We are a family farming business with 2 dairy farms located in Otorohanga in the Waikato Region.
Our "Home farm" is a109 ha farm, 100 ha effective, milking 350 predominately Jersey cows thru a 28 aside herringbone farm dairy. Cows have Allflex collars for mating and health monitoring and automatic drafting. We are a system 4 farm feeding maize silage and PKE on a feed pad. Target production is 150000kg Milksolids.
Hakin is our second property. 165 ha effective milking 500 cows through a 44 aside herringbone farm dairy. Cows have Allflex collars and automatic drafting. maize is grown on farm and fed along with PKE on the feed pad. Target production is 210,000 kg milksolids. This farm is flat contour with old stands of Kahikatea trees that we are in the process of fencing and restoring to protect them for the future.