At long last the cattle have gone out which has been a relief as it has been a long winter. Strip grazing cows and calves to make the most of the grass available and the rest will be silage. Round bales this year as due to vacating Columbjohn farm – no silage […]
Monthly Diary – March/April 2023
March lived up to it’s reputation – in like a lamb and out like a lion! In our case a very wet one which continued into April and we were still housing a lot of cattle at the end of the month. We even had to bring cows and calves back in due to cold, […]
Monthly Diary – January 2023
After a very wet December, January proved quite a dry month. Cattle out on Stubble turnips are looking very well. Young stock are growing but sadly we have had a hiccup with a touch of pneumonia We are getting Limousin bulls ready for spring sales – Carlisle, Brecon, Exeter and Holsworthy. Killerton Sigma is […]
Monthly Diary – November 2022
The clocks changed at the end of October and in came the winter weather together with dark nights. A number of cows with calves were housed, larger calves being weaned off. The dry cows were subsequently wormed and moved to be out-wintered on stubble turnips. The winter fence moving work began. At the beginning of […]
Monthly Diary – September/October 22
September 2022 September was a busy month. We had the S.W. Limousin Club AGM at Lackham College which was my final meeting as Chairman. Best of luck to Gary Dunn, the new Chairman – I am sure we are safe in his hands. The Herd Competition Results were given by Neil and Jo Vance of […]
Monthly Diary – June/July/August 22
It has been a very busy few months with Shows and Harvest. JUNE – I have been supporting the local County Shows this year and have got on quite well with Killerton Soliver, winning Junior Bull and Interbreed Junior Bull at both the Royal Cornwall and Devon County Shows. JULY – I took Killerton Soliver […]
Monthly Diary – April/May 22
I have had a very busy couple of months with Limousin Bull Sales at Frome, Exeter, Worcester, Brecon and Holsworthy Livestock markets. Trade has been steady with slightly improved overall prices being achieved – the top end bulls still not realising their true potential price for all the genetics/semen testing etc especially when considering the […]
Monthly Diary – Mar 22
Good news this month – we passed our six monthly TB test which gave us an opportunity to vaccinate all the cows and young stock up to date. We are being a lot harder on the bulls we keep for breeding purposes but to establish a good premium over present killing prices is still proving […]
Monthly Diary – Jan 22
My winter sports kept me busy throughout January – starting February, making up for lost time. PD’d Autumn calving cows – fortunately the bulls had been working very well. Many are back in calf to Nealford Politician or Maraiscote Pedro. The cattle outside on stubble turnips are looking very well as it has been a […]
Monthly Diary – Nov/Dec 21
We had a very busy November with Brecon Bull Sale and our own small Reduction Sale at Exeter Market due to losing the 150 acres of FBT Grazing land on a flood plain which is going to be re-wilded by the National Trust. The sales went very well but we will still have Pedigree Limousin […]
Monthly Diary – October 2021
Firstly I have decided to have a small reduction sale following the loss of 170 acres of grassland which has now gone into a re-wilding scheme by the National Trust. We will not be able to graze or utilise this area in the future. The sale will take place on November 19th, in Exeter Livestock […]
Monthly Diary – September 2021
Good news and bad news .. Starting with the Good – Harvest is finished at long last, slightly disappointing. Most importantly passed TB test and we are now officially CLEAR. Bad News – my landlords, the National Trust, have taken back a large area of grazing land and our Stewardship Scheme has finished on Arable […]
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