The Team
Warren Arlidge
Consulting Veterinarian
Qualification: B V Sc |
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Warren is a veterinarian with 28 years experience working in the New Zealand dairy industry in Taranaki. His focus is emphasis on total farm management and developing programmes to enhance overall performance of the farm business.
A sabbatical to the Middle East in the mid 1990's to work for the Almarai Dairy Company as Head Veterinarian, involved a change from hands on animal work to more management. Warren spent 2½ years working for Almarai before returning home to business commitments in New Zealand. The Almarai position was with a very advanced, vertically integrated company, milking 27,000 cows in adverse climatic conditions. The base farm unit of 5000 milking cows in feedlot conditions, producing over 12,000L /cow rolling herd average in 305 days, was the ultimate in production units. The development of health and reproductive programmes for these farms was the main part of the job, with a large component of this in staff training and systems design. Reproductive performance was improved by utilising a programmed approach and lifting oestrus detection with newer synchronisation methods. A revision of the fresh cow health programme with some changes in diet also substantially improved ketosis and production in early lactation.
Warren is now a consultant and director of Intelact Limited and as a result of contacts made in the Middle East has been instrumental in the establishment of SOURCEWORLD™. |
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Bret Barry
Project Manager
Qualification: M.S, M.B.A. |
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Growing up in the mid western United States of America, Bret has always had a particular interest and passion for livestock agriculture. After completing his University studies in the United States of America and Europe, Bret spent considerable time internationally developing and establishing projects. Beginning in 1990, his team developed embryo transfer programs in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. In the mid-1990’s, with Dennis Armstrong and Jake Martin, he developed and constructed the first large scale American style dairy in Southern Russia. This achievement led to farm development projects in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
As Sourceworld™ Project Manager, Bret has significant on-the-ground experience assisting livestock agri-business clients to develop and fine-tune projects through to fully functional and highly productive agri-business operations. Bret’s past experience allows him to take a hands-on approach to project management, assisting the various project parties in successful completion of their projects. |
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Frank Delfino
Consulting Nutritionist
Qualification:PhD, PAS |
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Raised in the Southern California Desert in a livestock, ranching and farming family, Frank completed a BS at UC Davis, followed by MS and PhD at the University of Arizona. His interest in arid agriculture took him to Saudi Arabia as nutritionist for a large integrated dairying operation.
Frank is currently consulting in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Jordan, Egypt, India, Turkey, People's Republic of China, Thailand, and South Africa. His primary areas of interest include reduction of stress factors to maximise cow comfort and feed intake, transition cow management to reduce post-calving problems, improvement of feed handling and management practices, utilisation of locally available forages with a goal to identify better alternatives and identification of new feed ingredients/additives to maximise productive efficiency. |
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David Densley
Consulting Agronomist
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Raised on a mixed farming operation in North Western NSW, Australia, David has a particular passion for arable agriculture. After spending time involved in forage production at a very large feedlot in Southern Queensland, he joined Pioneer Hi-Bred International and spent 15 years (13 of those years in New Zealand) as an Area Sales and Agronomy Manager. During some of this time David was a member of Pioneer's International Agronomy Group, who meet annually to share global ideas about arable "best practice".
He has been involved as a member of FAR's (Foundation for Arable Research) maize arable research committee and chaired the Forage Trading Development Group who developed a forage trading Code of Practice.
David has expertise in all forms of arable crop production, from extensive broadacre dryland farming through to intensive irrigation cropping systems. He has a comprehensive understanding and involvement in modern arable production including controlled traffic and no till farming. David has a particular zeal about the potential role Precision Agriculture will play in making arable agriculture more productive, sustainable and environmentally responsible. |
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Dan Drake
Consulting Veterinarian
Qualification: DVM, MPVM |
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Dan’s area of expertise is in veterinary medicine, focusing on large herd cow and goat dairy operations with responsibilities for providing veterinary care and consultation in production, breeding and genetics.
