Part of the project is the P3 Trust Hauraki Monitor Farms: five high-profit farms located in the Hauraki Plains which share their information through a weekly newsletter and field days.
The farms operate on a range of different soil types, employ different management systems, and apply and measure success using some innovative and creative farming practices.
Newsletter
The weekly P3 Monitor Farms newsletter provides regular updates of KPIs local farmers can benchmark against. Reporting includes financial performance and evaluating some of the more experimental, and potentially unfamiliar on-farm practices.
P3 Monitor Farms – Feed harvested/ha, FWE/kgMS and Operating surplus/ha
Farm: |
Feed Harvested/ha (t) |
FWE/KgMS ($) |
Operating Surplus/ha ($/ha @ $6/kgMS) |
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Year: |
2015 - 2016 |
2016 - 2017 |
2015 - 2016 |
2016 - 2017 |
2016-17 |
Troy and Adriana/Clayton-Greene, (CM) |
16.2 |
15.1 |
$2-78 |
$3-04 |
$4621 |
John and Nikki Garrett, and Greg and Margaret Garrett |
14.2 |
13.8 |
$2-42 (50%SM) |
$2-10 (50%SM) |
$1714 (50%SM) |
Neil and Glenda Gray, Teagan and Ashley des Landers |
13.5 |
12.7 |
$3-28 |
$3-85 |
$3337 |