Hi all. I hope you are having a good start to the season. I hear that grass is short and it is no different here. We have used all our baled silage and are now on to pit silage. Between that and palm kernel we are keeping the girls happy. Lance is now doing the […]
Early June reminds me of my younger days when the dreaded shifting time came up. Moving house, children, machinery, and livestock. It was a means to an end and would not have been possible without the help of family and friends. There was always the excitement of a new job and all the work required […]
So far, the season has been mild and grass growth favourable. I guess after the drought last year we were due some good fortune. Still, I am trying to put as much silage in the pit as possible, especially with the price of PKE holding up. Two silage cuts are in and the third cut […]
I thought before I go on about the farm, I would recap my current situation. This is a small farm with a small herd, 80 cows, and there has been a need to diversify to defy the trend of small farms merging into bigger ones. My decision to go with timber has been a good […]