Dairy Trust Taranaki ticking all the boxesESTHER TAUNTON/STUFF Dairy Trust Taranaki science co-ordinator Debbie McCallum, left, with DTT farm managers Matt Butler and Brett Thomson on the trust's Gibson farm near Hawera. The first nine months have been 'a bit of a rollercoaster' for Dairy Trust Taranaki but the organisation has hit its stride, operations manager Debbie McCallum says. ESTHER TAUNTON/STUFF Stratford Demonstration Farm supervisor Graeme Ptiman outside the covered stand-off and feed pad at the East Rd property. The farm staff have since been employed by Dairy Trust TaranakiREAD MORE:* New Taranaki Dairy Trust sets strategy* Dairy Trust Taranaki is launched* Stratford Demonstration Farm reaches major milestoneDTT's accountants, Staples Rodway, had installed a computer network with equipment and the trust had provided secondhand vehicles to replace those previously on-site for DairyNZ. The trust was also in the process of securing farmers near the Waimate West and Stratford demonstration farms to come on board as companion farmers.

Source: Stuff September 17, 2017 21:33 UTC