We are a fully self contained, family owned and operated farm located about half way between Invercargill and Winton, offering easy accessibility to both communities. The farm is about 275ha effective with a slightly rolling contour. Paddocks are well fenced and sheltered.
We milk 650 cross bred cows that are used to being handled like Betty White.
Our girls are fed mainly grass with a handful of crushed barley and DDG as a wee treat. We rear our replacements on the platform until everyone is over them being in places they shouldn't be, then they go down to our runoff located about 4 kms away. The R2's are already down there and come back for winter and calving.
The last few seasons has seen us get pretty dry over the summer period and we have gone onto once a day milking as its easier to figure out then 16 hours.
Feel free to stalk us on Facebook, @Bristol Grove Dairies Ltd for a look around the place.