Over the last couple of months in "The Valley", nature has stirred the country into action. You cannot walk along the access road without seeing families of rabbits, groups of kangaroos and flocks of local bird life. All with that smug look in their eyes... they know its THAT time of the year.
With great seasonal rains this year, our farmers have been able to cover the hills and the dales with green grass. The wildflowers are in bloom and even the less valuable species of Fauna and Flora seem to look much more attractive. Given this great start, our milking herd is in full production and our farmers have timed the introduction of the next generation extremely well. Our calving paddock is a constant carousel of first calf young girls with a sprinkling of older heads to keep things calm. I don't think there is a part of farming that I enjoy more than the monitoring of the calving paddock... Nature working at its productive best.
Young mothers nursing their new arrivals, new babies bouncing and running under and around their nervous mums. This is where the mother and calf bond, it is also where farmer and new milking cow re unite AND its where baby bonds with the farmer...he will substitute as carer and protector of this animal for years to come. If those concerned with animal rights could see this initial bonding, many of their fears would be allayed .
As we move from area to area on the farm, everything seems to be metamorphosising into its next life stage. Cows begin milking, crops begin to fruit everything is as it should be. With Nature doing its best, we at Country Valley must up the anti to make full use of this Spring Flush. We have been hard at work bottleing milk, making our award winning yoghurt and pasteurising and packageing our beautiful cream, so you out in Good Food Land can also enjoy dairy (spring) goodness.
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