Get to know your Rural Support Trust

0800 787 254 (0800 RURAL HELP)  www.rural-support.org.nz

There are 14 Trusts around the county, who work with Government, industry, and emergency services in events like drought. We can help connect you with professionals including farming or business advice, suppliers, financial information, health, and counselling services.

Rural Support Trust people understand rural agribusiness: dry stock, dairy, horticulture, forestry, cropping, poultry, and rural contracting.

Our services are free and confidential. We can talk over the phone or on skype/zoom during lockdown. 

We can still make connections while NZ is self-isolating.  Don’t hesitate to reach out: for you, yourself, your partner, your staff ...

Find your local Trust on Facebook: 

• https://www.facebook.com/ruralsupportwaikato/    
• https://www.facebook.com/Northland-Rural-Support-Trust-223444894464975/
• https://www.facebook.com/ruralsupporttaranaki/
• https://www.facebook.com/ruralsupporttrusthawkesbay/
• https://www.facebook.com/rstbop/
• https://www.facebook.com/NorthCanterburyRuralSupportTrust/
• https://www.facebook.com/rstmidcanterbury
• https://www.facebook.com/SouthCanterburyRuralSupportTrust/
• https://www.facebook.com/SouthlandRST
• https://www.facebook.com/pg/Rural-Support-Tararua-2481292221892546/

 Farming in drought industry advice

• www.mpi.govt.nz/protection-and-response/ responding/adverse-events/dealing-with-drought-conditions/
• www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/39914-animals-affected-by-dry-or-drought-conditions
• www.beeflambnz.com/knowledge-hub/PDF/extreme-dry-management-toolkit
• www.dairynz.co.nz/business/adverse-events/drought/farming-through-the-drought

Tactics for Tight Times: Tom Fraser Podcast

Tom Fraser has advice for managing when feed supply is tight on this Beef + Lamb NZ scene and heard podcast: https://bit.ly/3dSdQ2t

Few people are as well-known and respected in the Farm Systems Science space as Tom Fraser of Fraser Pastoral (formerly AgResearch and DSIR). A very popular speaker at Beef + Lamb New Zealand events, Tom discusses options for managing times when feed supply is tight on farm; through drought, flood or lack of processing capacity.

The B+LNZ resources Tom refers to:

Feed planning
Body condition scoring
Extreme Dry Management

15 April: 1pm - 2pm Drought recovery seminar

Waikato RST is the first cab off the rank with a drought recovey seminar - open to you wherever you are.

Neil Bateup is the of Chair of the Waikato Rural Support Trust;  RST National Council and the Chair of the Waikato Primary Industry Adverse Events Cluster.  He is also a very passionate Waikato Dairy Farmer and great advocate for the industry. During any adverse event, sectors work together to support their farmers and rural communities.  Neil will be sharing some of the work carried out by the Waikato Primary Industry Adverse Event Cluster and what recovery packages and relief are available.

Stephen Stafford Bush is an accountant who works with farming clients all over NZ.   He has been involved in policy development, influence and advocacy at a National level for close to 15 years, for which he was made a Fellow Chartered Accountant.   He will be able to give you up to date information with regard to some of the financial relief that is available and answer any accounting questions you may have.  

This is a free event but you will need to click on the TICKET LINK to register and receive the webinar details.

More details can be found on: www.rural-support.org.nz/Latest-News-Alerts/Article-Details/ArtMID/785/ArticleID/243/Drought-Recovery-Matters-Wednesday-15-April-2020

Questions can be sent there for forwarding to guests prior to the event.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2512925075636040/