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Pure Hereford by Tim Teague

  • I know this is temping fate , but the grain worked a treat. We will need it on Monday and I bet it throws a wobbler, all because of this blog. Why will we need the grain drier on Monday ?, the Oil Seed Rape is finished, thats why !!. Yesterday ( friday...
    Posted Aug 16 2008, 09:12 PM by Pure Hereford

  • Harvest or rather lack of harvest

    Farming is endlessly challenging, especially when livestock are included. The biggest wild card whatever we do is the weather. Farmers are famed for moaning about the weather, so why should I be any different ? Its the 13 th of August and half of the...
    Posted Aug 13 2008, 12:14 PM by Pure Hereford

  • its a combine picture.

    Just to prove that I get dirty and do some work , heres a picture of me and my combine in a field of Barley. The field is called Beech Quarry, its one of the very few fields that I have amalgameted buy removing a hedge, guess what he two fields were called...
    Posted Jul 31 2008, 09:50 PM by Pure Hereford

  • Im back

    What have I been doing neglecting this blog ?? shame full . I think I know why I'm so bad at any diary type discipline, its genetics. About 5 years ago we turned an unused room here in the farm house into a proper office. Nothing big and glamorous...
    Posted Jul 31 2008, 09:21 PM by Pure Hereford

  • Tick tick tick tick

    Can you hear that clock ticking, I can. Today we are, ( I say we , actually Robert ) has started to apply a chemical to our winter barley crop to stop it growing and start it ripening. This means that we have two weeks, thats how long the chemical takes...
    Posted Jul 04 2008, 10:36 AM by Pure Hereford

  • Hows Fred

    I am sure you are worried about Fred, well things are looking pretty good, hes up and about , looks a little under the weather and who can blame him. He is in a small pen with two others for company and has eaten a little this morning, we are , dare I...
    Posted Jul 01 2008, 09:33 AM by Pure Hereford

  • That Bloated Feeling

    We had some friends over last night , and despite my Cholesterol reducing diet I had a bit of a bloated feeling, after many sandwiches in the garden. The over full feeling was alleviated by a game involving 6 adults 4 children a terrier and a football...
    Posted Jun 30 2008, 12:14 PM by Pure Hereford

  • All Clear

    The TB test was passed without a hitch, next we test the whole herd on July 14 th . Tomorrow I must make sure the restriction is lifted. Its a wet windy night here in S Shrops , time the weather bucked up. This time last year we were in a state of chaos...
    Posted Jun 26 2008, 07:44 PM by Pure Hereford

  • I am angry, really angry......

    On Monday I told you about getting cattle sorted for a TB test (tuberculosis) , these were a8 cattle from 4 herds that had a TB breakdown. The cattle were traced to me , as i bought them as baby calves. The vet and I knew the test had to be done by the...
    Posted Jun 26 2008, 10:44 AM by Pure Hereford

  • Wrong Again

    My gloomy prediction of yesterday was proven wrong. Steve fenced, I helped a bit in the morning by pushing some posts in with our trusty digger, Robert tidied some grass, including the chicken run, which impressed Sue, and I even got some office work...
    Posted Jun 24 2008, 11:12 PM by Pure Hereford

  • lets get started

    I have wanted to blog for a while, it took a little push from my mate Mat Naylor, blogger and fellow Pure Tilth member, along with Ian Pigott to get me going. To listen to our fledgling podcast try this www.puretilth.com . Mat is relatively techy, compared...
    Posted Jun 23 2008, 09:44 PM by Pure Hereford
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