Category: Farm Update
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Obtanium Engineering
Modern dairy tends to involve rather complex engineering and use lots of energy. A micro dairy is not necessarily much less complicated. I am trying to creatively (re)use available materials and renewable energy to help Sellar Dairy move toward a vision of sustainable and regenerative farming.
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Grooming and mating
We start the management of the picnic gully block, which unfortunately from a grazing perspective, was way over our heads in gorse, briar rose, wild plums and black berries.
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Construction takes time
Now that the milk is flowing, we’ve been busy trying to get the creamery up and running. Then we can get licensed to start selling and sharing this beautiful milk!
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Finding a rhythm
Well, following the euphoric first few weeks of life post Iggy’s birth; the milks flowing and the calves are playing, the systems you’d assumed would work start showing cracks.