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Sara, along with her husband Stu, share milk 750 Jerseys in Mid Canterbury. Both Sara and Stu come from strong dairy farming backgrounds with Sara having the honour of being a Dairy NZ Environment Leader and has also achieved Synlait Lead with Pride Elite Standard on their farm.

A decision to go sharemilking has meant bigger bills, but it has also meant bigger pay cheques and more autonomy for a young Southland couple.

Southlander John Riordan knows just how exhausting, time-consuming and expensive that downer cows are at the start of the season.

The hunt to resolve empty rates in their high-production Southland herd, led Darrell and Julie Wendelgelst on a journey that ended with the Dairy Business Centre’s (DBC) Charlotte Flay.

“We were honestly contemplating selling the farm and cutting our losses. But we talked to Rowan about how we could farm our way out of it, and he came up with our current, simplified model.”
Andrew Quigley, Quigley Farming