MCNF has experienced a fantastic summer with mild to warm conditions and good, regular, soaking rainfall. Storm activity predominantly went around us apart from an electrical storm which started a fire adjacent to the bush on Mulloon. Quick action from farm staff had the fire contained and with the help of our local CFS brigades it was soon extinguished. A big thanks to the CFS for their assistance and to Andrew Dale who witnessed the strike and stopped to help by directing the CFS trucks.
The cattle have not had such stable and productive conditions for some years and are relishing the favourable conditions. All stock are in excellent condition and have abundant quality feed available.
The poultry enterprise has also enjoyed the favourable conditions with production stable at over 500 boxes – that is 90,000 eggs per week.
The construction of our new poultry sheds is progressing, and the four sheds are expected to be commissioned early April. This has been a very challenging and frustrating project with delays being experienced along the whole production line. It is with much gratitude that the MCNF construction team have stepped up to the challenges and made it possible to have these sheds assembled in what seemed an impossible time frame.
Louis Convery joined the MCNF team late in January as our Assistant Regenerative Farming Manager. We welcome Louis, who is proving to be a valuable member of our team.
