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Birds and biodiversity
I’ve got to admit somewhere deep inside me there is some sort of twitcher hiding. (A twitcher is a type of birder who seeks to add as many species as possible to their life list, often without detailed or long-term observation of … Continue reading
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Fingers crossed
Fingers crossed this is the start of a, ‘from little things big things grow’ story. These tiny little seedlings will hopefully form part of our cows summer diet. The seed was sown directly into the stubble of a silage crop … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Dairy Farming, Pasture, Soil, Summer
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Kimchi for cows
Fermented foods seem to be all the rage at the moment. Our cows, like so many other cows around Australia, have been on the fermented food bandwagon for years. At this time of the year as our pasture dries off and … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Cows, Dairy, Dairy Farming, Pasture
Tagged fermented food, kimchi, kombucha
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Topping off summer
Managing our pastures has been a challenge this summer(a challenge in a good way). Some of our mixed species perennial pastures have got a bit over mature, they look pretty with all those flowers but they aren’t the best feed … Continue reading
WWW -The Winter We Wanted
We had a long dry spell our region leading up to this winter, our fodder supplies were low and our pastures were struggling. The pastures needed rain and time to get their roots down and build reserves, the farm looked … Continue reading
Back on the horse
The motivation to get back on the horse, blow the dust off MontroseDairy.com & start blogging again came from a recent trip to Melbourne. I go to Melbourne often for meetings and usually enjoy the contrast of the city, to … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Dairy, Dairy Farming, Education
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Checking in on the BIG boys
I enjoy checking in on cattle after I have sold them to other farms, it’s good to see how they have grown up and how they are going with their new owner. Recently I went to see how some of … Continue reading
Plans sometimes need to be changed
Waking early most mornings to collect the cows for milking I sometimes head off in the dark thinking here we go again, ground hog day. But what I love about my job is each day is different and as much … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Dairy, Dairy Farming, Pasture, Weather
Tagged agriculture, dairy, Pasture, silage
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Winter milestones
Winter can be hard work on a dairy farm, wet, muddy, cold, windy and short days. It’s not all bad though, I love the crisp winter days and I must admit part of me enjoys the cold fronts which … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Dairy Farming, Environment, Pasture, Soil, Weather
Tagged agriculture, dairy, environment, Pasture, weather
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Agriculture and biodiversity cohabitate at Montrose Dairy.
Over the last few weeks we have had a black shouldered kite and a white faced heron feeding out our kitchen window. Productive agriculture and biodiversity cohabitate at Montrose Dairy. Providing habitat for native wildlife is something we really enjoy, … Continue reading
Posted in Dairy Farming, Environment
Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, conservation, dairy, wildlife
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