July
Start of financial year.
Planned start of calving (20th July) in the dairy herds.
Start of lambing 25th August.
August
Docking commences around late September.
New seasons bull calves start arriving on farm
September
Start of mating for dairy heifers and M/A cows.
Brassica and maize paddocks sown. Silage and hay cut. Spring fertiliser for the Dairy Farms. Update website.
October
Peak milk for Dairy Farms.
Early November AGM and Shareholder dinner.
Docking of hogget lambs.
Main shearing of ewes, lambs and hoggets.
2nd cut silage and hay. Replacement dairy heifers weaned and sent to S/B for grazing.
November
Weaning lambs and first draft of lambs for the works.
Farm Christmas BBQ. Hay cut.
December
Chasing water leaks.
Dipping of sheep to prevent flystrike.
Maintenance fertiliser applied on the Sheep and Beef blocks.
January
Pregnancy scanning of M/A cows and dairy heifers. Forestry blocks harvested.
February
Rams out with M/A ewes and two tooths.
Homegrown and bought in maize cut and stacked on farm.
New grass sown.
March
Start of mating for ewe hoggets
April
In calf R2 dairy heifers sent back to Dairy farms from S/B. 2nd shearing of ewes and hoggets.
Drying off of dairy cows. Last of the works stock sold.
Start of winter grazing rounds for Dairy farms and Sheep and Beef blocks.
May
Pregnancy Scanning of M/A ewes. Autumn bull calves start arriving on farm.
End of financial year 30th June.