Kōkako Road

Manager: Cassiano Machado

The basics

A 208 ha farm with a 170 ha milking platform (124 ha free-draining flat to rolling and 46 ha river flats), plus about 30 ha of gullies and sidings for grazing replacement stock; 54 paddocks.

40-bale herringbone shed, centrally located.

Two 3-bedroom staff houses, with a sleepout attached to one.

Concrete and shellrock races.

A 250-cow feed pad.

Three-pond effluent oxidation system.

About 500 cows peak-milked.

System 3 farm (10 to 20% of feed bought in; about half maize silage, half PKE).

Fonterra supply number: 40089.

Season

Calving begins 13 July. Mating begins 6 October (aim: 5 weeks AB then 5 weeks natural mating).

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