New regime maximises profit.

The article discusses the benefits gained by Northland, New Zealand farmers Chris Lethbridge and Pauline Lethbridge after converting to once-a-day milking as a sharemilker. Aside from delivering low farm working expenses (FWE), the OAD milking has maximized the net profits of the couple farmers. However, they noted at the Northland OAD workshop, organized by DairyNZ and the Small Herds Management group (SMASH), that it took them eight years to prove the advantages.