Since then, the family had launched a free-range hen farm, selling produce under the brand Old Road Eggs. He had been feeding the milking herd baleage and fodder beet but the silage supply had not been needed, he said. The boundaries of the more than 190ha dairy farm includes State Highway 1 and Taieri River. A swollen river puts the entire dairy farm underwater at least once a year, he said. Nearly 40 people attend a Taieri Discussion Group event, run by DairyNZ, hosted by Josh and Ellie-May Adam’s dairy farm in Allanton, near Mosgiel.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 24, 2026 21:38 UTC