The month of September rolling around always gives me such a feeling of relief. I guess it’s owing to the fact that this is it, spring is here, the rush is over, and with daylight saving looming it will mean that those long evenings will once again reappear enabling all sorts of outdoor activity. Oh, […]
Mating this year has been a little better than in the past due to the great weather. Submission would be classed on the low side, at 85% after three weeks. I put nine cows on once a day and that certainly got them cycling. I have one cow not cycling now, so in all I […]
My attempt to produce a blog each month only lasted for one month. Here we are back to normal with Louise having to send reminders for me to get my bum into gear. So what’s happened between drying off and now? Well, the great plans of getting out in my kayak have failed miserably as […]
Once again it’s time to reflect on the month gone by. Looking back I wonder where the time has gone and what did I do with it? The list of jobs to be done is certainly no shorter and the things that I wanted to do haven’t been done either. Still, it was the festive season […]
I guess for most of us farmers this year, the huge crash in forecast payout is making us look hard at our systems and justify any spending we do. I’m quietly grateful that we took the opportunity last year to get into a stronger cash position, taking advantage of the higher payout to reduce debt […]