Value-Added Dairy Beef Solutions The New Zealand dairy industry currently produces over two million bobby calves each year. As of June 2023, Fonterra has announced changes to its terms of supply that will insist all calves are given a “useful” life. As consumers...
Introducing Matt Adkins Matt had been farming for 28 years before selling his herd and coming to work for Samen NZ. He’d always wanted to be a farmer, and after studying at Lincoln for a year, jumped straight into farming full time. “I went to school with mates who...
Introducing Morgan Johnson Morgan grew up on a dairy farm where her parents bred Friesian cows. She says it’s always been her passion, and so she left school and got into farming straight away. She moved to Canterbury around 2005 and once she met her husband, they...
Genetic Gain Makes Sharemilking Profitable Across New Zealand, farmers use genetics to ease pressure in their pasture-based dairy systems by breeding more efficient cattle with the Three Way Cross. Doug and Emma McLeod are 50/50 Sharemilking in South Otago. Peak...
The Farmer Behind The 2022 Cover Photo Jenny Buckley and Dave van den Beuken have been 50/50 Sharemilkers in Cambridge for 15 years. They farm 720 cows on two farms with a split calving system. “We do all Autumn on one farm and all Spring on the other....
