This is a 145 eff ha farm, with an average production of 200,000 kg ms and targeting excess of 220,000 kg ms this season.
Wintering 455 cows next coming season.
The farm is located in Kairangi, 10 km from Cambridge town, 3 kms from the excellent rural
Roto-o-Rangi Primary School, with the primary and Cambridge High School bus to the gate.
Excellent facilities are available including a centrally located modern 54 bale rotary with in-shed meal feeding, ACR’s, protrack drafting, on platform teat spray, fully automated washing and a dungbuster.
There is a modern 2 x 6 bay calf rearing facility.
Effluent is spread with a travelling irrigator.
The farm is very well laid out for ease of management and developed to a very high standard.
Soil fertility is high and there has been extensive regrassing on the farm.
The herd is high BW cross bred and all replacements are grazed off farm from weaning.
The farm operates at a system 3-4 level and there is no feed pad.