Trying to get the sorghum out of the ground.
It was the driest hottest December on record, during the driest hottest year on record. December was awful. Here we are trying to get...
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Cranking up the cattle trailer.
With cattle deliveries about to start it is time fro brake checking, electricals adjusted and a general tidying up of the (now 12 years...
Berwick looking gorgeous ....
Spring in Berwick is wonderful, with lots of growth. The young hazelnut trees are coming along nicely.
2020 Sorghum sown.
Due to the late emergence of the oats crop (which is wonderful ... just a month late), our sorghum has been sown a few weeks later than...
Where would you rather be??
Another gorgeous Spring day at Gisborne.
A neat and tidy (and full) shed.
We are on full mowing / sowing / husbandry mode at the moment, so we need everything working at 100% efficiency. The shed looks full,...
BEEF WEEK 2020
We shall open the Gisborne farm again for Beef Week Open Day on Sunday February 2nd, 2020. Come along and have a look around!
Finally ..... the crops are maturing
After a very long and difficult winter, hand feeding for several months, our cropping programme is finally maturing with wonderful growth...
More Red Ivan International progeny
Chris from McIntosh Creek Lowlines in Gympie has recently sent us details and pictures of more calves on the ground from Fiddleleaf Red...
Budburst 2019
First shoots of Spring (even if it is still freezing cold at Berwick!)
Spring calving
Spring calving is underway .... two new calves already, although sadly we lost the Murray Grey / Lowline cross calf to foxes. Some years...
A new farm car
After 11 years we have been able to purchase a new farm car ..... it is our third Landcruiser, as we have found Landcruisers...
Hazels ready for Season 2
After a difficult first year .... the hottest summer recorded, plus a prolonged drought from December through May, all but one of the...
Spring (finally!)
Green grass, sunshine and cattle moved back in next door. It must be Spring (September 1).
The first hint of Spring
Yes it's still early August, but we were able today to harvest 2 paddoacks of grass hay for the cattle ... which they loved, in addition...
LULU: A prolapsed uterus, and a master vet
I arrived at farm this week to find that a heifer (ASTRALGUS LULU) had calved, but had a prolapsed uterus (see photo below). I called...
Wet wet wet
I can't believe that I am saying this, but we have now had enough rain. Soil profile is clearly full, with ground water abundant. now...
Mowing
With the recent rains, we are now having to mow at Berwick. Normally a chore, this is welcome.
Biologic farming: Nutrisoil
After extensive research, including the use of Nutrisoil on our sorghum last December and January, we have decided to go with Nutrisoil...
And the bad news ...
The bad news is that, as we now start to tackle the 'soil & water & forage cropping & fertiliser' issues at the Gisborne farm, we are...
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