The Southern Dairy Hub now has a Fonterra supply number!
This month’s activities
- The hub now has a Fonterra supply number.
- The dairy shed has been commissioned and staff training in system functions and operation.
- Work continues on the research facilities, with the collecting yards finished and loading ramp installed.
- Shavings have been spread in the calf sheds and pens constructed ready for the first calves on the ground.
- Concrete has been poured and tilt slabs put in place for the three silage bunkers.
- Vet stand, computer room, viewing platform, toilets have been fitted in the dairy shed and staff now have their kitchen facilities for hot lunches!
- Automatic drafting and weigh scales are in place.
- Both the effluent pond and weeping walls have now been fenced off with netting for safety.
- The effluent system has been commissioned.
Photo gallery
Supply number and rapid address
Supply number and rapid address
Fodder beet winter crops
Fodder beet winter crops
Staff room
Staff room
Loading ramp off the research facilities
Loading ramp off the research facilities
Entry and exit points onto the yard
Entry and exit points onto the yard
Weeping walls fenced off
Weeping walls fenced off
Effluent pond deer fenced for safety
Effluent pond deer fenced for safety
Feed system and silos installed
Feed system and silos installed
Milk vats in position
Milk vats in position
Calf pens
Calf pens
Young stock on the grazing block
Young stock on the grazing block
Calf paddocks fenced
Calf paddocks fenced
Construction of the silage bunkers
View across the bottom terrace from the calf sheds
14-construction-of-silage-bunkers
Construction of the silage bunkers
Construction of the silage bunkers
Construction of the silage bunkers
View of the dairy shed
View of the dairy shed
Travelling irrigator testing
Travelling irrigator testing
Vet stand
Vet stand