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 […]

The month started off with going to Royal Cornwall Show with four youngsters – two heifers and two bulls. I had a run of seconds and helped the limousins win the Junior Pairs on Friday with Killerton Obayana. We also had the SW Limousin Club sale in Exeter where I took in three bulls. Trade […]

May has been a very busy month with sales and shows, silage and TB testing. The month started with a trip to Carlisle and I’m glad I took the trailer as I ended up buying two new bulls TWEEDDALE NEWSBEAT and GARNEDD NEPTUNE – who I brought by eye and not on figures.  This was […]

April has been a very busy month .  We have been busy calving, taking animals to sales and getting ground ready for maize after over wintering stubble turnips, fertilizer applied to grass and cereal crops plus spraying. Calving has been going reasonably well.  The only problem incurred was cryptosporidium.  Most  calves have got over it […]

March started off with the Brecon / McCartneys sale.  There were only a few bulls forward and sold.  I was lucky to sell two through the ring and have reserve champion with Killerton Nelson.  Buyers were very selective and lacking confidence.  I hope things do improve. I arranged for Dan Bird to attend a DIY […]

What a glorious month February has been.  Cattle outside hardly making a mark and have kept their condition really well.  Calving has started with a few heifers.  Some have looked after their calves inside a little too well but now things have settled down, the sun has been shining and they are all doing well […]

Shooting season has finished and depression has set in.  We had a kind January weather wise.  Cattle outside are looking very well.  Cattle inside have as usual caused a few problems, especially young calves Calving is about to start mid February so cows have been mineral bolused and had iodine on their backs as they […]

Happy New Year to all friends There was a very wet start to the month – quite a lot of cattle were housed which in hindsight brought on other problems, it pneumonia due to temperatures and weather conditions.  Even the vaccinated calves had problems which is a first for us.  The healthiest cattle are the […]