I think you use BT for when you're transferring money between accounts? I use it when transferring money out or into the online saver account.

Does the trust own the land or something? Are you paying them a lease?

I've also noticed heaps of farms doing 16hr milkings all year round as they reckon they get similar benefits of OAD but with better production.

Lots of farms that I know are looking at OAD, but they are all owner/operators on difficult farms. I don't know of many well set up farms that would do it when they are just as profitable with a TAD system.

We talked to a WorkSafe representative yesterday who gave us booklets and explained how to use their website Safer Farms. They also emphasised that they didn't want farmers to be wary of them and that they wanted to support people.

Does anyone else use AccuWeather? I have it on my cell phone and its ok.

We use tail paint and kamars, I reckon it's much easier to tell who's on especially heifers that are a bit harder to tell with sometimes. A bit more expensive but worth it if you get the cow in calf early.
Doing lots of paddock checks especially in the evening is a good way to work out who is cycling.

We are looking for some in-milk crossbred cows in the north island, does anyone know what they're worth at the moment?

Our guys are on a salary but still fill in timesheets which they hand in fortnightly. If their gross pay divided by the number of hours worked that fortnight is less than minimum wage ($15.25) they get topped up to make sure that within any given pay period they are not earning less than minimum wage - this is what our accountant told us to do and it's pretty straightforward.