Success beyond the surface
Alleyway
Matting
Numat rubber provides comfort with soft walking areas and helps to keep your alleyways clean.
The natural rubber surface replicates the feel of real pasture, immediately putting the animals at ease and reducing the incidence of lameness and falls.
Alleyway Matting Products
ZigZag Roll
ZigZag Roll is a heavy-duty and long-lasting matting solution for alleyways. At 22mm thick, its unique zig-zag and straight-line grooves easily absorb animal weight to give optimal grip and comfort, reducing lameness.
Kura
Kura is a high-quality German rubber product, very popular due to its extreme durability in alleyway applications.
Legend
Premium quality checker plate surface with a soft, yet sturdy studded base. An excellent option when extra grip is required.
Double Stud
If you’re looking for an economical alleyway mat, Double Stud is the answer. Its prominent profile ensures excellent grip, providing surety for your cows.
Featured case study
Rubber Surfacing Solves Slipping in Herringbone Shed
Lucas Allcock knew what he wanted. The Te Awamutu farmer needed matting with “a thick grip that was long lasting” for his 270-stong herd.
The reason behind this purchase was plainly evident at each feeding time. “We were having problems with the cows coming up to feed. The big Friesians were jamming up and pushing each other. As a result, we were getting a lot of lameness in the herd.”
How a Waitaki farm stopped pugging with Cow Carpet
Waitaki dairy farmer, Hamish McFarlane, had a continual issue with pugging on the lead on race to his herringbone cow shed. Annual maintenance costs were becoming a burden and Hamish was looking for a better solution.
No More Slipping For The Cows Of Kaimanawa Farm
Kaimanawa Farms is located in Kurow, North Otago. The farm milks 1500 cows twice a day on a 60 bale rotary. They’ve had Numat matting on their yard, entry/exit, and bales for 4 years and have seen a major reduction in lameness.
For Richard van Ras, Numat’s rubber matting was a lifesaver
For Richard van Ras, Numat’s rubber matting was a lifesaver. The matting reduced pugging, allowing Richard and son, Johan, to bring their farm up to 2400 cover, ready for calving season.
Comfortable and Happy Cows at Normandy Land, Thanks to Numat Matting
Situated in Waharoa, just outside of Matamata, Normandy Land is a cow farm that needed new feedpad matting to ensure the cows’ comfortability.