milked manager

Okay girls its
time to get
milked

So what's the first thing that
happens ????
All the girls head to the
water trough

Nick always
makes sure we
have plenty of
time to have a big
drink of water

Did you know cows
drink over 100 litres
of water a day –
that’s a bathtub full

And there is
always someone
who decides at
the last minute to
go back for
seconds !!!!!

Before we go out onto the road
Jet puts out the “Cows Ahead”
sign. This lets all the people using
the road know they have to slow
down because we have right of
way on our farm
Cows are Cool – Don’t you
agree????

And we’re off !!!
Today
its just a short
trip to the dairy.
Sometimes cows
have to walk
2km to the
dairy and back.

And this is where we are going
to get milked
Can you see all the silos
and the hay shed ??
Can you spot the
tractor ???

Come on my little friend.
If you are telling this
story you better catch
up.
Whoops! More
action less talk.

Back on track!!!!!!
You will notice my friends
and me prefer to walk on the
grass on the side of the road.
Why do you think that is ???

Cows like to walk
slowly in a long
line .
Often the same
cow leads the
herd home each
day.
She is pretty
clever as she is
first in the dairy
and first back in
the paddock and
gets all the best
grass.

We have a 270
degree view of the
ocean whilst we wait
to get milked.

The holding yard is shaded by 200
year old Morton Bay figs

We have planted over 500 native
grasses and shrubs around our dairy
to reduce the amount of Carbon
Dioxide (green house gas) that can
escape into the atmosphere
http://www.olliesworld.com/planet/aus/info/info/air09.htm

We have a
new
herringbone
dairy which
is 14 aside.
This means
we can milk
28 cows at a
time

Putting a mat on the floor
helps stop the farmers
getting sore feet.
Can you read the word on
the floor mat???
Hint: its part of our stud
logo.

We get
milked three
times daily
and lots of
people come
to watch

Its all a matter of timing
• We start at 4am in the morning milk again at 12pm
and again at 8pm at night.
• It is very important that cows spend most of the day
on the pasture and not standing on concrete.
• To do this on our farm we complete each milking in
2 hrs.
• One person gets the cows in and the other person
starts milking. This means the first 28 cows to the
dairy go straight in and get milked and then
straight back to the paddock.

Our cows produce a
lot of milk and
hold Australian
records for milk
production.
This is Dimples.
She holds the record
for the highest
amount of fat and
protein produced
in 305 days.
http://www.princeton.edu/~pccm/outreach/scsp/mixturesandsolutions/milk/index.html

Can you see the strips -
we are going in this
paddock tonite
The cows go into a different paddock after each milking.
We pick the paddocks which have the best balance of feed
components (energy, protein, fibre, and minerals) for the
cows and we strip graze them.
Strip grazing is a grazing management system that involves
giving the livestock a fresh allocation of pasture each day. It
is usually organised within a paddock grazing system and
the animals are controlled by the use of an electric fence.

Now here’s lots of delicious
sweet grass. That’s a good idea. Nick
I am going to take some loves ice-cream. He is
ice-cream to the dairy and always sneaking one of
ask Nick if we can be in this Emma’s from the freezer.
paddock tomorrow.

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Jet and Emma Farm Management
Education Series K to 12
Links
Milk It
http://www.slideshare.net/LandLearnNSW/dairy-farming-with-jet-and-emma-milk-it
Cups On Cups Off
http://www.slideshare.net/LandLearnNSW/dairy-farming-with-jet-and-emma-cups-on-cups-off
Grow Grass Grow
http://www.slideshare.net/LandLearnNSW/dairy-farming-with-jet-and-emma
Seeding Time
http://www.slideshare.net/LandLearnNSW/dairy-farming-with-jet-and-emma-seeding-time-1236604
How it all began – a Taste for Dairy
http://www.slideshare.net/LandLearnNSW/jet-and-emma-a-taste-for-dairy
Healthy Landscapes
http://www.slideshare.net/LandLearnNSW/dairy-farming-with-jet-and-emma-healthy-landscape-1641792
Circle of Life – Calf to Cow
http://www.slideshare.net/LandLearnNSW/circle-of-life-calf-to-cow

Acknowledgements
Farm yard animal graphics have been created
for the “Jet and Emma Get Down and Dirty
on the Farm” series by students from Mt Terry
Public School

Cream of the Crop
is a Dairy Youth Australia Inc initiative
supported by funding from
Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries
Farming for the Future Initiative.

The Jet and Emma Series is a Dairy Youth
Australia inc initiative assisted by Kiama
Municipal Council through its
Sustainable Living Grants Program.

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