Newsletter feb 09

N Z M I L K I N G & P U M P I N G T R A D E A S S N . I N C Practising Certificate Approvals / New Members b l o w e r o v e r h a u l r e p a i n t e d . P l y m o u t h w o r k s h o p . M b a r achieves the same machine actually milks is steadily rising, America on the the amount of overlap we are establish why the interaction cup slip, no teat end damage, seeing, which is largely due the If we don ’ t want the Vets to assists the Vets, to be able to give invade what is our field of them the confidence in us to expertise, we must up skil access where the fault may lie or ourselves with the knowledge they fault. If we can ’ t do this, as I have depth of knowledge and f e edback the Vets require, courses dealing with Milking experience in milking equipment expect a Vet to be as wel find being teats in poor condition, very much like giving a car a work or disseminating this work to Contributor: Craig Burrows, NZMPTA Technical Committee. One of the cornerstones of Team or your local Farm Dairy a paper towel – a new towel control ing Mastitis is disinfecting Farm Dairy, must undergo an DeLaval Spray & Dip RTU, subject Alternatively, contact these MPTA members: Sel and service the Innov Ag Ltd products including the Dairy Test Professional & the Mini Tester units Service air flow meters and pulsator chart recorders for Ruakura and testers, recorders and airflow Philips brands. Southern Rangitikei Vet Services Ltd, Bul s. Spitfire Irrigators Ltd, Lower Hutt Spring Meadow Services Ltd, Timaru VetEnt, Te Awamutu The new look MPTA website lists details of courses offered and al ows you to register for courses and Do you have second hand milking machine testing equipment that you no longer require and would like to Please check your details in the Members section to sel ? We have members that are seeking pulsator ensure they are correct. If you have an e-mail or testers or airflow meters for their kit. website address that is not shown then let us know. If you can help then please contact Maria Scot on 027 449 7402. Congratulations to the fol owing Registered Milking Machine Testers who have recently had their Darrel Bennett, Waikato Milking Systems Manawatu Practising Certificates approved or renewed. Andrew Bruce, Waikato Milking Systems Ashburton Ian Phil ips & Peter Boulton, Dannevirke Dairy Nigel Hannay, Qubik Putaruru Supplies Ltd, Dannevirke Geoff Shaw, Anthony Welshman, Wayne Read & Rebecca Scott, Anderson & Rooney Ltd, Timaru Susannah McLean, Clutha Chain Mesh Products Ltd Mark Galbraith, Pump & Electrical Services, Hamilton Jamie Turnhout, Nind Dairy Services Ltd, Invercargil Justin Gray, Dispatch & Garlick, Greymouth James Mathews, Hunts Farm Services, Hawera John Goddard, Betaquip Dairy Solutions, Rotorua Boyd White & George Whiting, Rural Service Centre, Phil ip Read – Read Industrial, Rangiora Les Sinclair – Spring Meadow Services, Timaru Gordon Fraser-Jones, McGregors Farm Services, Gavin Chetwin, Total Farm Services, Te Awamutu Shannon McMil an, Nigels Farm Services, Opunake Dave Mockford – Water Solutions BOP, Te Puke John Cul igan, King Farm Services, Edgecumbe Ray Webb – Morley Engineering, Matamata

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