Glenshee Trust

  • Whakamaru, New Zealand

The farm is situated 3.5 km from the Whakamaru village. It is a family owned Trust farm.

The contour ranges from flat to steep with approximately 50% of the farm rolling to steep.

It is a system 3 farm. Around 200t of PKE is imported. Approx 150t of maize silage has been purchased the last 2 seasons.  Summer and winter crops have been grown on farm. 300 cows are wintered off.

Farm infrastructure is good. The milking shed is a 40-aside herringbone.

Soil fertility levels are good with regular soil testing and fertiliser applications as per a recommendation form a CNA. Around 130kg N/ha/year is applied

Production in the last 3 seasons has averaged 216,000 kgMS