Our dairy farm has been in the family for over 100 years. I have been running the operation for the last 30 years, the last 18 years with my wife. During that time we have worked hard to improve and develop our business, including expanding our land area and modernising our infrastructure.
Our total land area is 450 hectares including run offs. The two adjacent dairy farms each milk around 450 cows through 36 aside and 40 aside herringbone sheds; both with recently installed in-shed feeding systems. As we situated alongside the Rangitikei river, in 2011 we installed three pivot irrigators and irripods, drought proofing the farm for our System 3 operation. The farm is effectively laid out with well maintained races and our machinery is modern and regularly serviced.