A recent New Zealand Farmers Weekly article highlights how the team at Glenaray Station is using on-farm technology to lift productivity and make better-informed decisions. It’s a story that reflects a broader shift happening across the livestock sector.
Glenaray Station, the large-scale sheep and beef operation located at Cattle Flat, Southland, has embraced data-driven farming to improve performance across the board. At the centre of this approach is a focus on measuring what matters and acting on it quickly.
Like many progressive farming businesses, Glenaray has recognised that guesswork has limits … especially at scale.
By integrating technology into their system they’re able to monitor livestock performance more accurately, identify underperforming animals earlier, and make faster, more confident management decisions. This shift from periodic weighing and visual assessment to continuous, objective data, is allowing the team to respond in real time rather than weeks or months later.
The result? Improved growth rates, better feed utilisation, and stronger overall productivity. When you know exactly how animals are performing, it becomes much easier to allocate feed where it delivers the best return, hit target weights more consistently and reduce wastage and inefficiencies. In a system where margins are often tight and variables are outside your control, having reliable, timely data, is a clear advantage.
For operations like this, scale amplifies both the challenges and the opportunities. Manually weighing mobs through the yards is time-consuming, labour-intensive, and often infrequent. By contrast, in-paddock technologies allow farmers to capture weights regularly without disrupting grazing or adding workload. This creates a steady stream of insights that can be used to fine-tune management decisions throughout the season.
The Glenaray story reinforces a simple point: farmers who measure more, manage better. As technology becomes more accessible, tools that deliver continuous liveweight data are no longer a “nice to have”, they’re becoming a core part of high-performing livestock systems. For sheep and cattle producers looking to lift productivity, the question is shifting from “Should we use this technology?” to “How soon can we start benefiting from it?”
This article was reposted based on reporting from New Zealand Farmers Weekly: https://www.farmersweekly.co.nz/technology/on-glenaray-tech-helps-drive-production/