Northwind Farm

About

A pictorial adventure of the development of our farm.

Story

Situated beside the Tauherenikau River, North Wind farm is 64 ha of river flats in two terraces.
The lower river flats are dotted with ancient Kowhai trees that are a haven to Tui in the spring.
My wife Jo and I are involved in dairy farming, for the past 14 years we have been 50% share milking with 540 on South Featherston Road. We originally bought 22 ha 6 years ago beside state highway 2. Two years ago we purchased 42 ha from a neighboring a horse stud.
With careful land stewardship and over time we plan to create a beautiful farm that provides a modest income. We want to bring back the native birdsong to the area by enhancing the biodiversity on the farm and protecting what little native bush there is left.
Over time you will witness North Wind pass through the seasons with storms and drought as well as the good times of plenty in the spring and summer.
At the moment North Wind farm operates as a support farm for the share milking business growing young replacement stock.
We plan to build a home on North Wind and eventually change to a new lifestyle less demanding than dairy farming.