“We had been so focused on the dayto-day running of the business and reaching the next goal that we hadn’t stopped to acknowledge what we had already achieved so far.” Sharleen Sealey wanting to help others move forward and achieve.” They are giving back to the dairy community by being the Share Farmer of the Year team leaders for 2022, supporting award entrants. They acknowledge the part Aran’s mum Sue played in getting him involved in the industry back in 2009. “She encouraged me to give it a go,” Aran says. “She has a real love for the land, like Sharleen’s parents do, so there is a lot of common ground there and we can have good, productive farming conversations with her. She is a dairy farmer at heart.” Sharleen grew up on the farm and remembers it being at the centre of many extended family gatherings and celebrations; she has many happy
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The Sealeys run a System 3 farm and grow lucerne and maize on the support block across the road. Aran checks the pasture quality.
About 100 replacement calves are kept, although the Sealeys kept 130 this season. The surplus will be sold if they are not needed for the herd.
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