Weather wise what a Spring it turned out to be.  Lambs were able to go to the fields at one day old.  Its a fantastic saving on labor and gives the lambs a wonderful chance to get well started, in other years we would often have them in for two weeks, which is a nightmare [...]

Last day of the year and what a change it is, feeding cattle in plus 12 degrees when only ten days ago we were feeding them in minus 12.  The water froze in the slatted shed so we stopped feeding meal which greatly reduced the demand on water.  We were able to feed them with [...]

We have just put in two of the toughest weeks since the start of our new venture.  The move from Ashtown to Balinlough was a huge step, we were spoilt for choice of machinery in Ashtown.  To be suddenly be without it all left it much slower to produce also a long trip to Killybegs [...]

Finally back to my diary, after whats been a hectic month our processing unit is within 4 days of a full veterinary inspection.  As with all builds it has taken longer than expected but we have the functional building that we wanted.  Our processing section of the building is a good size, it being the main area [...]