Good afternoon,
We’ve been operating with fairly limited stock for a little while and so have taken the opportunity this week to catch up by butchering two bodies - we are ready for the cautiously approaching barbecue season.
We’ve got steaks, short ribs, brisket, roasting joints, rump joints & mince in the fridge, and burgers & hot dogs in the freezer ready to be picked up on Saturday 11-4pm.
This week…
The cows & calves moved out, made things very muddy and then moved back in to the yard again.
The field they were in is now puddled with muddy water, which means we went a little too early.
We’re keen to get the herd outside as our winter food stores are running low, but there is nothing to gain from letting them poach the soils, and it’s still just too wet.
We injected 6 cows with Ovarelin this week, to get them ready for artificial insemination - we will put fertilised wagyu embryos into each cow which we hope will give us 3 more pure blood wagyu bulls to father our Sussex wagyus.
Looks like one mama had made a little effort for the occasion with a trip to the hair salon…
We invited a few of the people who work with Trenchmore over for dinner last night, and the weather just about allowed al fresco dining.
We feel very lucky to have such wonderful people working with us, in various capacities, and it was lovely to share a meal with some of them.
It really does take a village.
And to end on a little local news, we’re very proud of Councillor Knowles (my Mum) for being elected to serve Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead with the Lib Dems.
We know it means great things for the village - well done Mum!