David and Kay Dodunski named Supreme winners of the 2007 Southland BFEA
In the News
Jan 1, 2007
The Dodunski’s holistic approach to dairy farming and their concern for both the dairy industry and the people who work in it were key contributors to their award success.
Ballance Farm Environment Award judges were impressed by the consistent stock performance achieved on the farm, the family’s use of benchmarking and monitoring and their focus on keeping the farm both environmentally and economically sustainable
Costs are closely scrutinised, debt levels are kept under control, and changes to inputs are made where practical.
A ryegrass-clover system is the basis of the grazing regime, with up to 28ha direct drilled into winter crop annually and then sown out into perennial pasture the following year. To achieve cost savings, no winter feed is made. However, small quantities of barley have been fed in the past two winters and there are reserves of silage and barley on hand to meet summer or winter feed shortages.
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