Morrinsville farmer Geoff Irwin operates Irwin Farms, a system 5 operation milking 340 cows. Having a desire to lift farm production in 2016 but unable to purchase any surrounding land, the decision was made to intensify operations and move from a traditional grass-fed model to a herd home utilising a Keenan MechFiber360 mixer wagon.
Case Studies
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Case Study “Having produced 1kg of milk solids per 10kg of dry matter we now get the same results on 9kg of dry matter”
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Case Study “With changes in environmental red tape we were keen to make the move to a wintering barn”
Vaughan Webber has been a Southland based dairy farmer for the past 20 years just outside of Edendale. Initially share milking a herd size of 600 cows before taking the step into the same farm's ownership with a 300-cow herd in 2021.
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Case Study "We started using the Keenan Orbital Muck Spreaders 14 years ago and haven’t looked back since”
Servicing the Clutha district, Farm Effluent Cleaning are a nine-man team looking after farm effluent pond and pad compliance, cleaning and desludging.
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Case Study “We saw a huge lift in overall herd health and milk production and have maintained it ever since”
Initially running a stage 3 grass and high TMR (total mixed ration) system we made the moved in 2010 to a stage 4 production system with the introduction of a newly built feed pad and a Keenan MechFiber400 mixer wagon.
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Case Study “These are amazing machines – I tried other brands but just didn’t like them”
Servicing the central Southland district, L J Contracting runs a twelve man team looking after farm effluent pond compliance, cleaning, desludging, as well as a baling and cultivation crew.
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