• Milking 450 Xbred cows calving 100% in the autumn. Typical season start calving 20th March and dry off late January. Typical production 200,000kg MS/year.
• Milking through a 36 aside herringbone shed twice a day. Sometimes once a day milking towards end of season.
• Two herds are run on the farm (farm manager responsible for 1st herd and herd manager responsible for 2nd herd)
• A feedpad is used to feed out supplement from March through to September twice per day. Farm policy is to return to 100% pasture based once spring flush arrives (Sept). Typical supplement used includes maize, palm kernel, DDG and sometimes kiwifruit.
• Turnips are sown in Oct for summer feed.
• Nitrogen fertiliser is used to supplement pasture growth.