Stand-off and feed pads

Standing-off and feed pad infrastructure has important environmental and animal welfare implications on any dairy farm.

Stand-off and feed pads can have a number of benefits for your herd, the environment, the efficiency of your farm operation and your bottom line. These include protecting pastures from pugging, capturing effluent, maintaining healthy well-fed cows, and ease of feeding supplements.

Here you will find information about managing cow comfort and health during stand-off. Also, take a look at our advice and tips on stand-off and feed pad decision-making and planning, design and construction, effluent system management and pad management.

We have also put together a series of case studies of farms throughout New Zealand, which have chosen to incorporate a pad into their farming system.