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 272 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 51 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 241 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 161 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 11 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 251 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 131 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 261 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 151 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 311 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 161 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 71 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 291 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 221 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 151 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 101 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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windvalefarm
Apr 81 min read
The Farmer and the 2IC
Tractors are essential on a farm and Shayne the farmer would clock around 800 hours a year feeding out to the cows and maintenance work...
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windvalefarm
Apr 51 min read
Weekly Farm Life....
Weekly farm life is and can be quite varied, currently we are getting ready for a shed inspection which generally takes two hours of time...
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