Our Farms

Today DDL oversees 21 dairy farms throughout the Waikato region, milking 9,000 cows on 2,750 hectares producing 2.865M kgMS. The DDL portfolio on average produces 1,042 kgMS/ha and 320 kgMS/cow. Here’s a snapshot of some of the farming operations that we supervise:

Raedon Farms

Ngatea, Hauraki Plains

Raedon Farms has been in the Challis family since 1985. The farm has grown substantially in size in the past 20 years and is an amalgamation of three dairy units and two run-offs, increasing ...

- 270
- Hectares
- 310,000
- kgMS
- 870
- Cows

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Crescent Genetics

Kaihere, Hauraki Plains

Home of the 'Crescent' Jersey stud line, Crescent Genetics Limited is owned by Mark and Diane Townshend.

As the fourth generation to oversee the breeding objectives of the stud, Mark and ...

- 160
- Hectares
- 176,000
- kgMS
- 540
- Cows

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White Pine Dairies

Ngatea, Hauraki Plains

White Pine Dairies is an established dairy farm that has been in the same family since 1946 and is now in its fifth generation of farming.

DDL has managed the farm comprising 900 cows on...

- 225
- Hectares
- 270,000
- kgMS
- 900
- Cows

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Haurakian Charitable Trust

Ngatea, Hauraki Plains

The Haurakian Charitable Trust bought the Hayward Dairy Farm in 2006 to provide financial support to Hauraki Plains College and the local community.

At 64 hectares and only a five minute ...

- 64
- Hectares
- 66,500
- kgMS
- 200
- Cows

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Raynham Jerseys

Kerepehi, Hauraki Plains

Raynham Jerseys, located in Kerepehi, is a family-owned farm which was established by Gary and Barbara Townshend in 1989.

The farm is home to one of New Zealand's very elite Jersey herds -...

- 77
- Hectares
- 80,000
- kgMS
- 260
- Cows