This was Zoe on the Bobcat as I moved the electric tape in paddock 6 on Friday. It really was sunny enough to dig out the zinc!
Yes, two pairs of oversized sunglasses are apparently “hot” right now
I’d been away from the paddock for a week and things had got away. It’s newly sown to a high performance grass and zoomed off once the saturated soil turned to plasticene over a balmy few days. We had to get the cows in at once if there was any chance of keeping grass quality levels up over Spring.
At this time of the year, it’s really important to divide the paddock into small strips. Let them into the whole lot at once and most will be wasted as the engorged cows make nests to sleep it off. The trick is to have the cows absolutely full to pussy’s bow, but only just. It’s good for the cows, good for milk production and good for the grass.
The grass on the right has just been grazed, the grass on the left is for dinner
Grass growth will have come to a skidding halt over the last couple of glacial days though. Everything is mushy and muddy all over again. Including Patch.
Whadda you mean I can’t come inside?
The Milk Maid Marian 
Made from milk from contented cows, no bovine growth hormones or pesticidesTrue Whey is made from milk from contented cows, which are grass fed and never subjected to any growth hormone treatment, chemicals, pesticides, or genetically modified organisms (GMO’s). We don’t want that stuff in our bodies; you don’t want that stuff in yours.
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Well, the good news is that bovine growth hormones are illegal in Australia’s dairy cows, which are also largely grass fed.
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