After nearly three decades, mid-Canterbury contractor Neil Baxter has given up his balers and now runs three Joskin slurry tankers to cart milk waste and whey from the Fonterra factory in Darfield. Neil and his wife Raewyn run Baxter Ag Ltd from their home in Sheffield. The contracting business does cultivation, effluent removal and spreading.…
Duncan and Nicky Anderson milk 1650 cows on Auchenbrae Farm in Rotherham, North Canterbury. On their run-off block, they have another 900 yearlings. That is a lot of mouths to feed, especially as Duncan and Nicky grow all their own winter feed. This includes 100ha of fodder beet, swedes, kale, rape and oats. They also…
West Coast dairy farmer, Zane Wyatt says his new Pottinger Novacat Alpha Motion 301 front mower will slash his mowing times considerably, a major bonus with the changeable weather conditions in the region. Zane and his wife Tania farm 240 effective hectares at HariHari, on which they milk 500 Jersey-Friesian cross cows. Zane is the…
Father and son team Trevor and Daniel Lalich say one of the best features of their Pottinger A10 triple mowers is the hydraulic suspension system which can operate manually or automatically to adjust down pressure depending on the terrain. The Lalich family has a dairy farm and contracting business at Ngarua, near Morrinsville. A manager…
A West Coast dairy farmer believes his new Bogballe M2W spreader will help him do two things all farmers want to do – save money and protect the environment. Murray Coates and his four employees milk 800 cows on 320 ha of grazing blocks and 200 ha of runoff blocks in the isolated Haupiri Valley.…