| 11 nzdairy DAIRY PEOPLE » Capil Grove Limited Carl and Blake Lindsay. • Turn key packages for complete design & build of shed • Hot-dip galvanised structural steel • Chain effluent scrapers • Full concrete placement • Full range of latex and rubber bedding • Stall dividers • Cow brushes Phone (03) 236-6077 or (027) 411-2805 53 Great North Road, Winton “Cow barn design and building specialists with 31,000 cows comfortably housed” Suppliers of: • Kitset Fabricated Structural Steel • Ready to bolt Together • Hot Dip Galvanised Finish • Meets all NZ Standards a focus on efficiency. And with the new farm and bold plans to implement a sustainable dairy management system, there’s a bright future ahead. “We always knew the farming system we wanted to develop and have recently had a trip to Australia to look at ideas. We’ve altered our thinking about the wintering barn to deciding now on a ‘flood wash’ instead of a ‘scraper’ cleaning system. We want the cleanest possible cow housing barn.” Help has also come from the Winton Stock Feed team in providing the range of required feed concentrates and great advice to go with it. “The goal is to use less than 10kg of feed to produce each kg of milk solids, which we have consistently achieved for the last two years. A cow cannot do this on grass alone.” Hamish Lowe from Lowe Environmental Impact has been alongside the process of change every step of the way and is still supporting the family with sound advice to help navigate the consenting maze. As part of the farms stock replacement programme cows due to calve in October are being bought in May and winter milked. “If there are any farmers from Canterbury, Otago or Southland who have surplus October calving cows for sale then I would love to hear from you.” says Carl.(02102788033) Meanwhile with the experiences of the past still raw for the family, they are hoping a productive response to Nelson’s letter to Council, pointing out their bewildering consenting experiences, will be forthcoming, resulting in those responsible for managing the process and those overseeing these Council staff, developing a much more open, engaging and productive consent application process. “It’s all we want. That the experiences we’ve endured are not repeated. This region needs dairy farming to be innovative, environmentally sound and profitable. We know this can be achieved and need Council to engage with farmers on a level playing field.”
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