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Silage Clamp Improvements

Here at Acorn Dairy we are thinking about future organic silage storage and we are improving our original silage clamp. Built in the 1960s the original clamp has served well. It is now ageing and a revamp is required if we are to continue to meet new environmental rules. The clamp is how we store and preserve grass cut in […]

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Organic Butter Making

We call in on the Acorn Dairy butter production line! Wednesday is maintenance and butter making day at Acorn Dairy. Every week we churn cream and a little salt and make our delicious & popular butter. It is then hardened for a week in our fridges, before being put through the extruder. This squeezes out excess water & forms the […]

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Protecting our Pint!

Nostalgia: Cows Grazing in the Fields & Milk in Pint Bottles Today Monty Don tweeted he didn’t realise how privileged he was to have his milk delivered in glass bottles. Is it organic Monty?  Also today Dairy Crest announced the closure of their final glass bottling plant, as they see their business future focussed more on a supply chain suited […]

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Customer Invitation to see the Cows & Calves – Guided Farm Tour 9th, 10th, 11th Sept.

** 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. Cross-country […]

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Customer Farm ‘Welly’ Walk 9th, 10th, 11th Sept

  ** 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. […]

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