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Jan 162 min read
Beehives on the farm..........
Bees are incredibly important, there are over 20,000 species worldwide and they are the biodiversity we depend on for our survival. By...
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windvalefarm
Dec 24, 20242 min read
Merry Christmas from Windvale Farm.......
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from us all on the farm. Christmas is still a fairly busy time, there is...
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windvalefarm
Dec 7, 20241 min read
Making Silage.....
Early December is when we get contractors in to make high quality Silage. Silage is pickled pasture which is created when the grass is...
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windvalefarm
Nov 10, 20241 min read
After Calving......
AI has started on the 1st of Nov (Artificial Insemination) some of the cows are artificially inseminated to ensure a more specific...
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windvalefarm
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Re-grassing after Winter crops are fed off...
Each year we put in Kale & Swede mixed crops to feed our cows over the winter months when they are not milking but the grass isn't...
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windvalefarm
Sep 5, 20241 min read
Somatic Cell Count.....The quality of the milk you produce and how Happy your Cows are....
Each time a tanker collects milk from our farm there are many automatic tests done on the quality of the milk. SSC is measured in the...
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windvalefarm
Aug 24, 20241 min read
Baby Mob 1 outside into a large grass paddock with shelter.....
The first herd replacement mob is outside in a large 2ha grass paddock with North facing shelters to keep them warm and dry. The shelters...
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windvalefarm
Aug 16, 20241 min read
Training Calves on the feeder...
Once there is a big enough group of calves all drinking well, its time to get them drinking on a larger 50 teat feeder and then they can...
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windvalefarm
Aug 1, 20241 min read
New Babies on the farm....
New season calves are always adorable, but also a surprizing amount of work too. Calves are one of the few animals born without any...
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windvalefarm
Jul 25, 20241 min read
Meet Pearl... a wild kitten Farmer Shayne found in the winter crop.
When out feeding the cows on the Kale and Swede crop, Shayne found a tiny soaking wet kitten at night. So he brought her home and I was...
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windvalefarm
Jul 13, 20241 min read
Getting ready for Calving......
Calving is an incredibly busy time on a Dairy Farm and getting everything ready, clean and sterilized and having spares if things break...
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windvalefarm
Jun 26, 20241 min read
A fresh Winters morning.....
We have been lucky this year with quite a mild winter so far....we haven't had too many crisp frosts and there has been enough warmth in...
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windvalefarm
Jun 15, 20241 min read
Wagyu Bulls means no bobby calves.....
Wagyu are a Beef cattle introduced to Japan in the 2nd Century, they are renowned for tenderness and marbling in the meat and have low...
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windvalefarm
May 31, 20241 min read
Bruce checking on the winter crops......
Bruce is growing well and after a fairly dry summer even for us in Norsewood, where we get an average rainfall of 1500mm a year. Our...
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windvalefarm
May 16, 20241 min read
Nearing the end of the milking season...
We dry our ladies off the first week of June and they get a well deserved rest from early June through till early August. This gives them...
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windvalefarm
May 7, 20241 min read
Meet our newest farm member....
Bruce is a full Huntaway pup with both parents working huntaway's from another farm. Huntaway's are breed for their loud deep repeating...
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windvalefarm
Apr 29, 20241 min read
Walking our ladies to the shed to be milked.....
How you walk your cows to the cowshed is called cow flow and its very important that they arrive calmly and quietly and stress free. This...
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windvalefarm
Apr 22, 20241 min read
Nitrogen Optimisation.....
With all the publicity in the news I think its important to show there are good farms out there....We are currently sitting at -36 of...
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windvalefarm
Apr 15, 20241 min read
Teat/Udder spraying
Spraying the cows udder and teats after milking helps maintain a healthy environment and is proven to prevent/kill 50% of contagious...
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windvalefarm
Apr 10, 20241 min read
Lucerne.....such an under rated crop
We put about 4ha of Lucerne crop in nearly 7years ago now, if you look after it, you can get up to 10 years if you're lucky. We put it in...
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