At Lodge farm we milk 220 pedigree Jerseys and raise over 100 head of young-stock, with a recently set up enterprise, rearing Aberdeen Angus cross Jersey beef. We run an all year round calving herd which is based on a 500 verges (230 acre) farm and milked through a 14:28 herringbone which incorporates a ACR and back flush system. Yields are currently running around the 6000 litre average but climbing fast due to the use of top genetics around the world, historically our herd has one of the highest butterfat averages, which currently stand at 5.9%. The farm produces its forages as well as some grain, the cows need to utilize grazed grass through the summer months and can rely on grass and maize silage, baled haylage as well as imported concentrate feed in the winter. We believe there are exciting times ahead for the business and are optimistic for the future. Louis and Yvonne Houzé bought the farm in 1944. Son Marcel and wife Anne Houzé then took over in 1968. In 1987 son Paul Houzé bought his way into the farm. High hopes for daughter Becky to come back to the farm to carry on for a fourth generation.
