September has been a month of mixed emotions.  Sadly things do not get any better on the Stock Bull front and Indien was found dead in the field early one morning with no explanation.  He had been fit and well, serving cows – one of the many joys of farming. PD’ing has not been too […]

August started off with the dreaded TB test for the cows/followers and unfortunately we had one reactor out of the herd which has mucked up any plans of having a reduction sale in the short term.  I have had to negotiate with the National Trust (landlord) to keep an area of river meadows in the […]

May has come and gone in a flash, even without Sales and Shows to accommodate. The car mileage has stayed very low, we have hardly left the premises even though a lot of people have been using the bridleways/footpaths/cycle ways.The very fine weather has brought them out in their droves. Silage was brought forward a […]

Well April has come and gone. We have all been in lockdown – the countryside has been quieter and the birds have been singing. For ourselves things have not altered that much except now, at the end of the month, we seem to have a lot more cyclists and walkers on the roads, bridleways and […]

It has stopped raining at last but has become dry and cold so lets hope spring is definitely around the corner. We have started putting cattle out to grass but growth is slow at this present moment.  I am glad we started calving later this year with the pressure of weather and space.  So far […]

Don’t know when it is going to stop .. the rainfall has been relentless this winter. The dry cows have been out all winter on stubble turnips. We were forced to wean off cows and calves earlier than normal due to space and weather conditions. They have held their condition very well. I am glad […]

October – all I can say is WET! It has been a trial to get winter cereals in, with some of the worse conditions I have known for a long time. The good weather during September put us into a false sense of security, however, Dan did manage to finish drilling during the last week […]

At the beginning of September the SW Limousin Club held their AGM at Mullion Cove Hotel in the deepest depths of Cornwall. The event was well attended and I must thank Brian Lear from Buckinghamshire for coming down and presenting the herd competition prizes. I personally had a good run : 3rd Stock Bull with […]

Boris and Ballinloan … what a shambles! Both giving me headaches but nothing I can do about either. I started the month at Honiton Agricultural Show. Tremendous show of limousins of which I won a couple of classes. A credit to all that took part – Nick and Lisa Hill winning again, congrats. I judged […]

July seems to have flown by with very little rain and grass growth very slow which compared to other parts of the country seems daft. The month started off with a Limousin visit to Shearwell Data  on Exmoor to see how they make ear tags and where the future is going to take us on […]