Category: Cattle

1. Simply Red Has Arrived At Cilwg

   Posted on 8:30pm Tuesday 10th Dec 2019

   

   As owners of a pedigree breeding herd of non-short Dexters, considering which bull to hire is an annual task. It’s usually pretty stress free; to date, all our bulls have come from the same location, roughly about 25 miles away. It normally just takes a quick telephone call to organise dates and times, and the bull duly arrives, delivered (and later collected) by his owners. It’s a pleasant social event over a cup of coffee at the kitchen table where we catch up with all manner of things – not necessarily agricultural.

   This time, things were different…

2. Pedigree or Cross Breeds - There's Room For Both

   Posted on 9:15am Tuesday 19th Nov 2019

   

   We’ve recently been asked why, when we keep a pedigree herd of Dexter cattle and a pedigree herd of Boer goats, do we rear cross-bred sheep, and - very often, but not always – cross-bred pigs. It’s a valid question, but one which has perfectly logical answers.