July
Start of financial year.
Planned start of calving (20th July) in the dairy herds.
Start of lambing 15th August.
August
Docking commences around 25th September.
Chicory crops sown.
New seasons bull calves start arriving on farm
September
Start of mating for dairy heifers and M/A cows.
Brassica and maize paddocks sown.
October
Peak milk for dairy farms.
8th November AGM and Shareholder dinner.
Docking of hogget lambs.
Main shearing of ewes, lambs and hoggets.
Silage and hay cut.
November
Weaning lambs and first draft of lambs for the works.
Farm Christmas BBQ.
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 2019 : Turis, Browntop and McKrackens.
February
Rams out with M/A ewes and two tooths.
Homegrown and bought in maize cut and stacked on farm.
New grass sown.
March
In calf R2 dairy heifers sent back to dairy farms from S/B
Start of mating for ewe hoggets
April
2nd shearing of ewes and hoggets.
Drying off of dairy cows.
Start of winter grazing rounds for dairy farms and sheep and beef blocks.
May
Pregnancy Scanning of M/A ewes.
End of financial year 30th June.