Its hot – been hot, been dry and still is.  No rain since the first cut silage at the end of May so everything look parched.  Wheat crops are white so yields are going to be slashed on the light ground.  The barley will be ready early at the beginning of July, closely followed by […]

May has been a flat out month, trying to fit two months into one. I attended Carlisle Sale early in May and ended up buying a young bull to try from the Gunnerfleet herd. Not the tallest but quite wide – we will see how he develops and performs in the future. The following week […]

April has been a busy month with the family.  Our daughter Catherine ran the Paris Marathon in a very good time, completing it in 4 hrs 11 mins.  This was her first marathon and I was pleased to see her compete in France and also tick off some of the city sights.  Later in the […]

I came back from Australia to the “Beast from the East” and Snow at the beginning of March.  The temperature difference was a drop of 37 degrees and not a lot to top the sun tan up.  Frozen pipes and a stockman handing in his notice added to the stress and hardwork.  After he took […]

I took bulls to the McCartney Brecon Bull sale on 3rd February and was pleased with prices on the day – Killerton Manu achieving top sale price. Further details on the British Limousin web site. http://limousin.co.uk/2018/02/stop-press-killerton-manu-leads-at-brecon/ February has been a routine month with challenging / very  wet weather at times.  Some field work was completed at […]

Short days, rain and the month has flown by.  The cattle out on turnips seem to have weathered all the storms but straw usage in sheds seems to be high.  I’m glad it’s my own and I don’t have to buy it in.  The switch to sawdust as bedding for pedigree bulls seems to be […]

Apologies for missing out a month – I don’t know where the time goes. I went to the Brecon Limousin sale on 11th November – trade was reasonably good for an autumn sale and I was pleased with the results, particularly with Killerton Malachite who has looked the part throughout the year. Winter came upon us […]

All winter cereals are now in the ground – we finished on 10th October and have gone in very well.  Germination has been good. My wife persuaded me to go on a director’s meeting in a foreign country which was a lovely change from the UK.  It was good to get some sunshine before the onset […]

September has flown by, we have been flat out.  The month started off with the SW Limousin Club AGM and results of the herd competition.  To our credit we won Best Heifer Calf born 2017 with Killerton Nova and Killerton Nick was second in the 2017 born bull class.  Overall we were placed 2nd in the […]

I went to Honiton Show at the beginning of the month with Killerton Merino and two heifers – placed but could do better.  This is a popular local one day show – well done Nick Hill and family on their Limousin success. The SW Lim Club held their Herd competition during the month, judged by […]

The month started so well but now look at us at the end – it started warm, promising, dry and sunny but ended with wind, rain and mud – all things reminiscent of winter! The barley has been completed – with rain breaks.  Stubble turnips have been broadcast and had a very good germination (thanks […]

I’m sure the months are going faster even though the days are longer! I started the month at the Royal Cornwall Show. I was pleased with where we came even though the weather was catchy. There were many people around expressing interest and feeling positive about the future – that’s Cornwall. I was honoured by […]