Real Milk Timaru

dairy — Highfield · Timaru

About Real Milk Timaru

Unpasteurised, non-homogenised milk sold straight from the farm on Fairview Road in Highfield, Timaru. The family has farmed Glenwillow since 1944, and the shop sits alongside the dairy shed. The milk comes from a small herd that is milked once a day, and the shop uses reusable glass bottles.

You can fill your own bottle from the dispenser. The website lists a 1 litre refill at $5.00 and a 2 litre refill at $10.00, as at 2026. A 50 cent per litre rise came in from 10 December 2025 because of production costs. Weekly milk delivery subscriptions are also available, and the shop delivers four days a week as far as Geraldine, Waimate and Tekapo. Customers have to have their bottles ready when they sign up.

The shop has a viewing window onto the milking, and calves are often in the pens nearby, which the website says children enjoy.

The farm is on the Timaru town boundary and milks about 220 cows at its peak, and sells milk here as the value it adds to the farm's output.