| 89 nzdairy DAIRY PEOPLE » South Hughes Farms Ltd Last April, they moved to a 10-acre block just outside Wallacetown, with their farm still just a five-minute drive away. Tania & Ross Hughes with their daughter Brooke. Tania says it’s an ideal location, too, for their teenagers, Taryn and Callum. “We’re really enjoying life here. It has a good rural feel, but that town vibe too. There’s just a bit more connection. PH ALEX 021 277 5308 HOME 03 225 5377 www.alexreidcontracting.co.nz Aerating • Direct Drilling • Ridging • Mulching • Strip Till Planting Paddock Cultivation from Ploughing to Sowing Dry Hire available Sheep Conveyor (Drenching, Vaccination etc) • 3 way draft Dairy Lane Maintenance • Tip Trailers • Vibrating Roller • Effluent Services Large Skid Steer for calf shed cleaning, loading Muck Spreaders etc ( 4 Muck Spreaders) • 16,000 litre Slurry Tanker • Pond Stirrer • Umbilical Slurry System " G $ H E M ' E R T " P P L I C A T I O N Taryn and Callum have friends in town and both work at the local dairy. Taryn is Year 11 at Southland Girls High and doing Year 12 ag studies. Anything to do with agriculture and she’s on it. Our other son Trent was our tractor driver this season and owns a 20-tonne digger so he’s been doing some groundwork too.” Tania and Ross have been increasingly looking for diversification opportunities off the farm as well. Housing has ticked that box for them. “We rent out a crib in Riverton and also have a holiday home we go to at The Rocks. It’s another income stream that means we don’t have all our eggs in one basket.”
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