I have been a little slack on the blog front lately. I could say I have been really busy ( which is true) but I just feel like I have had little to say.
There have been lots of socialising and family gatherings happening. We have had three birthdays ( both daughters and a DIL) and a wedding to celebrate in the family over the past few weeks.
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| Daughter - in - laws cake - you can guess who blew out the candles!! |
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| The stunning location where the wedding was held. |
On the farm front we have welcomed over 60 mls of rain over the last week or two. This has been well timed for the pastures of oats, rye and clover which DH Farmer has been busily sowing. The seed should come straight up and with further follow up rain the transition of feed from summer to autumn to winter should be smooth and have little effect on the dairy cows. Sometimes when the changeover of feed is delayed we have to supplement feed with the silage we have made on farm. Early autumn is always the beginning of cultivating our winter feed pastures for the dairy herd and there are several more busy weeks of sowing to happen yet.
We have also been busily selling vealers to the local saleyards and cows and bullocks direct to the abattoirs before the winter arrives. Prices for cattle have remained very strong over the past few weeks but will drop over the coming month if good rain doesn't fall in the dryer parts of the state and Queensland.
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| A paddock being harrowed - the final part of the sowing process. |
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| Dogs and DH Farmer on foot walking vealers to the yards. |
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Vealers and their mothers in the yards to be sorted for sale.
Until next time...
Carol
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