RURAL PROFESSIONALS

Webinars

We'll keep this page updated on a regular basis with postings of Rural Professional webinar recordings and explainer videos on topical matters, like Flexible Shareholding.

Latest webinars

If you have any ideas or if you have any thoughts about topics for future webinars, please email rural.professionals@fonterra.com.

Vets

Vet Webinar - November 2024

Fonterra Webinar for vets covering Fonterra project updates, Johne’s, weighing heifers and future herd improvement strategy.

Vet Webinar - September 2024

Fonterra Webinar for vets covering FEI, Updates to the Farm Insights Report, Efficiency Visits, The Tools and Service Pilot and Fonterra guidance for Animal Wellbeing Plans.


Animal Health

A Farmer's Journey to Efficiency - Veterinary Webinar

Veterinarians play an important role in supporting their farmers to reduce emissions on farm. This webinar covers the first half of our recent vet roadshow content, looking at the what, why and how of emissions and on farm efficiency. It looks at the role of vets and how, with existing tools and knowledge, can add huge value to their farmers in this space. 

The Co-operative Difference - Animal Wellbeing Plans

Veterinarians are an essential partner in helping farmers achieve The Co-operative Difference through development and implementation of an Animal Wellbeing Plan. This is a recording of our online webinar session held in February 2022 with Fonterra vets Mike Shallcrass and Ash Keown.

ZincCheck - Introduction for Vets

ZincCheck by Farm Source is an exclusive service for Fonterra Suppliers that uses your bulk milk sample to check your herd's zinc levels over multiple days, giving you confidence that your zinc dosing is effective.

ZincCheck - Effective On-Farm Investigations

Following our webinar introducing Fonterra’s ZincCheck testing, veterinarians told us they were really keen to learn additional tips on how to conduct effective on-farm zinc supplementation investigations.


Finance and Admin

Farm Insights Report

This webinar gave RPs an opportunity to hear more about our latest Farm Insights Reports, which benchmark farm performance and highlight any opportunities to fine-tune efficiencies on farm for better productivity, profitability, and sustainability.

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Interim Results 2024

This webinar provided RPs an opportunity to get an update on Fonterra’s performance following the Co-operative’s Interim Results announcement on Thursday 16 March. It also went into other topics including capital structure and on-farm emissions.

Capital Structure

This webinar provides RPs with an overview of the key changes to the capital structure, highlights flexible shareholding (and its significance for farmers affected by cyclone Gabriel) and discusses the role of RPs in supporting their farmers.