Category Archives: Milk

Milk.

Posted on November 23, 2012 by hoddlecows

Milk advertising has been in the media of late. It is great to see some quality milk advertising.

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Setting up pastures for winter

Posted on May 24, 2012 by hoddlecows

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 hoddlecows

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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Getting a grip on Dairy farm GHG emmisions

Posted on April 11, 2012 by hoddlecows

In 2010 we undertook our first analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from our dairy farm. To do this we used the industry developed tool DGAS. DGAS software is intended to give the user an understanding of the greenhouse gases emitted … Continue reading →

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Dairy and Guinness-got to be a winner

Posted on January 13, 2012 by hoddlecows

Posting recipes on this blog was never the plan but… I was recently given this recipe by a brother-in-law and he gives a very big wrap for the resultant cake. Now having tried the cake I feel the recipe deserves … Continue reading →

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Christmas Storms

Posted on December 25, 2011 by hoddlecows

 Santa delivered some welcome summer rains last night with 16mm falling during an impressive lightening display.

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The Cream of Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2011 by hoddlecows

One of our regular pre Christmas tasks at Montrose Dairy is separating some cream. This was a daily task many years ago on this farm, when the cream was sold and the skim milk was fed to pigs. Now we only … Continue reading →

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Squirt the Picasso cow at Foster Primary School

Posted on November 17, 2011 by hoddlecows

Our local primary school at Foster has been involved in a fantastic educational program about the dairy industry Picasso Cows. The students have had a great time decorating “Squirt” the cow, had visits from farmers and now have a better … Continue reading →

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Herd test time again!

Posted on September 27, 2011 by hoddlecows

One of those farm chores that seem to come around all to quickly is herd test. Eight times a year we collect a sample of every cow in the herd to help us understand more about the milk every cow … Continue reading →

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