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Today we had 9 new calves born. All are strong, healthy and born unassisted. I think this is the most calves we have ever had born in one day. And all the calves are now tagged! Some were very lively, even the ones born since we went around the cows this morning. READ MORE

This week, I have put the computer to work and analysed all the weaning weights for the 2012 calves. The calves were then ranked in terms of their weight ratios with adjustments made for age of cow and calf. We now know who were our best producers in 2012 (and our worst). Of... READ MORE

Our new calves are arriving thick and fast with 5 or so being born most days. All calves are tagged at birth which the cows are often not too happy about!  As our cows are all single sire joined, we need to be able to identify the parentage of all calves. Despite our tough... READ MORE