Ashburton Courier: January 14, 2021
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RURAL<br />
22 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>January</strong> <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Redmonds win trophy at<br />
prime cattle competition<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong>farmers David and<br />
Lynley Redmondwon the HTJ<br />
Thacker Trophy for the single<br />
steer withanAngus in therecent<br />
Canterbury A&P Association<br />
prime cattlecompetition.<br />
The couple also placed third<br />
for the Floridale Trophy witha<br />
pair of steers (Angus).<br />
John McDrury of Dunsandel<br />
placed second and third in the<br />
single steer competition category<br />
with Limousin and Angus steers<br />
respectively.<br />
Mr McDrury also went on to<br />
take out the supremeaward,<br />
winning the Silversteam Trophy<br />
for apair of Limousin heifers,<br />
the Springbrook Trophy for<br />
single heifer(Limousin), the<br />
Floridale Trophy forpair of<br />
steers (Angus) and the<br />
CountdownTrophy for local<br />
trade pair(Limousin).<br />
John Totty has an eye to the future and alighter cow with less environmental impact.<br />
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Jersey cows have featured<br />
prominently overthe years<br />
amongthe fourgenerations<br />
on John Totty’s 465hectare<br />
property at Staveley.<br />
The Staveley Jersey stud<br />
was founded by John’s<br />
grandfather,apassionate<br />
Jersey breeder, in the early<br />
1960s.<br />
Back then the farmmilked<br />
150 cows and ran dairy<br />
replacements, sheep, beef,<br />
and crop.<br />
When John’s parents took<br />
overthe business the farm<br />
was expanded, purchasing a<br />
neighbouring property in<br />
1995which was converted<br />
the following year. A<br />
Friesian herd was<br />
purchasedand for 20 years<br />
the property supported a<br />
750cow herd while<br />
continuing to run young<br />
stock.<br />
John purchased the dryland<br />
farm in 2015, which<br />
today milks 1000 cows across<br />
twosheds with young stock<br />
grazed offfarm.<br />
Seven years ago the farm<br />
had50:50 Jersey and<br />
Friesian genetics, today it<br />
wasabout 70 percent Jersey<br />
genetics and breeding back<br />
towards afull Jersey herd.<br />
Thetransition to Jerseys<br />
hasbeen an easydecision,<br />
John said.<br />
“Every season we have<br />
increased theJersey content<br />
of theherdand managed to<br />
hold or increase percow<br />
production without any farm<br />
system changes. Thisseason<br />
we have increased<br />
production by 15 percent<br />
while only increasing cow<br />
numbers by 10 percent.”<br />
The ultimate goal was to<br />
achieve efficient, profitable<br />
production.<br />
“We are aiming to gettothe<br />
point where we produce a<br />
kilogram of milksolids for<br />
every kilogram of liveweight,<br />
while keeping farm working<br />
expenses under $4.”<br />
“Sevenyears ago, with a50<br />
percent Friesian herd, we<br />
were doing 265,000 kilograms<br />
of milksolids, now we are<br />
achieving 385,000 kilograms<br />
of milksolids with a<br />
predominantly Jersey herd,<br />
at alower cost. Our Fonterra<br />
cheque is always ahead of the<br />
company average too.”<br />
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