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| MARCH 2010 |
| OUR FARM AND HOMESTEAD ARE UP FOR SALE. |
| After a great deal of thought, we have reluctantly decided that it is
time for us to sell our farm. We are proud of the work we have done to
make the farm what it is today, but as you would appreciate, farming
is a full time job and we have so many other commitments.
We have engaged Colin Stuckey at Ray White as the sole agent. We are still at Pokeno Markets and will continue to sell you quality, boutique beef products, so don't forget to check out our stall every Sunday. For more details on the farm and homestead, please click HERE The page will open in a new window. |
| Newsletter - January 2010 |
| It's the start of a new decade and hopefully a time when we can progress
to introducing Lowline Infused meat to people outside of Southern
Auckland. We have great plans for stalls in Farmers Markets throughout the
North Island.
Our editorial promotion in the NZ Lifestyle Farmer, by Stephanie Maunsell in the February 2010 Edition is a real step forward for the promotion of Lowline Cattle and their meat. We are hoping that other breeders will join us. This article is a must on your reading list, it will be on our website soon. That's the good news, the frustrations of the summer holidays and procuring enough meat to sell at this time of the year has been a learning curve for us and hopefully not to be repeated. We will need to have a much better plan for next summer. Our Lowline Salami a real hit with customers, "they try and then they buy" and our pure Beef Sausages are really popular as well. We have finally got our steaks in line with our customers needs after a lot of trial and error. We sell them in manageable sized pieces of about one kg and the customer can then slice the steaks to their own requirements. Another disappointment for us is that we can no longer offer Weiner Schnitzel in vacuum packs. It just bleeds and has to be frozen first in order to be cut thinly. On the farm, we have several newly born Lowline calves, Kotinga Jess R32 has given birth to her 12th calf and for her age she still looks like the Champion she was in her early years. This time she has produced a really good looking bull calf, sired by Tartan Farms Wallace. Our hay is still standing in the paddock because we have not had a clear window in the weather to cut and bale. We have had a lot of drizzle and light rain with very high humidity this month. We have topped several of our paddocks and they are coming away nicely. Once the hay is in the barn, re- growth gorse spraying will be the order of the day. At least we have the ragwort well under control. Our motto is "as it pops up - pull it out". We are now planning ahead of time for an influx of Lowline/Jersey Cross calves in July/August. Last year we sold all our weaned calves early, so this year we will rear between 80 and 100 calves. Once they are feeding well on our 50 teat Milk-Bar Feeder, its easy. We give them plenty of paddock space, meal from day 1 and later Pro-Life Halage which they seem to really enjoy. In April we are planning a trip to Sydney to attend "The Great Australian Lowline Cattle Muster" at the Sydney Royal Easter Show where this year Lowline are the feature breed.
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Committed to the Promotion of the Australian Lowline Beef Breed |
