Farm Notes
November 2014
So much for plans! It seemed to blow Nor-West throughout November with daily evapotranspiration rates exceeding the little rainfall we did receive. The deer that we were intending to carry...
November 2014
So much for plans! It seemed to blow Nor-West throughout November with daily evapotranspiration rates exceeding the little rainfall we did receive. The deer that we were intending to carry...
December 2014
Well its all happening – with 100 yearling stags gone in the first week of December then its into weaning lambs. We were very pleased how the lambs went –...
December 2014
Well its all happening – with 100 yearling stags gone in the first week of December then its into weaning lambs. We were very pleased how the lambs went –...
January 2015
Early January saw us weaning hoggets from their lambs. With the continuing dry conditions we were pleased to be able to wean 35% off mum and send straight to the...
January 2015
Early January saw us weaning hoggets from their lambs. With the continuing dry conditions we were pleased to be able to wean 35% off mum and send straight to the...
February 2015
Once the feed had run out by 6 February 158 of the lambs were sent to the works averaging 15.28kg carcass weight, lighter than we would have liked but the...
February 2015
Once the feed had run out by 6 February 158 of the lambs were sent to the works averaging 15.28kg carcass weight, lighter than we would have liked but the...
March 2015
One silage pit is finished and now into the second one, made only 8 weeks earlier. 154 cull hinds have now gone to the works , getting us back to...
March 2015
One silage pit is finished and now into the second one, made only 8 weeks earlier. 154 cull hinds have now gone to the works , getting us back to...
April 2015
This was the month that we expected the autumn rain to arrive, but sadly it remained elusive. Early April saw the completion of our AI programme with 75 hinds inseminated....
April 2015
This was the month that we expected the autumn rain to arrive, but sadly it remained elusive. Early April saw the completion of our AI programme with 75 hinds inseminated....