For the Rogers family, every great milking cow starts with exceptional calf rearing. Their purpose-built automated calf facility combines technology, outstanding stockmanship and practical design to rear hundreds of calves each autumn, delivering healthier young stock, faster growth rates and stronger future herd performance.

Why build new when a smart renovation can deliver the same result for half the cost? By retaining the existing milk room and vat while completely rebuilding everything else, Matamata dairy farmer Earl Lecky transformed his ageing herringbone dairy into a modern, light-filled facility that improves efficiency, cow flow and everyday enjoyment on the farm.

After years of milking 750 cows through two aging herringbone sheds, Ngaere Farms knew change was needed.

The third-generation Taranaki farming family chose to build a centralised 60-bail rotary dairy designed around labour efficiency, cow comfort and long-term sustainability. With custom decisions throughout the build — from effluent management to automation and operator comfort — the result is a dairy designed for the next generation.