Winter Grazing Plan

Papapamu Total Wintering Area:
208ha
Winter Grazing Description:
Winter Grazing on fodder beet and rape for mixed age dairy cows, dry stock and young stock.

Hurst Holdings lease block

Address

660 - Georgetown-Pukeuri Road Pukeuri-Georgetown

Legal Description

LOT 1 DP 11090 SECS 95 99-100 PT SECS 96-98 106-110 46R BLK III PAPAKAIO SD LOT 1 DP 26419 LOT 1 DP 25803 LOTS 1 3 DP 25802

Land Owner

Douglas Culmer Hurst, Donna Maree Hurst, Geoffrey Ewen McPhail Banco Trustees Ltd,

c/- Hurst Holdings Ltd,

Private Bag 50060,

Oamaru 9444.

Farm Description:
Dairy Farm

Hurst Holdings Block Farm Area:

172ha
Hurst Holdings Block Wintering Area:
172ha
Winter Grazing Description:
Winter Grazing on fodder beet and rape for mixed age dairy cows, dry stock and young stock.

Soils

Pahau

Huntly

Address

185 Gibson Road Peebles

Legal Description

SEC 35 PT SECS 24/25 34 36/37 122/123 BLK III PAPAKAIO SD

Land Owner

Gen Set Ltd

c/- PL and AM Finlay,

875 Georgetown-Pukeuri Road,

RD 15K,

Oamaru 9494

Farm Description:
Dairy farm.

Huntly Farm Area:

64ha
Huntly Total Wintering Area:
64ha
Winter Grazing Description:
Winter Grazing on fodder beet or rape for mixed age dairy cows, dry stock and young stock.

Soils

Ngapara Silt Loam.

Butter Barn

Address

261 Peebles Siding Road, Peebles-Papakaio

Legal Description

Secs 101A 102A 28A Steward Sett

Land Owner

Butter Barn Ltd

c/- PL & AM Finlay,

875 Georgetown-Pukeuri Road,

RD 15K,

Oamaru 9494

Farm Description:
Dairy Farm

Butter Barn Farm Area:

166ha
Butter Barn Total Wintering Area:
166ha

Winter Grazing Description:
Winter Grazing on fodder beet and rape for mixed age dairy cows, dry stock and young stock.

Soils

Steward.

Glengyle

Address

159 Pukeuri-Oamaru Road, Fernbrook, Pukeuri

Legal Description

SECS 43 1 OF 61 66 69 1274R PTS 40 45 47 BLK I OAMARU SD LOT 5 DP 3826

Land Owner

Flag Farms Ltd

C/- EJ & RM Finlay,

185 Gibson Road,

RD 15K,

Oamaru 9494.

Farm Description:
Dairy farm run-off block.

Glengyle Farm Area:

124ha
Glengyle Total Wintering Area:
124ha
Winter Grazing Description:
Winter Grazing on fodder beet or rape for mixed age dairy cows, dry stock and young stock.

Soil

Brookstead, Timaru and Mayfield. Also some higher risk Pukeuri soils with high structural vulnerability, however these are on flat land and wintering on these will be managed for maximum preservation of soil structure.

Glenmorven

Address

Horse Gully Road Papakaio

Legal Description

ALLOT 5 DP 220 LOT 2 DP 462367 LOTS 3-4 DP 27733 SEC 1 SO 513203 LOTS 1-3DP 537143

Land Owner

Gen Set Ltd

c/- PL and AM Finlay,

875 Georgetown-Pukeuri Road,

RD 15K,

Oamaru 9494

Farm Description:
Dairy farm run-off block.

Glenmorven Farm Area:

361ha
Glenmorven Total Wintering Area:
361ha
Winter Grazing Description:
Winter Grazing on fodder beet or rape for mixed age dairy cows, dry stock and young stock.
Soils

Brookstead, Timaru, Kauru, Mayfield.

Critical Source Area Management

Critical Source Areas are areas that collect surface water and can transport nutrients to waterways or groundwater. Critical Source Areas (CSA's) are marked on the Winter Grazing Plans for each paddock.

Winter grazing does not occur in CSA's in wet conditions from 1 May to 30 September each year - these areas are left in grass, and upper reaches grazed while dry or lifted rather than grazed.
A CSA is dry enough to graze when no pugging results.
Stock are excluded from CSA's with a buffer of 5m, or up to 20m if steep. These buffers may be in a grass paddock lower down the CSA and may be supplemented by a temporary bale detention dam.
Bales are placed on higher areas of crop paddocks away from CSA's in areas where tractors can safely access.
Slopes are grazed top to bottom toward CSA's and waterways if possible.
Winter grazing does not occur within 5m of any waterway, or 100m of a water abstraction point. Any crop in these areas is lifted.
Backfences are used to protect previously grazed areas and they are replanted as early as practicable.
Crops are sown along the contour where safe to do so.

Wet Weather Planning and Animal Welfare

During wet weather when the paddock is becoming pugged beyond ankle height stock are run off to a sacrifice paddock with a large break to minimise damage and this is typically next years crop paddock.
Pugged paddocks are renovated with full cultivation back to grass including ripping if necessary.
Stock are given extra feed in wet, snowy or cold conditions.
Bale positions are moved daily to leave straw beds for stock to lie on.
Cows are scanned and drafted into early, mid and late calvers so springers can be moved onto grass paddocks ahead of calving.
Stock are consciously monitored daily for animal health issues such as acidosis, lameness, mastitis, condition loss, slowness, bagging up or calving. These animals are monitored, treated and separated as required.
Transition typically begins with 30 minutes on the first week from first cow on to last cow off and increases in 15 minute increments.
Mob sizes are restricted to 300 maximum during winter to limit competition and to limit pressure on paddocks, cows and staff in difficult conditions. Milking mobs grazing on/off can be 400.
A feed budget is used based on square metres and crop residual is monitored.