Tour Of Kerry's 540 Cow Canterbury Dairy Farm

While I was down in the south I had tour around Kerry's impressive operation he runs 30 mins from Christchurch, He and his wife Aimee sharemilk two properties consisting of 1100 kiwicross dairy cows.
Beautiful property and much different landscape than back at home up north

[@davidporter4162]

Really interesting video thanks Andrew. Great to see that Kerry replanted the beet plant he pulled out instead of just dropping it on the ground. True OCD, wouldn't want to see a gap in the row!

[@peasant5612]

😂, yes true

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Every plant counts 😉😂

[@corkion]

fine set up regards from ireland

[@roseknott9568]

Brilliant video Andrew - and great go watch 🇬🇧 be good to see another like this 👌👌

[@alpinefarmer1794]

I manage a farm just out of ashburton. The whole Canterbury Plains has changed since spray Irrigation got big. The old flood Irrigation days was horrible. On our farm we're using 50% less water and growing more grass

[@hamishharneiss3611]

Great tour👍thanks Andrew and Kerry.

[@thecowcockie3726]

500 solids a cow with only 650kg/cow of imported feed is very impressive. Top notch operator. How many hectares was the farm? I missed that.

[@TheAgeOfLyrics]

As someone who farms in Canterbury, its awesome to see how others farms are run and to see others operations within the area

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Definitely! Nobody does it the same and everyone has there little tips and tricks 👍

[@johncooke3353]

It’s a brilliant way of getting young people into agriculture, NZ share farming I wish people would do it here in the UK. Very interesting video Andrew 👍🏻👌🏻

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

So so much more opportunities out here in the industry 👍

[@AgathaCsmpbell]

😂🎉😢😅😊

[@AgathaCsmpbell]

M m❤😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉😮😮😢😅😅😊😊

[@tom4412]

Uk is alright

[@northshoreireland1074]

Great video Andrew, interesting get a glimpse into the larger farms. I worked on a 500 cow farm here in Ireland and the scale of everything keeps you on your toes. Hope all is good on your end lad.

[@brendanwalsh63]

Great video Andrew. Almost 10 years ago to the day I finished up my college placement on a farm near rakaia in Canterbury before heading back to Ireland

[@multipower617]

Really good video Canterbury has got to be the best place in the world for dairy farming

[@user-cw2cs6qx1l]

Good to see a different dairying system in NZ. Cheers 🇦🇺 1:11

[@colinkennedy8730]

Great content team well done and all the best going forward

[@peasant5612]

Wow Andrew that was awesome 😊😮 Its completely different to me here in northland. Didnt want the video to end. Just thinking me in northland, you in the Waikato and Kerry in Canterbury and how different our land is and how farming goes. Yes im even envious of the grass you grow , never mind that amazing green stuff Kerry can grow. That was refreshing to see what they do down there . Tidy tanker area, puts me to complete shame 😢 😂 Time to up my game I guess

[@NZFarmboy80]

I'm also in Northland (Towai) I done 6 seasons in Canterbury in the early 2000's, I highly recommend doing a few seasons down there, made me a better farmer.

[@digthisnz1943]

Really interesting video, well put together 👍🏼

[@yvonneward]

Great video love it when farmers do a tour of them visiting other farms thank you Kerry for letting Andrew film your ‘set up ‘ today loved it 😊

[@AgathaCsmpbell]

🎉😂😂

[@douggilroy1188]

Fascinating!

[@DaveG7920]

Excellent video that, really like the farm tour type videos.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@philipwatts992]

Great video Andrew

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks 👍

[@JenniferA886]

Cheers for the vid 👍👍👍

[@Monagarrow]

Great production per cow 🐄

[@cdemo1186]

Awesome set up Andrew, seriously flat for sure. You wouldn't see or even require any of those pivots over here 😉🤣

[@stevepalmer8285]

Awsome content 👌

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Interesting video

[@farmtour1]

Great video. Loved the tour, reminded me of some of the sights I saw while working over there years ago. Interesting to see that dairy cattle aren’t allowed on ground they haven’t been on before

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yeah it’s getting very regulated down in Canterbury, mainly because of the lighter stoney soils which have a higher Nitrate leaching. In saying that they’ve all done an awesome job around better farming practices regarding it 👌

[@farmtour1]

@@TheOnceADayFarmer yeah there seems to be a lot of good work being done to rectify some wrongs

[@tom4412]

Fantastic flat fields

[@alanb9337]

Might ask sometime about what the management considerations for cow hoof health are in Canterbury these days. When the boom irrigator is travelling straight forward/ reverse, they are called a linear travelling boom irrigator. At least there were plenty of straw bales to tie down/ weigh down the irrigator booms with for stong winds.

