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It’s a wonderful time of year to be farming. We are surrounded by blue skies and luscious green fields. The grass is growing well, and is currently filling up our cows’ stomachs, and our silage clamp simultaneously. The farmyard and… Continue Reading →
The extravaganza that was Rebekah Ford’s wedding has come and gone. The day went off very well, we witnessed precision timing in terms of weather (the downpour coming the very next day), and not-so-precise timing from the bridal party, which… Continue Reading →
Last month’s anti-rain chant seems to have worked! No sooner had we written the last instalment, but the weather took note, and started cooperating. With the weather on side, we are now managing to “get on”, the farmer’s favourite pastime…. Continue Reading →
“Rain rain, go away, come again another day” – the theme song of the British farmer in early 2014. Each morning when we wake to hear the rain tapping on our windows, and the wind whistling around the house,… Continue Reading →
We look ahead to 2014 with an air of determination, as we embark on the dance of the dairy farming year once more. As we begin to navigate this year there are many reasons for us to brace ourselves, and… Continue Reading →
Welcome to 2014! We start this year encouraged by the hope of a more appealing milk price than we have known in many years. We are also pleased to note that the cows are milking far above prediction, though more… Continue Reading →
Much like everyone else, our days are very much shaped by this season. The winter is typified by chilly mornings, muddy days, and evenings cut short by early darkness. The average working day seems shorter, as most outdoor jobs need… Continue Reading →
As the landscape trades in its summer greens for reds and yellows, and we exchange our shorts and t-shirts for trousers and coats, so our roles change with this shift in season. The last of the heifers are now weaned,… Continue Reading →
Our final heifer calf has been born, and calving as a whole is coming to a close. We haven’t lost a single heifer so far, whereas by this time last year we had lost quite a few heifers to an… Continue Reading →
We’re over two thirds of the way through calving now, with 170 heifer calves on the ground, and just over 100 calves yet to be born, most of which will be beef. But while the end may be in sight… Continue Reading →