Category Archives: Dairy

Record heatwave matched and more to come

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

Record heatwave matched and more to come March 10, 2013 from The AgeWe always expect a bit of early autumn hot weather, like usual when the weather turns hot my thoughts turn to cow comfort. Keeping our cows cool is … Continue reading →

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Time to get our crap sorted

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

Our cows like the vast majority of dairy cows in Australia live in pasture 365 days of the year. Living in the pastures means most of the cows’ manure goes directly on the pasture, providing nutrients to grow more grass. … Continue reading →

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Straight into summer

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

There is often a lot of tractor work to be done on our dairy through spring. Silage to be harvested, pasture renovation work, summer crops to sow and all this tractor work is usually wrapped up with the end of … Continue reading →

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Busy season.

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

It’s a busy time of the year at Montrose Dairy, like most dairy farms in our district it’s calving season. I haven’t had much time for blogging of late, I’ve been flat out looking after our stock.  We are enduring our … Continue reading →

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Pea Souper at Montrose Dairy

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

A foggy morning to finish off a soggy Autumn.

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Setting up pastures for winter

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Heading into winter it is critical we have lots of high quality pasture on hand, pasture growth rates decline as the days shorten and our soils cool down. To manage our pastures we monitor the pasture cover in each paddock … Continue reading →

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Milk now and mud later??

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

Recent heavy rains have forced us to evaluate how we approach the next six weeks on our farm. Our herd is due to start calving on the 12th of next month and in order to give the cows a break … Continue reading →

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Grazing under the stars.

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

One of the many fringe benefits of living in the country is the night sky we get to enjoy. For several weeks now the evening sky has been dominated by Jupiter setting in the west.  This is tonight’s display for our cows … Continue reading →

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Autumn sets in

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

The weather for the last 6 months here at Hoddle has been fantastic for growing grass with a very mild summer and just enough rain to keep the grass ticking along.  With the deciduous trees losing their leaves and a … Continue reading →

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Checking up on Soil Carbon

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

Last year we offered up some soil from one of our paddocks as part of a national research project.  Scientists who are part of The Victorian Soil Carbon Project came one rainy day to take the samples. The project’s aim … Continue reading →

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