Our new farm – Meeniyan

We took over our new farm at Meeniyan last November 2023. Meeniyan is in South Gippsland in Victoria near the coast. On a clear day its possible to make out the hills on Wilson’s Promontory. The farm is a bit over 400 acres and is not quite as hilly as the Ranceby farm. Its well…

Still dairy farming in 2022.

After nearly 7 years we are still dairy farming in South Gippsland. Around our area there have been several farms that have closed. Overall, Australia wide, dairy farms are getting fewer and bigger but according to the latest statistics, total milk production is down. Milk price is rising so that’s a positive. Last year we…

Dairy farming in SW Gippsland – our farm.

Well, much to everyone’s surprise we are still farming after 5 years! Someone said our act of faith in starting a dairy farm at a low time in the industry was like “attempting to jump over 50 cars inĀ  a Harley Davidson without any practice”. Its true we bought a going dairy farm but we…

Our dairy farm – waiting for rain!

We’ve had our dairy farm in the Strzelecki Ranges in South Gippsland for nearly 4 years now. And yes, waiting for rain. Its been dry well into autumn. We’ve had a few showers and the grass is starting to grow but much more is needed. Around the farm. Calving is just about finished. There are…

Farm dam water filter – the results are in!

On our farm we require good quality water for jobs like cleaning in the dairy. We built a water filter that would be capable of treating a large volume of dam water so that it could be used to top up our rain water tank through dry periods. The design can be seen Low tech…