Morlands farm is 15 min from Te Awamutu in the South Waikato running a system 1 with all replacements on farm. Our spring calving xbred herd is available (271 BW, 286 PW), is full A2 and contract supplies Fonterra.
We have a well developed rolling farm with Miroa ash soils and has Halter etablished to enhance the efficiency of the business and support our team.
We have 2 herringbone sheds (32a/s and 28a/s) calving through one then mainly milk in the other for the majority of the season as it has ACRs, a feedpad and inshed feeding.
With these resources and our support, we are looking for sharemilkers who want to progress and enjoy their journey in dairying as much as we have.
Our dairy farm business is located 12 minutes from Te Awamutu and around 45 minutes from central Hamilton. We farm 230 effective hectares, with 535 cows fully A2 and contract supplies Fonterra. All young stock are grazed on farm.
We have 2 herringbone sheds (32a/s and 28a/s) and use one at a time and OAD for the second half of each season.
We run a low-input, system 1 with a focus on careful pasture and livestock management using Halter to enhance these, the efficiency of the business and support our team.
DairyNZ have background business information via their budget case study site.
https://www.dairynz.co.nz/research/case-studies/pete-morgan-and-ann-bouma/