Southland Monitor Farms
The Southern South Island has seen significant growth in dairying over the last five to ten years. Rapid expansion has highlighted the scarcity of basic information on pasture growth and quality under dairy farming systems.
This project, 'Future proofing Southland dairy farm systems' [SFF 07/155], aims to generate reliable pasture growth and quality and soil temperature information on four commercial dairy farms in Southland / West Otago and the Southland Demonstration Farm over the next three years.
Each week we will provide a  weekly summary [PDF 456KB] of information from the following regions:
- Coastal: Wallacetown [Southland Demonstration Farm]
- Eastern: [PDF 144KB] Edendale [K&D Hall, Seaward Downs Gorge Rd]
- Central: [PDF 138KB] South Hillend [G van der Poel, Harbour Endowment Rd]
- Northern: [PDF 201KB] Riversdale [A & I Frei, McAlister Rd]
- West Otago: Tapanui [D&M Goble, Tapanui-Raes Junction Highway]
(Researcher: Dawn Dalley, DairyNZ. Funded by MAF Sustainable Farming Fund, Dairy InSight, SIDE and Ravensdown.) |
