New Zealand: On the Farm

In NZ, we stayed with Lance and Steph on the Oliver Dairy Farm. It was a nice, relaxing place to spend a week and their farm is close to a lot of sightseeing.

On the farm, we went everywhere on 4 wheelers.
WHAT WE LEARNED ON THE FARM:
* They use DeLaval milking equipment just like the Anderson Farm in Wisconsin.
* They rotate the cows from paddock to paddock. The cows eat nothing but grass...
* Except when they're eating turnips. They plant turnips to put nitrogen back into the soil.
* Their cows are Fresians - they need to be able to get up and down these huge hills.
* Sheep are out, cows are in. The # of sheep in NZ is declining as more people do dairy.

Here are some pics from the farm, including Steph feeding her horse, and a pink sheep (the sheep is from the ride to the farm, not from their farm. But here's where I'm including it).
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NZ Farm shots