I know it has been exactly a month since I have written last, but it has really flown by. We have been catching up on all the maintenance work that wasn't being done during the month that we had only two people running the farm everyday. A lot of fencing of random broken wires, fixing irrigation, cleaning up around the farm, and really keeping a close eye on the pastures. I have also been busy doing heifer rearing work and keeping up on what the heifers destroy on the farm across the road. They are really growing and looking good right now, especially since we have drenched them for worms again. We also vaccinated for BVD and Lepto which are diseases common in cattle in NZ.
The big news from the last month occurred on Friday. We had a group of 40 Young Farm Leaders Course participants from Northwest Michigan for a farm tour. It went really well and they just loved it. Andy, Steph, and I talked about the dairy industry, the farm, how pasture farming works, we showed them the irrigation systems, and took the tour bus all around the farm through the paddocks and everything. It was quite fun to be able to show other Americans what pasture dairy farming is like, and to also show off the farm a little. The group asked a lot of good questions and were interactive which made it really easy to speak too. After the tour they took Brittany and I out to lunch at the Speight's Alehouse. I never turn down free food, especially here where it is so expensive!
Now we are just waiting on the baby to come. Everyone on the farm is guessing when it will be born, so far Russ is wrong. He thought it would be born this weekend so he wouldn't be able to have his weekend off work. Only two more weeks until our next visitor comes! And this time hopefully we will be able to travel for a week!
The big news from the last month occurred on Friday. We had a group of 40 Young Farm Leaders Course participants from Northwest Michigan for a farm tour. It went really well and they just loved it. Andy, Steph, and I talked about the dairy industry, the farm, how pasture farming works, we showed them the irrigation systems, and took the tour bus all around the farm through the paddocks and everything. It was quite fun to be able to show other Americans what pasture dairy farming is like, and to also show off the farm a little. The group asked a lot of good questions and were interactive which made it really easy to speak too. After the tour they took Brittany and I out to lunch at the Speight's Alehouse. I never turn down free food, especially here where it is so expensive!
Now we are just waiting on the baby to come. Everyone on the farm is guessing when it will be born, so far Russ is wrong. He thought it would be born this weekend so he wouldn't be able to have his weekend off work. Only two more weeks until our next visitor comes! And this time hopefully we will be able to travel for a week!
Here is a picture of me talking to the group about milking efficiency and how the milking shed works. Below is definitely something we don't see everyday. It was neat to see the farm from the bus, it looks different from there for some reason.
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