Farms Update

Horns in preparation for biodynamic spray applications, and the cattle mob have been thriving this winter.

We had a fairly dry winter on the farms but some welcome rain and warmer than average temperatures in August saw a bit of an early start to spring and some decent pasture growth. El Niño seems likely moving into spring/summer but we’re confident of our position and planning moving into a challenging time. 

There were plenty of projects over the cooler months with two new flocks of chickens graduating out to pastures, improvements to our brooding infrastructure, fencing improvements and the long-awaited commissioning of our solar and battery system to power the operations at Duralla is underway. 

Our mob of cattle are nearing the end of their calving period at the time of writing and the girls are back on a rising plane of nutrition leading into joining in November thanks to an early spring flush bringing plenty of good quality feed.

Spring will be a typically busy time with the usual uptick in egg production, marking and joining cattle and biodynamic applications. Away from day-to-day operations, the team’s energy will be focussed on projects that will further drive efficiencies on the farm including the installation of our new feed mill, upgrades to our pastured chicken houses, biological fertiliser trials and ongoing fencing improvement works. 

See you in summer! 

Chicken pastures under a bluebird winter sky.