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“YOU KNOW, FARMING LOOKS MIGHTY EASY WHEN YOUR PLOW IS A PENCIL, AND YOU’RE A THOUSAND MILES FROM THE CORN FIELD.“
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Our activities centre around the production of organic meat. Concentrating on native breeds, both beef and lamb are fed and finished predominantly from grass. Aberdeen Angus, Belted Galloway cows and calves, and Texel and Scottish Blackface sheep can be found across the estate.
The ‘Belties’ particularly lend themselves to spring calving and all year outdoor production. They, and our newly acquired beef short horn bull, complement the genetics and breed characteristics of the Aberdeen Angus and lead to an improved Autumn and Spring calving suckler herd.
To provide additional protein and provide additional supplements to the cows grass based diet, we grow spring barley, spring oats and spring beans – all organic of course!
We have a large flock of Texel and Scottish Blackface sheep, also grass-fed.
Working on the Estate is a privilege at the best of times but we can’t deny that our favourite time of year is Spring, when the lambs start to appear in the fields!
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