In the latest edition of our monthly dairy farm journal Julian reports that he doesn't remember seeing the farm this dry in autumn in his 43 years in Cooriemungle on the Great Ocean Road.
When cows get to within 10-12 days of calving they are bought in to the “Mooternity Ward” and fed a special feed of grain.
In this edition of our farm journal we'd like to show you our approach to subsurface drainage using mole drains.
Soils can be variable: from sandy types that respond quickly to rain and drain freely (but also dry out very quickly), to heavy clay soils which can be very slow to drain and will hang on longer when rain ceases.
We're delighted to launch a series of educational videos with Regional Rising to provide customers with behind the scenes access to life on our single origin dairy farm along the Great Ocean Road.
We’ve had a very mild spring with cool temperatures and a bit of rain. This has meant grass has continued to grow, allowing us to make a lot of ‘silage’.
A fermented grass high in protein and energy, silage is packaged up and stored to feed cows later in summer when conditions are drier.
We "dry off" our cows during December and January following roughly 300 days of milking.
Drying off is very important and means we stop milking for 7-8 weeks to give the mothers a break before they give birth to their calf (calving).