Farming / Smallholding Articles

May is the month in which the attention turns to the silage fields.  Livestock are removed from these fields and fertiliser spread so that 6 weeks of growth can take place before being cut for silage. Lambs have their tails...

April continues in the same way March finished.  Lambs and Calve are still arriving.  Calving will continue well into May, however April will usually see the end of the lambing towards the end of the month.  Usually the month that...

March, especially for livestock farmers really gets busy.  Its not just the cows now after they started calving at the end of February.  The beginning of MArch is the start of the lambing season.  This can be very time intensive...