13 January 2017 – A final word »
Even though it has been Christmas and New Year, we have been busy...
Upland Farming Blog
Frances Graham is a young farmer who farms with her family at the top of Upper Nidderdale. The Grahams work on their hill farm throughout the year. From January 2016 to January 2017, Frances shared with us the ups and downs of a year’s farming in Nidderdale through a fortnightly blog.
16 December 2016 – Christmas calves and winter feeding »
I know it was only 2 weeks ago since I wrote about scanning the heifers...
2 December 2016 – Cows in Calf »
Last week we have been busy PD-ing (pregnancy diagnosing) the heifers and cows...
18 November 2016 – Tupping »
Well it’s back to that time of year again and we are working with the sheep most days, getting them ready for tupping...
28 October 2016 – Cows coming inside »
The day finally arrived, which we all dread, when the cows come inside after spending the summer outside...
17 October 2016 – Buying Tups »
Monday was the yearly trip to Bentham Auction Mart to go and buy some Dalesbred tups...
3 October 2016 – Gimmer Lambs »
Well, it has finally come upon us that a week last Saturday was the start of a busy month...
16 September 2016 – Selling wool »
Last week we finally managed to get the wool away to market...
26 August 2016 – Spaining Sheep »
It’s back to that time of year again when we are working with sheep and lambs most days...
15 August 2016 – Last Clippings »
Well, we have finally finished clipping...
5 August 2016 – A Difficult Day with the Vet »
Well, Saturday was a very different day to what we all imagined it to be. My first heifer that I had AI’d was starting to calve...
15 July 2016 – Gathering »
Last Monday, it was the time of year to go and gather the moor for clipping...
6 July 2016 – Clipping and dosing »
It doesn’t seem five minutes ago since we were clipping last year...
17 June 2016 – Turning out the cows »
Well the day finally arrived, turning out day with the cows...
27 May 2016 – Back to the moor »
Last weekend we took our sheep back to the moor...
13 May 2016 – Finishing lambing and Tip’s puppies »
Well lambing has finally finished, with only the odd sheep left to lamb.
29 April 2016 – Hoggs »
Between going around the sheep morning and night we have been getting the hoggs ready to go to the moor.
15 April 2016 – Lambing »
We started lambing on the 17th March with the first three flocks of sheep...
30 March 2016 – Cautionary Tale »
Last Sunday was a stressful day as we have started lambing, and I had the job of sorting fat lambs out to take to the collection centre...
18 March 2016 – Calving »
Over the past three weeks we have been calving. This year for the first time, the cows which were to calve have been synchronised. Synchronising the cows is when...
26 February 2016 – Checking for TB »
This week we have being TB testing, it’s a week that we have all being dreading as it takes up a lot of time and can be frustrating work. All the cows that we keep for breeding need to be tested...
12 February 2016 – Moling »
I have had a busy week moling. The mole is one of the most common..
31 January 2016 – Sheep Scanning »
It has been a busy week, my Dad and I have been sorting out for scanning. We scan sheep to find out how many lambs are inside them. We do this by using...
