 New Farm Dairies
The dairy installations featured on these pages tell a story of incredible commitment – to the land, industry, the science, family, lifestyle and good business practice. There’s a common thread: The drive for efficiency, improvement, animal welfare and profit. That striving for excellence is the hallmark of modern dairy farming in New Zealand. Every time we walk into a new milking plant we discover stunning new advances, engineered with many downright stunningly simple ideas. It’s not just the hi-tech stuff that sets these sheds apart, but there’s still an essential element of old fashioned, cunning Kiwi interwoven into every one. New Farm Dairies: Copy & Booking Deadlines Showcasing New Dairy Sheds throughout the North Island. For more information call us at Sun Media, 07-578 0030 or contact advertising consultant Lois McKinley on 07 322 2272. 02 Oct 2009
A piece of New Zealand dairying history had to make way for Doug and Penny Storey’s new rotary dairy shed.
Front: Cruise Jackson, Niki Smith, Monique Jackson, Gary Smith. Back: Paul McGill and Jason Hare.
He used to milk out of two 12-a-side herringbone sheds set up to operate out of the same yard.
The cows walked up the same ramp to the herringbone and walked down a ramp as well when they exited, says Doug.
“It was the bee’s knees at the time,” says Doug. More...
 02 Oct 2009
The building of Kelly and Lyn Symmans’ new milking shed was a real family job.
Lyn and Kelly Symmans (front) in the pit with Campbell Wheeler, son Sam Symmans and farm worker Bob Tepairi.
Kelly did much of the construction himself with the help of their son Sam, their daughter Katie and partner - builder Campbell Wheeler, and farm worker Bob Tepairi. Kelly’s father Brother Symmans was also roped in, along with daughter Amy and her partner, Matt Pethybridge, who did welding, and More...
 02 Oct 2009
For a long time now, I have been driving past the Fox shed on a weekly basis and in it’s various stages I have admired the progress from old shed to new shed.
Back left to right: Stephen Vierboom, Shane Boyce, Gordon Faber, Kevin Mathis. Front left to right: Jim Fox, Wendy Boyce, Stephen Smith.
The new shed was being erected at the end of the old yard and shed; so was being constructed in phases and all the while the herd was still being milked in the old shed. After such anticipation More...
 02 Oct 2009
Herd manager at the Johnstone shed in Otorohanga, Brett Jordan, says he has noticed a big change since the new shed was built.
“We used to milk 1050 cows through an old 40 bail internal rotary and that used to take about five and a half hours. Then we built this shed as a sister shed, and we’ve built this up to where we are milking about 700 through here in just over two hours. It’s a one man shed so you can just do a herd each.”
The new shed is a 60 bail rotary and More...
 02 Oct 2009
Peter and Marianne Muller farm 231 hectares near Otorohanga in the King Country where they milk between 680 and 700 cows.
Peter always felt rotary was the way to go.
Peter and Marianne run the property, which Peter’s parents originally bought when he was just eight years old, with the assistance of two farm labourers. Apart from a few years sharemilking at another farm in his youth, he has been there ever since. The farm was originally about 65 hectares but over the last four years More...
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Once I finally discovered which direction to drive in and after taking a very long detour, I finally arrived in what I can only describe as paradise; a truly beautiful place to live.
The farm location was idyllic; situated just beneath some snowy hill tops, with the most beautiful land around, the odd stream running through the property, a More...
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