Balshando Farming Ltd is an 8 year old conversion in the Mayfield/Carew area of Mid Canterbury supply Synlait on their LWP programme The milking platform is 272 hectares milking 950-1000 cows striving for a production of 460,000kgm + using efficient high quality pasture management and Barley, Palm Kernel and Grass Silage as required. It is fully supported by 330hecs of lease runoff 10-13km away
The farm consists of the following
*Frisian X herd
*60 Bale Rotary
*Cup Removers
*Automatic Teat Spray
*Pro Track - automatic drafting
*In shed feeding PK & Barley
*DNA Herd
*4 hectare irrigation pond on MHVL scheme
*Pivot and Fixed Grid Irrigation
*Effluent is inj
*2 stock underpasses
*2 Tractors
*Roller
*Mower
*New 17.5 Cube Hustler Silage Wagon