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** Customer Invitation ** Join us at Acorn Dairy for a relaxed farm walk (in your wellies!) Tues 9th, Wed 10th, Thurs 11th Sept . Meeting 5pm. (Approx. 2hrs) You will meet the inseparable Loubie Twins, the highlight of your summer newsletter, see our little calves and enjoy a slow, guided, group walk around our farm to see where your doorstep, organic milk comes from. […]
Read moreWelly Walk with the Cows Don’t be stuck for something to do with the family once September comes around. As part of the Soil Association Organic September celebrations we are organising the next Acorn Dairy customer open farm event. Come and meet the ‘Loubies’, the bovine stars of your last newsletter and see how we produce your doorstep […]
Read moreThis photo has a comedy value if you zoom in…. …but is still a beautiful picture of the relaxed herd. Taken by our herdsman Richard, on his early morning round up, it shows the Acorn Dairy herd silhouetted against the rising sun in Cuckoo field. We don’t think Richard noticed the ‘relieving’ activity centre stage (a regular morning activity […]
Read moreAnnual Inspection by the Soil Association – Acorn Dairy Ticks all the Boxes This week we have a Soil Association inspector with us. All aspects of what we do from field to bottle is looked at. This includes looking at our comprehensive reports covering land management, silage storage, slurry use, VET and meds, individual animal records, feed and seed bought for and fed […]
Read moreWhat a busy organic dairy farm we are today… The contractors are in with their big tractors again, cutting and clamping our wheat. This will give some excellent home grown protein in our cow’s diet over the coming winter season. The ‘whole crop’ is chopped up (ear and stem.) This will be mixed with our organic grass silage, and a mix of organic cereals […]
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