Our cattle have just settled into their luxurious new winter home after a very wet autumn outside. Over the last two years we have completely refurbished a shed that we had recently acquired on some neighbouring land. Substantial work was needed to fit new pens throughout including separate sleeping and dining quarters with nutrition bars, a creche for the calves, a new feed face and a new water supply for tipping troughs, as well as building the essential outside facilities of a whole new muck management area, a new concrete collecting yard and a new outdoor cattle handling system. So, all in all, a major undertaking by our in-house team. Our farm troopers have been involved in the development along the way and we all now look forward to safely utilising this efficient and spacious housing arrangement that further improves the welfare of our cattle. They can now all gorge at once on a daily fresh platter of delicious chopped organic silage and sleep well on their weekly fresh bedding. Not a bad life!
