Southland dairy embraces high-performance biological farming
Darrell and Julie Wendelgelst had already been paying close attention to their soils when Darrell travelled to Tasmania with the Dairy Business Centre on a biological farming tour in 2023. With some cows in Darrell and Julie’s 400-cow herd producing up to 1000kg MS, they could have been forgiven for approaching any kind of change cautiously.
Hard hooves save time
Anyone who has followed a lame cow up the track, knows it’s a lesson in fortitude for the cow, and patience for the person landed with the job.
