On the farms we’ve had a continuation of the extremely wet weather driven by the extended La Niña and negative Indian Ocean Dipole events. As a result, conditions in the paddocks have been quite poor for livestock and staff alike. Big thanks to our staff for continuing to hook in, rain hail or shine. One positive to the ongoing miserable cold and wet weather has been the amazing display of fungi across the region which hasn’t been seen for a very long time.

Back in April our weaners went off for sale with some good looking Angus and Angus cross steers and heifers performing well at the saleyards. We retained the majority of our Angus heifers and have brought in bulls with proven genetics from Bill Graham’s Bongongo Angus stud. Earlier in the year, we also purchased Rennylea Angus cows to further improve genetics in our breeding mob. We’re looking forward to another good season to consolidate our cattle numbers and see the progression of our mob.

Our biodynamics cow pat pit is all set up and cow horn manure in the ground where it will stay over winter. Come spring the cow horns will be dug up and brewed to make BD500 for spraying onto our biodynamic pastures at Duralla.

Results are in from our most recent Ecological Outcome Verification monitoring event undertaken in January and improvements were seen across all 15 ecological health indicators and four landscape functions compared to the previous year. Mulloon Creek Natural Farms is proud to bear the verified regenerative Land to Market label on our products and are committed to improving landscape health and function across all land under our management.

Thank you to Tony Hill and Harry Watson from Australian Holistic Management Cooperative for their ongoing partnership in this process. For more information on Ecological Outcome Verification and Land to Market, please visit their website.

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