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Welly 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 […]
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This 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 […]
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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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Cycling Entertainment for our Organic Bulls & Heifers! ‘Le Tour’ is now just over a week away and we are planning how it is affecting our deliveries in Harrogate. Significantly, being the answer! However, on the flip side, yellow bikes have appeared along the road to Middleham in Wensleyday and the racing will pass within a […]
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Inseparable… Twin Sisters in the Acorn Dairy Herd The benefits of being an organic cow at Acorn Dairy are numerous… including not being separated from your beloved twin sister. Our herd of 210 cows is cared for in smaller groups, which are usually arranged around lactation for recording and feeding purposes. Seen here are two 3yr old sisters who enjoy a relationship to rival any human bond. […]
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