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Tom Rowling talks about his feed pad mats
Tom Rowling milks 560 cows rotary cowshed on the outskirts of Morrinsville. The farm is a system 4-5 farm with a roofed feed pad to assist with feed supplements. "We found the feed pad would go slippery, particularly in summer". So Tom decided to try some HexFloor...
We talk herringbone matting benefits with Carl Watkins
Te Awamutu farmer Carl Watkins was doing some improvements to his herringbone cow shed last season, which included installing an in-shed feed system. "Once the feed system was installed, we found the cows were slipping a lot more as they were motivated to get the feed...
Peter Sullivan talks about his UltraGrip Yard Mats
Peter Sullivan Milks 550 cows lose to Kaponga, Taranaki uses the EasyMst UltraGrip Mats for his yard. “We were getting bad slipping all through the yard, and had to put a handful of cows down – we needed a solution. We matted the whole yard to solve the problem. Our...
We Talk About Soft Pit Matting with Greg and Sonya
Greg and Sonya Hurley use the EasyMat Soft Floor Anti-Fatigue Pit Mats for in their Milking Shed. We talked to Jamie and Nadia who work for Greg and Sonya and do the majority of the milking. “There’s no slipping when we are milking, it’s far more sure-footed, so we...
Hamish & Bernadette talk about their Herd Home Slat Mats
Hamish & Bernadette Wales use the EasyMst Slat Mats for their Herd Home. “We milk 500 cows through a rotary shed and have two 60m long by 3 grates wide herd homes which we winter them in, and we have the Easymat slat mats in them. The reason we put slat mats in...
Irene Phillips talks to EasyMat about her UltraGrip and Hex Mat
Andrew Allen talks to EasyMat about his Hex Mat
Garth Pickford talks to EasyMat about his UltraGrip
Henry Hendricks talks to EasyMat about his Hex Mat
No Lame Cows with the EasyMat Hex Floor Matting
Andrew uses Hex mat matting. He runs a winter milk system with approx. 350 cows He Says “10mls of rain can do a lot of damage with the cows on it, it’s all about preserving the paddocks over the winter, and when the spring comes you grow a lot more grass.