George Churr

Currently 9% ahead on production season to date in a very challenging spring in Southland.

• Improved herd health by implementing effective disease prevention and control measures.
• Maintained cleanliness of the milking parlor and surrounding areas through regular cleaning routines that met regulatory standards.
• Record milkproduction and low empty rate that enabled us to cull unproductive cows.

• 500 Cows Through a 40 aside herringbone
• Rearing 400 Plus calves, aiming for nil Bobby Calves
• System 2 Winter all stock on platform support block and home farm
• Fodder beet, kale, swedes

• 210 ha farm, 640 Cows, 54 Bail Rotary shed
• Hands on stock and animal health management, feed budgeting and mating planning
• Management of two full time staff and one part time tractor driver
• Minda, ACR, in bail teat spray and in-shed feeding
• Pro track drafting gates
• Use of cow manager application in conjunction with onsite farm management practices
• Proactive animal health management
• Milk solids daily average is higher than the previous season and on track to reach target

• 240ha Farm, 660 cows, 50 bail rotary shed, runoff
• Pasture assessment, planning and implementation of farm grazing plans
• Management of 2 full time employees
• Ensuring dairy farm effluent management practices comply with Environment Southland regulations and Farm policies
• Hands on stock and animal health management, feed budgeting and mating planning

• Relief farm management in the absence of the Contract milker
• Pasture assessment, planning and implementation of farm grazing plans
• Sole charge of the milking shed, vat and plant wash and shed checks
• Effluent system management according to farm policy and Environment Southland Regulations
• General repairs and maintenance of dairy shed, machinery, farm motorbikes and tractor
• Identifying calved cows, matching cows and calves, drafting springers
• Feeding out silage, topping paddocks

• 650 cows, 44 bail rotary shed with ACR, automatic teat spray and in shed feeding
• Sole charge of milking shed, vat and plant wash and shed inspections
• Relief farm management for Sharemilker
• Pasture Management

• Supervision of 19 Team members
• Adherence and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures
• Ensuring employee safety and adherence to Operating procedures
• Planning, implementation and control of production schedules
• Quality Control and process improvement

• Cattle sheep and Goat breeding
• Animal nutrition, genetics and reproduction
• Farm advice for breeding, animal health, grazing management
• Preparation of farm performance reports