Our Farmers

Jacqui Anderson together with her husband, Wayne, own and manage Earnmore Farms Limited. “Earnmore” owns two properties totalling 306ha located in Hawkes Bay, NZ. The first being an 83ha venison breeding /finishing block located in Maraekakaho. This farm also runs a small sheep stud and finishes a handful of beef cattle. The other is a 223ha sheep and beef trading block in Central Hawkes Bay.

The Maraekakaho district is well known for being (very) summer dry. The soil structure is fertile,
strong and free draining with a red metal base. All venison are feed on a grass based system,
however we do plant a summer crop in October ready for the m/a hinds with fawns to graze as the
grass pasture dries out. This paddock is then put into permanent grass pasture in the following
autumn, which over time creates a young grass rotation, brilliant for growing the younger deer.

Deer are a very elegant and inquisitive animal to farm which keeps my days work interesting. I find
the most basic rule that applies to all the animals under my management is feed. Get the right
quality and quantity of feed into the animal and the results will follow. Management when handling
the deer is also very important to me as the deer need a calm and quiet environment to prosper.

They promise to continue to keep improving the overall well being of our deer by providing paddocks that have space, water wallows (dams) for swimming in, fresh clean drinking water and ample shade
trees or bush areas to escape the intense heat of a Hawkes Bay summer. Maintaining infrastructure
and improvements to handling facilities is also key to making the farm a safe and clean environment
for the venison and the human now and into the future.