Farming deer, sheep, beef – and data

Farming deer, sheep, beef – and data

Reading Time: 7 minutes David and Jackie Stodart relish a challenge. In the early days a prominent Southland stock agent, the late Trevor Wilson, provided them with guidance and challenged their thinking about how they managed their farm. Later their son Shaun, who was working as a Silver Fern Farms livestock agent at the time, asked them to rethink the way they sold their prime stock, suggesting they use contracts. Changes they have made from b…