Pick the system that fits your farm

Eight off-paddock systems compared. Real cost per cow, real farms, real numbers.

Feedpads, loafing pads, composting barns, free-stall barns. Every system has a different price, a different footprint, and a different payoff. This guide lays out all eight side by side: the m² per cow, the build cost, the cleaning demands, and the farms already running them. No guesswork, just the numbers you need before you commit.

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8

Systems compared

50+ yrs

Build lifespan

$1,200

Starting cost per cow, +GST

4

Real farms featured

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First morning, not a single cow was standing. It paid for itself already.
Willie Bosch
— Willie Bosch, Creaming It Farm
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Eight systems. Every number a farmer actually asks for.

Uncovered feedpad

$1,200

per cow +GST

Covered loafing pad

$2,800

per cow +GST

Uncovered loafing pad

$1,300

per cow +GST

Mono-pitch composting barn

$1,200

per cow +GST

Centre-pole composting barn

$2,500

per cow +GST

Gable-roof composting barn

$2,200

per cow +GST

Centre-lane composting barn

$2,500

per cow +GST

Free-stall barn

$5,000

per cow +GST

Plus real farm case studies from North Otago, Southland, Wellington, and Canterbury — cost per cow, m² per cow,
loafing time, cleaning demands, and equipment needs for each system.

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