# 8 SIMPSON FARMS – ALL UNDER ONE ROOF
All under one roof You know you’re on to a pretty special dairy shed story when you conduct the interview in the on-site office. The well-appointed amenity, with its computer system, obligatory tea-coffee making facilities and large windows overlooking the shed, was a...
#7 KYBUSH SURF TRUST – SPOILED COWS
The cows of Kybush Surf Trust in Opotiki are spoiled. They live on a well-run farm, and farmer Shane Armstrong has recently installed a new covered feed pad just for them. Shane says his cows are treated to the covered feed pad when it’s wet, windy or just a bit too...
# 6 BALLARD TRUST – INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE
Infrastructure upgrade Graeme Ballard’s farm is located off the road bearing his surname. It is a clear indication of the deepset tradition his family has in the beautiful Waikato district of Gordonton. In 1911, his great grandfather purchased a farm on the main...
#5 WAHAROA – ONE OF OUR KEY DRIVERS WAS IT HAD TO BE SIMPLE AND ANY ONE COULD DO IT
PJ Williams, current sharemilker for Normandy Land Company, Waharoa. Situated out of Waharoa on 96 effective hectares milking just over 300 cows running a system one. The cowshed is a 28 aside herring bone. Covered feed pad, flood washed into a weeping wall system. We...
#4 STOCKERAU STATION, FORESTRY CONVERSION BOP – 80T SUPERBIN
Gus Spence, Stockerau Station, Pikowai, Eastern Bay of Plenty. 1250 hectares - Sheep and Beef: forestry conversion farm. The main thing about home is that it was a development job, we came from about 90% blackberry it was all just out of pine trees and we had to put a...
#3 MIKE SIMPSON INTERVIEW – COMPLETE SYSTEM SYSTEM CHANGE FOR LOW LYING WET FARM
Mike Simpson, Simpson Farms, 1250 cows, Rangiriri, North of Huntly “I moved home 8 years ago and contract milked for 6 years through two 40aside herring bone cow sheds. Our boundary is the Waikato River and the Whangapei Stream outlet. We are very low lying and at the...
#2 LEWIS FAMILY – COVERED FEEDPAD, SILAGE BUNKERS AND WEEPING WALL
Brad and Laura are out at Wharepapa South, Waikato, milking 450 cows. Contour on this farm is a big challenge for these two, and a health and safety concern for their staff, which meant in the winter they could not leave the farm. They had to be there, all the time....
#1 JOHN CLIMO INTERVIEW – WEEPING WALL SKEPTIC AT FIRST
Wharepapa South, 530 cows on 200+ hectares. Archway Group Weeping Wall installed December 2017. John did all his home work and research on effluent management, effluent separation, solids separation. And then he did some more home work! He wasnt really 100% keen on...