Team

Jono, wife Kelly and their 2 children are 50/50 share milking 500 cows at Tussock Creek. They also have business interests in another 700 cows 50/50 position. Coming from a town background in Wellington Jono has been dairy farming now with more than 20 years’ experience. The Bavin’s are Southland/Otago’s 2015 Share farmer of the year where they also took home 5 merits and the National Environment merit award. Jono brings a range of skills to the table, he has a sound financial understanding of budgets and accounts, strategic planning…

Tony, wife Vicki and their 2 children 50/50 share milk 1000 cows at Avondale. They also have a significant shareholding in a dairy farm milking 550 cows at Opio where they employ a contract milker, with Tony supervising this farm from a governance and management level. Tony’s strengths lie with building a farm and financial plan and implementing it successfully, he enjoys developing people and is passionate about outcomes that benefit all parties involved. Tony is currently studying for an MBA at Otago University. He has a Diploma in Agribusiness…

Ivan is the principal of Agribusiness Consultants Ltd, Ivan heads a team of five specialist and general farm consultants that cover all aspects of farm management from day-to-day management fine-tuning to property assessments, investment analysis and property supervision. Ivan specialises in dairy management, investment analysis, farm system analysis and governance. He has also consulted in Ireland and the UK. Ivan and his wife, Vivienne, are shareholders in three dairy properties milking 2030 cows producing 960,000kgMS. He is also a director or trustee of many farming businesses.   Contact details Phone:…

Chris & Charleen dairy farm 150ha at Benmore milking 430 cows. Chris has 19 years of farming experience progressing through the industry from herd manager to owner-operator. In the past three years, Chris has also overseen 6 dairy farms, supporting the owners/managers in their daily farm management roles, adding value to their businesses through forwarding planning and practical advice. Chris and Charleen were Southland Sharemilkers of the Year in 2005, Chris is an electrician by trade completing an NZ Cert in Engineering – Electrical, he has also completed Agribusiness management…