The Farmers Mart Oct/Nov 2016 - Issue 48 | Page 60

Bowes Green Farm T: 01937 581011 www.earthmill.co.uk Marston House, Walkers Court, Wetherby, LS22 7FD Who is looking after your wind turbine? Proud to supply and support Sowray & Sons Talk to us about our insurance backed warranty Earthmill – Post Warranty Service Offering for the Endurance E-3120 Everything we do leads to increased availability If your turbine isn't turning, you aren't making money Agricultural and equine fencing specialists Proud to be working with Shaun Sowray Stock net, post and rail, estate fencing cattle/sheep penning Wide range of equine fences and gates First class service 7 days a week • All work fully guaranteed Contact us for all your fencing needs Tel: [phone] Email: [email protected] 60 Oct/Nov 2016 www.farmers-mart.co.uk there are no longer the same number of dairy farms about as there used to be, but we do get to Leyburn most weeks with calves. “I try not to buy extreme cows because we want strong cows that are going to last. They need to walk well and have good udders. We’re looking for at least five or six lactations and we have some that are still producing what we’re looking for at seven or eight lactations. Looking after cows’ feet is something we are very conscious of especially with the amount of concrete here so we have foot trimmer Richard Anderson out regularly.” The lower yielding cows and those that are in-calf graze in the fields with the high yielders inside. The in-calf cows are brought in three weeks before calving. The Sowrays harvest grass and wheat. “We have 200 acres of grass that we get two cuts from with first cut usually around 21 May, sec ond cut this year was 13 July. We also have 135 acres of winter wheat variety Santiago. This year we also had some spring wheat as 20 acres of winter wheat had to be re-drilled because it had too much water last winter. It’s heavy-ish clay land and we