Mr Sutherland runs a 380-cow dairy, over 400 hectares of owned and lease blocks.
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00:00We didn't have an autumn break and we didn't have much rain during the winter at all.
00:03We fed cows for seven months which is double the amount of time we usually feed them for
00:07so boarding feed was a huge cost for us. Hopefully the seasonal conditions work with us and
00:13there's obviously a bit of room for a bit of extra money in there and hopefully the processes can pass
00:18that on as we work through. This year's been pretty tough with the milk price being about
00:23the cost of production or sometimes below depending on your system but yeah I think
00:29if seasonal conditions work along the way and we'll see an uplift in milk price hopefully.