THE RIDGEDALE NO-DIG METHOD

THE RIDGEDALE NO-DIG METHOD

I actually came into farming through organic crop production and horticulture. But not finding what I was looking for at ag school, I luckily came across the work of Charles Dowding, and this year it’s been 20 years since I built my first no-dig beds. Things have...
1000 BROILERS TO PROCESS…

1000 BROILERS TO PROCESS…

Today we’re starting slaughter week. We’re splitting 1000 broilers into 3 batches and doing back-to-back slaughtering and packing over a 6-day period. It’s the first time for this year’s team, so whilst a 330 bird slaughter normally takes around 5 hours, it’ll...
COWS OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR!

COWS OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR!

After some awesome days out on the West Coast with Ragnar, I’m back on the farm and we’re getting the cows out on pasture today – they’re going onto the neighbours property first, then coming back to our farm. The second batch of broilers has been...