Riverlands Kotorp Ltd

Riverlands Kotorp Ltd Riverlands Ko-Torp Ltd is a Family owned and operated Dairy Business. In total we milk 1550 cows over 3 properties in Popotuna, Clinton,South Otago.

We converted from Sheep and Cropping to Dairy in Year 2000 and never looked back ! :)

RIGHT-O, FINALLY the LAST posting for today! (not a regular event sorry...)Here we have photos from the building of Smar...
07/03/2025

RIGHT-O, FINALLY the LAST posting for today! (not a regular event sorry...)

Here we have photos from the building of Smart Shelter Number 2 in Paddock 40 Kotorp. One photo shows the angle how it is situated from the other wintering/calving barn.

Added a photo of my beloved TILLY in there as well, YUP it doubles as a weather protected riding arena when the cows are not using it December until end of May - Ideal!!! 🤣😁😂

Here I am getting the First Herd Kotorp in for milking one hot afternoon in February 2025 from paddock R47 through R46.T...
07/03/2025

Here I am getting the First Herd Kotorp in for milking one hot afternoon in February 2025 from paddock R47 through R46.
Tessie stopping for a drink & a dip in the water trough....

2025's TRADITIONAL ANNUAL BLUEBERRY PICKING OTAUTAU. This year MADISON from Northland and I managed to pick 17 kilos alt...
07/03/2025

2025's TRADITIONAL ANNUAL BLUEBERRY PICKING OTAUTAU.
This year MADISON from Northland and I managed to pick 17 kilos altogether, great effort with less berries available than previous years. A few eaten as well along the way of course...!

After picking/eating blueberries we went to Riverton and Colac Bay for a looksy this beautiful summers day. Valentine's Day even!

SOMEHOW "in a blur" the weather eventually came right, grass started growing and mating time/AI came around...I must say...
07/03/2025

SOMEHOW "in a blur" the weather eventually came right, grass started growing and mating time/AI came around...I must say though, I do take my hat off to these hard-working four-legged girls, just in awe how AMAZING cows really are!!!
We haven't pregnancy scanned yet but....🤞🙂 We'll see in another couple of weeks!

With the wet spring Nitrogen Sulphur was spread by helicopter, which happens more often than not but this spring definit...
07/03/2025

With the wet spring Nitrogen Sulphur was spread by helicopter, which happens more often than not but this spring definitely no choice - even though track/road looks fairly dry. Paddocks NOT and lots of damage done by the cows during August and September. Would have been a lot more without the Smart Shelter Option.

The Cat obviously knows what it means when the Colostrum/Calf Milk Tank is put on the back of my Ute.... 🐈‍⬛ ❤️ 🥛Many of...
07/03/2025

The Cat obviously knows what it means when the Colostrum/Calf Milk Tank is put on the back of my Ute.... 🐈‍⬛ ❤️ 🥛

Many of you will have seen me over the years at calving time standing there with the hose after each milking of the colostrum herd throwing out the blue hose before the wash water comes through!
Also the YELLOW buckets with the gold worth first colostrum for the newborns. Still the same routine and it looks like I have been shat on which still does happen as well....

🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️CALVING 2024The wettest, coldest and most miserable to date!🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️Luckily the first Kotorp Smart Shelter w...
07/03/2025

🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
CALVING 2024
The wettest, coldest and most miserable to date!
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Luckily the first Kotorp Smart Shelter was finished and available as a calving barn. This made the extremely difficult calving season of 2024 a bit easier, providing more options.

Thursday 22nd of February - very exciting day! 😊 The Smart Shelter arrived by truck from the North Island in the morning...
23/02/2024

Thursday 22nd of February - very exciting day! 😊 The Smart Shelter arrived by truck from the North Island in the morning. Still be big wooden poles to arrive as well.
Later on the 3 Swedes - Mia, Maja & Karin went to Blueberry Country Orchard in Otautau to pick blueberries YUM! Great Day Out - Thank you girls ! 🤩

2023’s Smart Shelter at ROCKFORD, delayed BUT at least finished in time for last year’s calving very end of July -23. Th...
15/02/2024

2023’s Smart Shelter at ROCKFORD, delayed BUT at least finished in time for last year’s calving very end of July -23. This year it will house cows for wintering as well.
So same wintering/calving barn as this one is currently getting started at KOTORP but SHOULD be finished by drying off end of May 🤞

FINALLY - ”första spadtaget”! Work to build the next Smart Shelter has begun 😊 This was meant to have been finished a ye...
15/02/2024

FINALLY - ”första spadtaget”! Work to build the next Smart Shelter has begun 😊 This was meant to have been finished a year ago but it looks like it hopefully is going to be up and running for drying off - wintering & CALVING this year 2024. WHAT a difference that will make 😊
KOTORP Paddock 40

With the abundance of grass in spring, silage will be made on the milking platform as well. Certain paddocks get chosen,...
08/11/2023

With the abundance of grass in spring, silage will be made on the milking platform as well. Certain paddocks get chosen, mowed and harvested. This is Kotorp paddock 10 our smallest paddock of 2.8 Ha.
The paddocks chosen are paddocks that have ”gotten away” with too much growth for the cows to keep on top of it. The top milk producing quality gone

SPRING Grass! Apart from the ☀️ another thing to love about spring - the abundance of that green stuff!This is Kotorp Pa...
08/11/2023

SPRING Grass! Apart from the ☀️ another thing to love about spring - the abundance of that green stuff!
This is Kotorp Paddock 45, new grass which had summer turnips in it last summer and posted some pics of Mike Blair ploughing with old faithful Swedish Överum’s plough 😊
Anyway, 5.6 Ha and nearly 300 cows got 4 massive feeds out of it.

We turn over about 8% of the farm each year growing summer turnips, raphno or fodder beet for crop rotation. A grass paddock lasts on average 12 years.

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76 Pomahaka River Road, Popotunoa
Clinton
9584

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034157346

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