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Keeping Red Poll cattle going – enter Moon, the bull
We’ve had Red Poll cattle on the farm since the early 1900’s, so they’ve been on Tatton Park a very…
Time for some Tamworth piglets on the farm
With all the local lockdowns, social distancing and having to wear face masks, life on the farm has carried on….
Watch the first calves arrive – with farmer Sam
Farmer Sam is excited to share some good news from the farm. The cows have started calving – Sam’s favourite…
Covid or not, the lambs are coming
Lockdown has well and truly taken hold, but the animals on the farm don’t know a thing about this and…
Video: Molly the Middle White pig is in labour!
The Middle White is one of the rarest breeds of pig in the world, and at Tatton Park we have…
Sam on the farm: Scanning for calves
It’s February on the Farm and the days are starting to feel a little longer ever so slightly. When the…
Rare breed livestock arrive at Tatton Park farm
Well it’s 2020 and Christmas seems like a distant memory, but the farming cycle continues and in the blink of…
Over to you boys – the ‘tups’ get busy with the ewes
My Grandad was a farmer and he always says to me that there’s no point ever worrying about the weather…
Sam explains how farmers get their cows pregnant
Cows are pregnant for nine months, and in order have another lot of calves in 2020, it’s time to get…
Rocky the Hereford bull is off to pastures new
Autumn feels like it’s arrived but the question that everyone is asking is, where was Summer? As the mornings get…
Hot temperatures cause problems on the farm
As a farmer, I usually find the winter months the most challenging, but the recent high temperatures have made me…
Baby Boom: Sam explains calving time
I love calving time more than any other time of the farming year, and this one has certainly been extra…
The lambs have arrived at Tatton Park
Lambing is done and dusted for 2019 and I managed to miss the lot! The lambs look really well and…
Has ‘Zeus’ the bull done his job?
When it comes to finding out if cows are pregnant, it’s not just a case of buying a pregnancy test…
Learning from farmers in New Zealand
Last year I was awarded the John Platt Travel Scholarship by Reaseheath College and the Cheshire Agricultural Society. It’s a…
The sheep are pregnant, but how many will give birth?
It feels like spring is in the air on the farm and there’s no better sign of this than new…