Lamb mothering up to establish accurate pedigree before marking and scoring was completed. The bulk of our cropping program was completed, compromised by the need to find feed for hungry sheep. Extremely dry conditions continued, with little pasture growth.
We measured the first of what would become a season opening rain at the beginning of this month. Eventually the need for feeding hay and grain would be reduced. Planting our grain crops began with damp soil. Joy and Allen attended the Macquarie Sire Evaluation final Field Day, where we were pleased with how Glen
We managed to get all our grown ewes and the Autumn 2023 drop lambs shorn. Supplementary feeding continues to increase as the dry paddock feed diminishes. The Dohne ewes began lambing. Pasture paddocks were sown dry to ensure germination on the first rain and with warm soil.
Allen and Joy inspected both age groups at the Balmoral Sire Evaluation site in the Western Districts of Victoria. The display of hoggets included progeny of Glen Holme 206139, and as expected, they were very good for growth, fat and muscle. They were to be shorn the next week, with the fleece weights the last
Hot, dry conditions persisted for the month with no rainfall being recorded. Paddock feed is dry now. Joy and Allen attended the Dohne Sire Evaluation open day at Coonong station in the Riverina region in NSW. We have two rams with progeny there. Thanks to the Australian Dohne Breeders Association for your support of this
We shore some lines of sheep including our wether weaners who were then taken to a bean stubble to gain weight prior to sale, and some ewe hoggets that we will offer after preg-scanning in March.
We continued harvest, with Durum all assigned to go to the San Remo pasta manufacturer as the top grade. We celebrated 30 years of being a contracted grower. Harvest was completed before Christmas, before a cold change in the weather. The rain brought some green feed up. We put our selected Dohne rams out in
We got our hay baled in dry conditions with an excellent quality test. It had less than 1 mm of rain on it from cutting to carting. Grain harvest began following a dry Spring that severely limited yield, but quality was high. We sorted the stud ewes into mating groups. The publication of Merino Superior
Much of this month was spend delivering rams after our successful On Property Auction and take a sire to a facility for Export collection of semen for South American clients. We were able to shear more sheep prior to grass seed set and crutch other mobs. When we crutch, we often take Dag scores and
