That’s a wrap! Thanks Josh Penrose for a job well done. First cut in the bank. #teamdairy

Maize prep has started with the strip tiller. Bit damp in places but we are travelling! #teamdairy #maize23

Into another one! Let’s see what we can get done before this rain turns up!

Strips coming up beautifully in the fields following multi species cover crops over winter. Maybe there is some sense in them after all! #striptill #teamdairy #maize23

They’re singing Happy Birthday to temporary traffic lights on BBC Radio 2. Must be a slow news day!

I mowed some hay yesterday, you are welcome Sussex! Took one for the team ☔️

Looks like he’s out tedding anyway, see if the pilot can fluff up the rest of the field too 😂😂

Yesterday was a good day, half a pint of rain! ☔️👌🏼👌🏼

4th cut is coming on well now! Cut in a couple of weeks 👌🏼👌🏼

That’s 4th cut in the pit. May get a 5th for the first time on this farm! Primo cow snacks 👌🏼👌🏼

You can lead a horse to water…. 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

I think I may hold off a week or two before starting fertiliser spreading! 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Fresh sheets for the ladies this morning. Better in there than outside at the moment! ☔️

Thank you Mother Nature for that 30mm of rain. I was starting to worry things were drying out a bit too much! 🌧️ 🤦🏻‍♂️

Wonderful April fools from UK power this morning. Suspected dodgy power has taken out all 3 phase electrical items that would have been running during the night 🤦🏻‍♂️

Calving stats so far: 110 calved 114 calves (including DOA) DOA 4.48% (including 2 sets of early twins right at the start) Twinning rate 3.6% Assisted Calvings 0.9% Milk Fever 0.9% 21% calved by day 8 Let’s hope things carry on like this! #teamdairy #calving24

We celebrated 25 years on the farm with Paul this morning. This man has been doing early morning feeding and scraping almost as long as I’ve been alive, before going to do a days work. A true inspiration to us all and a bloody good bloke. They don’t make them like that anymore!

Good things starting to happen on the building site!

Not a bad morning to be out and about yesterday, shame today isn’t the same! ☔️

Fortune favours the brave hey… #maize25