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DAIRY PEOPLE: Anchor Jerseys
NZ Dairy / Summer 2014
Aleasha Shaw’s parents, Judy and the late Mark Shaw (left) and her grandfather, Don Shaw, enjoy a February 2011 visit to Anchor Jerseys by delegates to the International Jersey Conference.
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Kelly Deeks Aleasha Shaw and partner Adam Veart are continuing the family dairying and stud breeding work of Aleasha’s father, Mark Shaw, who died in November 2011. The young couple are managing the dairy farm and Anchor Jersey Stud, which was started by Aleasha’s great-grandfather, George Shaw, in 1935. The farm peak-milks 550 cows, and winter-milks 270. Aleasha Shaw had been dairy farming for two years when she was called home to run the family farm. Veart has worked on the farm for the past 10 years, and was second-in-charge to Mark. He and Shaw now manage the dairy farm and the stud together, with support from three other Shaws – her mother, Judy; her younger brother, Matthew; and her grandfather, Don. Don Shaw, who was at the helm before Mark took over and is now a representative for CRV Ambreed, helps with breeding decisions. Coming back home was a big change, says Aleasha. “I was working my way up to a 2IC role where I was. I wasn’t really ready to manage, but we’re
learn from other people as he reckoned his way was not always the best. doing okay, with my training and Adam’s knowledge of the farm and the cows. This farm is more intensively feeding the cows than where I was, but I was able to learn a lot of grass management there, which has helped a lot here. “I would loved to have been able to work with Dad, but he always wanted me to learn from other people as he reckoned his way was not always the best.” Mark Shaw had been using AgriSea, New Zealand native seaweed products for a few years in an attempt to minimise chemical fertilisers. Veart says that after trialling AgriSea on three or four paddocks, Mark saw a response in the soil and clover yield,and applied it to the whole run-off.
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