[@user-op5tx6fi9t]

I wanna to visit your diary cow firm. So attractive work.

[@user-eh1nq7jw6x]

Hi Andrew, if you are in southland one day and you want to spend time at a Hooftrimming crush like that, come see me. I got the other Appleton Steel chute. They came to together.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

That’s cool! Looks like and awesome set up 👍 Cheers mate, if I’m down that way again I might have to take you up on that 👌

[@Luishenriqueeess]

Essa sala de ordenha moderna é um show 😊...

[@simonmackle4323]

Thanks Andrew and Kerry for the video - You're doing a great job Kerry and well filmed and compered Andrew. I've got a question for Kerry.. How time efficient is the slurry wagon .. If you were converting a farm and couldnt put the effluwnt hrough a pivot would you go with a travelling irrigator like a Williams or would you go with the slurry wagon? cheers Simon Mackle, Kaikoura

[@azlanshah1437]

good job

[@Rob-dunk]

Great video, like the idea with the mating and not wasting straws on the bottom 20% and putting them straight to the bulls. Learn something new every day. Is one of the farms Kerry runs near Leeston?

[@peasant5612]

I know they'd tail the herd with bulls. However a 2 year old bull costs $2500-3000 so to buy in a bull especially to run with lowest 20% doesn't make economic sense. Plus the inconvenience of a second mob. When a beef straw costs as little as $10 plus $6-7 for insemination

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍 Very interesting Andrew it's a shame you couldn't convey how cold it can be down in the South Island

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yeah great point! I was thinking the same thing 👍

[@warrenbarlow3110]

Hey Andrew it would be cool if you did a new farm tour on your farm as your old ones a bit out dated now would be a cool video to watch. Keep up the awesome videos bro❤

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yeah possibly a good idea! 👍

[@paulfinnan1984]

Great video andrew.l credit due to kerry

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Absolutely

[@user-qf4ci8hp9h]

Best 👍👍👍

[@willyfindlay4398]

Thanks for great interesting video. Quick question , what do you mean F10 or F12 ??? I presume the ban on more cows is to do with nitrate levels in run off water ??? Thanks again Andrew 😊

[@jackdennehy-coles8119]

It is breeding F is fresian J jersey etc and 10 is the amount of great great grand parents that in this case are fresian so a cow that is f12 is 2/3 fresian and likely 1/3 Jerseys 12 of 16 ancestors are fresian while the remaining four are Jersey

[@willyfindlay4398]

@jackdennehy-coles8119 thank you, I studied Horticulture at Agricultural college not farming. Thanks.

[@Natoyarose]

I have been wondering for some time what impact it has to stop most water flowing into the ocean. Given our human tendency to break natural cycles and cause unintended consequences, I think it is something that needs to be researched before it is completely interrupted.

[@chrismmun]

Are the input costs different between chch and Waikato

[@andrewstreet4157]

Was going to ask the same! Cracking video Andrew! I assume your costs are lower. Am I right?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

It’s an interesting one, I would imagine they are as the power to run the irrigators and pumps wouldn’t be cheap but Kerry runs a very good ship so would be interesting to compare

[@brianjonker510]

Is Canterbury a dryer part of NZ? Is it dryer than your farm? So how much % Jersey is his target cow? Then the balance is just Frisian? No other breeds? When he is grazing the fodder beet does he feed less barley during milking?

[@Natoyarose]

Yes, Canterbury is a dryer part of NZ and it is a lot dryer than the Waikato. That is one of the reasons there is a lot of questioning as to why dairy farming was ever allowed on the Canterbury plains, because there is now an issue with nitrate leaching from cow urine and fertilisers into ground water.

[@peasant5612]

I suppose if he aiming at an F10 cow, the remainder is J6. So 37.5% jersey

[@Connor6569]

@@Natoyarose Mostly because of the thin soils. Doesn't help when you're short grass grazing though.

[@trevorstewart8]

Canterbury is our main wheat and other grains growing area as the hot dry winds flowing east off the Southern Alps towards the Pacific Ocean is ideal for maturing the crops.

[@SarojGhale-nt4bm]

I need come there in new Zealand cow farm for working. So How to apply sir?

[@douggilroy1188]

One comment seemed like Kerry was not the owner of the land?

[@douggilroy1188]

Later in the video explained the business model, thanks.

[@ag8556]

Problem with kiwi cross is like cow at start health problems

[@user-ry2bb6yo3p]

I'm from the USA I watch all your videos. Also wondering why you only milk once a day. You have a big accent that guy really has a strong accent but cool keep doing them

[@peasant5612]

It's a business model that can easily be done in New Zealand with outdoor farming

[@trevorstewart8]

Once a day can give an almost similar solids return as twice a day, but with less feed required, so costs are lower.