Scanning today

Scanning today

Cows are in for pregnancy scanning today. The herd has all been sorted into different bulling groups – we have 9 different Bulls running with their selected females – grass and ground is rather limited due to current restrictions so we are dividing fields...
The news no farmer wants to hear….

The news no farmer wants to hear….

We had our annual full herd TB test last Friday with the results read on Monday. To our dismay we had 1 reactor. We tested 121 animals , we had 1 reactor. The big flaw in the TB skin test is that a skin reaction does not mean the animal has TB – but for whatever...

Fresh pasture for the Cows & calves

Here’s a little video of the cows & calves moving to fresh pasture yesterday. The fields are burning off tremendously fast here in Dorset with the current hot weather and is not regrowing as quickly. It’s always the same this time of year, we suddenly...