The Farms

Lanercost

The intention of a Future Farm is to demonstrate how new technologies and systems impact whole business performance, while maintaining leading production standards 

 

Farm location
North Canterbury Future Farm
SCORE (%)
3%
EBITRM/TFC
4.4 % Target for 2020

(%) Earnings before Tax, Rent, Manager salary as % Total Farm Capital

Farm insights

Stock

Approx 7000 SU farm of Sheep and Cattle

  • Reproductive performance
  • Production efficiencies

People

2 Full Time employee's 

  • Safety, Wellness and Wellbeing
  • Developing and Retaining Talent

Environment

Hurunui catchment in North Canterbury, NZ

  • Climate
  • Water quality
  • Biodiversity

Land

1310 effective hectares of land and 20ha QE11 forestry

  • Soil
  • Pasture
  • Crops

Innovation

  • Technology
  • Farm Systems
  • Market opportunities

Farm reports

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2020 Sheep Scanning

Scanning results from 2020 season
Stock
PDF 117KB

Lease Learnings Document 2019

Negotiating the Future Farm Lease
Finance
PDF 977KB

Open Day 2019 Booklet

Background and key stats for 2019 Open Day
Land
Finance
Environment
PDF 6848KB

Lanercost Environmental Audit 2018

Comprehensive farm audit as part of the lease due diligence process
Environment
PDF 3737KB

Farm Environment Plan

Lanercost Farm Environment Plan
Environment
PDF 281KB

Sheep Genetics Plan 2018

AbacusBio developed a proposed genetic plan to identify breeders to approach for ram selection. The key objective of this was to firstly identify the key perfor
Stock
PDF 741KB

About the farm

Team

The Farm team consists of a Farm Manager, a Shepherd, and a Farm Supervisor.

Purpose

The vision is to inspire vibrant farming communities through demonstrating farming excellence.

Community Advisory Panel

This page is currently in development, please check back in 2021

Story so far

Our aim is for the farm to operate with full transparency, sharing what is being planned on the farm, and what is being achieved and why.

Farm map

View our fly over video here