Case Study: Sleepy Creek Farms achieves accurate, accountable feed weighing and reduced waste with Trimble (LOADRITE) loader scales

Sleepy Creek Farms - Customer Case Study

Sleepy Creek Farms Ltd., a two‑farm cattle operation on New Zealand’s North Island run by Mike Davie, needed a better way to measure feed. Until then they were guessing loader bucket weights, which risked over‑ or under‑feeding, wasting expensive supplementary feed and leaving them without the daily weight records required for export traceability.

LOADRITE New Zealand recommended and fitted loader scales on the tractors so operators can weigh feed as they load directly into troughs or wagons. The scales delivered immediate benefits: improved feeding accuracy and productivity, reduced feed waste and cost, clearer visibility of feed per paddock, and reliable daily weight records for compliance with overseas buyers.