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Find out why these cows are soooo excited | The Milk Maid Marian
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The Milk Maid Marian. Accursed trough crashes through again but the kids triumph. My brand new shiny thing is being licked all over! January 7, 2012 · 8:50 pm. Find out why these cows are soooo excited. Do you know why these cows are so excited? Surprisingly, it’s not my cinematography skills (apologies) but the prospect of a wonderful meal of luscious green rape. We planted the rape crop. Because I don’t have the stomach for chemical warfare on farm. Click to email (Opens in new window). My brand new sh...
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Kangaroo triumph heralds a new era for the farm | The Milk Maid Marian
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The Milk Maid Marian. Why I’m signing the Farmer’s Letter about climate change. The calm before the perfect storm for one nervous dairy farmer →. July 10, 2015 · 10:30 am. Kangaroo triumph heralds a new era for the farm. The kids, the Maremmas and The Great Roo Fence. Victory is at last mine! For the past few days since The Roo Fence was extended beyond The End. To become The Great Roo Fence, we have seen around 20 kangaroos on the farm each night – down from several hundred. Every dawn and dusk. The cal...
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The Milk Maid Marian. Tag Archives: farmgate milk price. May 15, 2016 · 11:23 am. What the Fonterra Friday 13 announcement means in plain English. This plain English explanation is for anyone as confused as I was on Friday following Fonterra’s second announcement. The May and June milk price is still slashed to $1.91kgMS. Stay with me for a minute. Loans are still available in the same format. Nothing has changed in terms of the loans announced on May 5. Why the latest announcement? The remaining 10,000k...
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The Milk Maid Marian. Here are some of our cows hard at work:. Our calves are raised together out in a sheltered paddock once they are strong enough and capable feeders (usually from the age of about seven to 10 days):. How we conserve lush spring grass for our ladies to eat in the winter and summer:. Have you seen a calf being born? The problem with testosterone:. He just couldn’t help himself but she wasn’t putting up with any rot:. Click to email (Opens in new window). 2 responses to “. Fill in your d...
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The Milk Maid Marian. 8220;State your business! Patch, these are The Girls…Ladies, this is Patch. So, how’re they hanging? Cows grazing gorgeous cocksfoot. Zoe with Lola, who helps look after our youngsters. New, bigger, troughs to make sure the cows can always get a drink. The wet summer and autumn have turned paddocks 17 and 18 into lakes. The garden is bursting with autumn colours. I’m still stunned by the beauty of our farm. Our Land for Wildlife dam. The environment matters at our dairy farm. Best f...
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Cows do a LOT of poo but nothing goes to waste | The Milk Maid Marian
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The Milk Maid Marian. Just because I told you the climate was getting drier…. Charlie and Lola the maremmas →. April 14, 2011 · 9:01 am. Cows do a LOT of poo but nothing goes to waste. When it’s dry during summer and autumn, we pump the effluent on to paddocks using a little travelling irrigator hooked up to a fire-fighting pump. The effluent is full of great nutrients. And beneficial bugs, we save trucking in inorganic fertiliser (not to mention the concept of peak phosphorous. One response to “. Pingba...
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The Milk Maid Marian. August 8, 2015 · 5:22 pm. The calm before the perfect storm for one nervous dairy farmer. A perfect storm is brewing. Collapsing global dairy markets, a fodder shortage, and a strengthening El Nino. The Global Dairy Trade auction results of 4 August. Most NZ milk is sold via the Global Dairy Trade auction and an article from Stuff.co.nz. Neatly explains the situation for NZ dairy farmers:. It would have a big impact on rural servicing businesses. Drops like this had a cascading ...
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Montrose Dairy | Producing food & caring for the environment. | Page 2
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Producing food and caring for the environment. Newer posts →. Why we plant trees. May 16, 2013. We are often asked by visitors and others why we plant trees on our farm. Shade and shelter for our cows. Biodiversity and habitat for native species. And creating a great place to live and work are the reasons we plant trees. Melaleuca ericifolia ready to plant. Each year we prepare new sites for planting, replace trees and shrubs that have died and manage weeds in our existing treed areas. April 25, 2013.
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Producing food and caring for the environment. Most of the photos on this site are Graeme’s with the odd one from Gillian. In 2009 I (Graeme) was fortunate to be awarded a Nuffield Scholarship. Keen to capture the experience of 4 months travelling the globe I was inspired to get back into photography. Since 2009 I’ve had photos published in various places and have developed a significant portfolio of agricultural photographs. Please enjoy the photos on this site, if you wish to purchase or require images.
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