Camden Dairy Farm

Rakaia Selwyn Road, Bankside

Total of 221 ha, 212 ha effective area – all flat
Converted to dairy in 1994
90ha spray irrigated by three Rotorainer irrigators, 108ha by a 753m long centre pivot, plus some sprinklers in corners
Eyre stony silt loam soils
40 a-side herring bone dairy shed
690 cows milked at peak
320,000 kg milksolids, 1,500kg milksolids/ha
Farm Manager - Alvin Caparos
Plus 4 full time staff