Ginno and Nicky Should Have Known Better

I thought I would just post this video of Ginno Conti (ex Radio Borders presenter) with his new "side-kick". As you can see he has settled into his new job doing the breakfast show on Moray Firth Radio. Well worth a listen.

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Back to Work Tomorrow !!!!!

Well it's now the end of my holidays and the weather has been fairly good. A couple of mornings at the driving range and plenty time with the kids. The "highlight" this week has been a visit today to East Links Country Park , near Dunbar. It really was well worth the visit , as the photo's show.

The main job on the farm for the coming week will be bringing in the barley straw bales that have just been baled today and they will be used for feeding some of the youngstock throughout the winter.

As of the 1st of October we are to be paid 25p per litre for our milk which is LONG over due.

With wheat prices having rocketed to £125-130 / tonne, dairy cake for feeding is due to go up by £35 / tonne on the 1st of September so it is very welcome news.

So it's early to bed as it will be one heck of a shock getting up at 3.30am instead of my lie-in's that I have had for the last few days.

I should mention that I am in the second photo down .

Other photo's will follow !!!

It's Holiday Time !

This week I am officially on holiday. These moments don't come along that often so I fully intend to do as little as possible . My two children will be with me for the week so it will not all be lounging around etc.
Weather has been decidedly dodgey lately and that has held up the spring barley harvest. That is due to start any time now, and the wheat should just follow on.
Cow wise, we have recently had two new familys join the main herd, due to calves that have been born as a result of embryo work.
The two new members are Ellenneff Mascol Belle and Ellenneff Zenith Cadet. Another birth from the embryo programme has resulted in a bull calf being born and this calf has been ear marked to join ABS Genus in their bull selection programme.
So hopefully I can now start to enjoy my holiday !!!!!

Herd Updates

We are now permitted to move cattle around the farm, over roads etc, so we have been sorting out some dry cows to come closer to the steading. Also Chloanne Webster Gracious has been dried off now. Chloanne Hershel Gracious has been comfirmed in calf .
Confirmed pregnancies to date are;
Chloanne Webster Gracious - due 28/9/07
Chloanne Tulip Gracious - due 10/11/07
Chloanne Addison Gracious - due 28/11/07
Chloanne Magna Gracious - due 30/01/08
Chloanne Hershel Gracious - due 04/04/08

CHLOANNE

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This was me relaxing at the weekend doing s spot of practice at the driving range!!!!

Quieter Week

With all the country been at a standstill untill today, it has been a fairly quiet week here. We have not been able to move any stock anywhere and the jobs to do are slowly mounting up. I have 3 cows to dry off and no where to put them. Chloanne webster Gracious is among them. She has done extremely well this year.
There are also some dry cows to come up to the steading to calve, but again, they are stuck down in another field unable to be moved. Hopefully by the weekend full movements will be allowed.

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Herd Competition Update

Due to the foot and mouth outbreak down south, we have decided to postpone the herd competition until everything is back to normal. The fate of the club's annual calf show will be determined nearer the time and if any movement restrictions are lifted

Meet The Gang ..........

Here are a few photo's of the milking portion of the Chloanne herd.

Frankham Sept Storm Ethel

Chloanne Magna Gracious

Chloanne Webster Gracious

Moet Formation Gracious B

Chloanne Addison Gracious

FOOT AND MOUTH OUTBREAK

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Busy week so far .......

As you can see from my lack of postings , I have been mega busy at work and even at night I have been busy with paperwork etc. ( And been trolling through videos on YouTube).
We have lead in all the little bales of straw (1100 of them) and also there is some silage bales just been made an hour ago so they will need to come in tomorrow.
On the cow front, they are all in better spirits thanks to the weather and dry ground. Ethel has decided to take a touch of mastitis but she is on the mend.
Next week is the annual herd competition for Northumbria Holstein Breeders Club so this weekend will be hectic getting some cows ready to be judged. I am aiming to enter all classes as usual even although I am somewhat struggling to find a really cracking heifer for the inspection class. The Gracious family will be entered again after coming 1st last year and 3rd the year before that.
Fingers crossed that they can be placed again this year!!!!