For the past 24 years Dan has been a partner and principal owner of North American based Drake Family Farms and Willow-Lane Dairy Goats, which gives him an excellent grounding in the practicalities of operating a successful goat dairy agri-business. |
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Bob Elliot
Nutritionist
Qualification: PhD degree from the Department of Agriculture at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK. |
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Bob worked as Product Development Nutritionist for Boots Agriculture Limited, Nottingham, UK (1975-1977) and as Technical Cooperation Officer for a British Government Livestock Production project in South East Mexico (1977-1981) before taking up a position in Australia as Lecturer in Animal Science, for the Department of Agriculture at the University of Queensland.
In 1989, Bob joined Roche Animal Nutrition and Health in Brisbane specialising in Beef Feedlots and Dairy Production.
From 1994 he concentrated on product development projects for Roche (now DSM) and became their cattle specialist in the Far East region (China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand) in his role as Technical Manager, Asia - Pacific.
Bob has published over 100 scientific articles in International Journals and still maintains direct nutritional support for large Beef Feedlots and Dairies in Australia & New Zealand. |
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Paul Leuthard
Global Technical Consultant
Qualification: Dip Supply Chain Managment,
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Having spent much of his early life on his parent’s dairy farm in the Waikato region of New Zealand, Paul developed a practical interest and passion for all things agriculture early in his life. In his mid twenties Paul took up a role as sharemilker on the family farm and set about increasing productivity by understanding and then implementing modern farming practices that impacted milk production. Paul’s inquisitive mind, practical skills and desire to improve farming practices lead him to modify, improve or invent equipment that would make day to day farming tasks more efficient.
Later in his working career Paul moved from the farm to the cooperate world where he took up various positions, including employment with an engineering and contracting company that involved daily staff organisation, sales, marketing and leadership positions. During this time Paul completed a Diploma in Supply Chain Management. Paul’s wide-ranging knowledge includes dairy farming and pasture management, on-farm research trials, engineering, supply chain management, operation on and training in the use of heavy equipment, logistics and fleet management.
As Source World’s Global Technical Consultant, Paul’s broad experience allows Source World to offer our agri-business client’s on-farm support and assistance and, where required, to work alongside the other members of the Source World consultancy group to provide effective and timely outcomes. |
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Warren Morritt
Consulting in Farm Systems & Management
Qualification:B Ag Sc |
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After graduating from Massey University Warren spent six years in Saudi Arabia as Farm Manager of a vertically integrated (zero grazing) dairy farm comprising 4,000 head of livestock.
Warren returned to New Zealand in 1994 and started dairy consultancy with Intelact, taking up the position of General Manager of Intelact in 1996. Since this time Intelact has become New Zealand's largest dairy consultancy company, now operating in Australia and South Africa.
Significant growth has allowed Intelact to develop a feed company, SourceNZ Ltd, a financial planning and benchmarking division, Intelact Business Consultancy, and also move into international consultancy along with livestock export and farm development through Source World Ltd.
Warren is presently Managing Director of the Intelact group of companies. |
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Chris Pyke
Consulting in Animal Export & Calf Rearing Specialist
Qualification:B V Sc |
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Chris has spent thirty years as a Veterinarian and consultant in the livestock industry in New Zealand and abroad. He has had extensive experience in dairying, calf rearing and livestock exports and has been involved in the development of the Taurindicus breeding programme in New Zealand.
As Veterinary adviser for several livestock export companies Chris has been involved in exporting cattle to South America, Africa and SE Asia, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Taiwan.
He has travelled with cattle to Indonesia and Taiwan and has had considerable experience in the tropics having been involved in advising on the appropriate management of cattle after arrival in a number of counties including Malaysia.
Chris is a consultant and director of Intelact Limited. |
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Bill Rys
Consulting in Arid, Tropical & Temperate farm systems
Qualification:B.Agr; MSc Trop Agr. |
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Masters of Tropical Agriculture, Wye College, University of London; received Distinction for Dissertation."Forage Based Dairy Systems in Thailand: Technical constraints to improving productivity"
Brought up on the family farm in New Zealand, attended Massey University after which his first Management position was for three years on a 1500 cow feedlot operation in Saudi Arabia. He then progressed to a 2000 cow herd in Northern Territory and also 50:50% Share-milking on his parent's farm.
