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A ‘Pretty’ Arrival at Acorn Dairy With a lovely warm wind and October sun shining, Archdeacon Watzon Pretty was born today. Here she is on her feet, taking in her nursery paddock scenery, just six hours after landing. Like her mother, Pretty is a Dairy Shorthorn cross. The brown colouring can take several generations to come through. The […]
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Photos from our Welly Walk Customer Evenings We were delighted to have just under 200 of our local customers from Darlington, Richmond, Barnard Castle, Northallerton and Aycliffe come along to see how we produce their milk. The three early evening walks were blessed with good weather. The aim of the events was for customers to see how […]
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Annual 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 […]
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What 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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Extending of our Comfy Cow Tracks A cow lives on her feet for most of the time and we take foot care very seriously. They are heavy creatures with a relatively small hoof to take the weight. Barry, Phil, Richard and Raido regularly give the herd a pedicure to keep hooves neat and in good order. There […]
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