From 1996 Bill spent six years managing a 1600 milking cow business on Serge Island, Jamaica, which consisted of five irrigated grazing units. One unit used 450 Friesian cows, three units consisted of Jamaica Hope cattle (a tropically adapted breed developed in Jamaica of mainly Jersey and Sahiwal genetics) and another farm grazing unit for the purposes of rearing and growing out replacement livestock. Feeding was based on improved tropical pastures with concentrate supplementation in the milking shed. On Bill's return to New Zealand he took a position as a consultant with Intelact to disseminate leading edge technology to dairy farmers in the northern North Island of New Zealand.
Bill is a consultant and director of Intelact Limited. |
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Ross Beal
Dairy Consultant
Qualification: B V Sc |
25 years extensive dairy vet experience with a focus on computerised herd programs. Ross is considered a New Zealand authority on Mastitis control and prevention. Currently a Managing Partner of Franklin Veterinary Services, operating numerous branches throughout South Auckland. |
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David Beca
Dairy Consultant
Qualifications: Dip Ag (Dist) |
Based in Australia with 26 years experience in agriculture and dairy farming. A pivotal partner in the development of two of the largest privately owned dairy consultancy businesses in Australasia for Intelact. David owns Red Sky Agricultural Pty Ltd with a focus of financial and business farm analysis systems. |
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Nicola Watt
Dairy Consultant
Qualification: B Agr Sc (Hons) |
Joined Intelact in 1994. Prior to this date Nicola performed a management role at Lactose NZ and Proliq looking at dairy herd nutrition. |
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Robert Brown
Dairy Consultant
Qualification: B VSc |
24 years vet experience working in the area of training and dairy cow fertility. |
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Helwi Tacoma
Dairy Consultant
Qualification: DVM (Netherlands) |
Practicing vet since 1985 with 6 years in Holland focused on dairy herd programmes. Helwi’s NZ focus looks at whole of herd production and profitability. |
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Bruce Thomas
Dairy Consultant
Qualification: B Agr Sc, C, P Ag |
Initially worked as a MAF consultant. Bruce has overseen farm management since 1995 of his dairy farm along with consulting fulltime for Intelact. |
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Angus Drummond
Dairy Consultant
Qualification: Agricultural Diploma—Cedara, Howick South Africa |
Based in South West Victoria Angus works in the dairy industry, focussing mainly on farm business systems and pasture management as well as overseeing managers for absentee owners. Angus has 20 years of practical experience in both the physical and consulting aspects of farm management. He held management positions on three farms in Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa from 1991 - 1997 in dairy, commercial and seed potatoes, maize production and beef production. He was Area Manager for Omnia-Underberg/Ixopo from 1997 – 2004 with responsibility for fertilizer sales, providing agronomic advice, managing two depots and debtor control. In Underberg from 2004 – 2006, Angus provided a comprehensive consulting service to 27 farmers in the Kwa Zulu Natal area. |
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Andrew Collier
Dairy Consultant
Qualification: B VSc |
20 years vet experience in animal health, with a focus on dairy cow nutrition, reproduction and farm systems. |
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Stephen Harvey
Dairy Consultant
Qualification: B VSc |
Dairy cow vet since 1974 and current partner in Tararua Vet Services Pahiatua. Specialist in dairy medicine, dairy systems and farm financial performance. |
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Neil Lane
Dairy Consultant
Qualification: B Agr Sc |
Experience in feed milling and stock feed industry. Specialist skills in nutrition and more highly supplemented farm systems. |
Soren Moller
Dairy Consultant
Qualification: B VSc, PhD |
Practicing dairy cow veterinarian since 1974 and a farm management and dairy consultant since 1993. Soren is well known for his research work and completed a PhD from Massey University based on the dairy cow and pasture interface. Recognised nationally as having been at the forefront of developments in the area of supplemented, higher performing dairy systems. |
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