Good Morning from the Farm! We sit down in the barn with the cows to catchup on all that's happened since October. TB Testing, Barn Insurance Issues and Hedgelaying.

Good Morning from the Farm! Out in the field we discussed changing seasons, going organic, and mum's fond memories of dairy farming.    00:32 - Mum loves autumn  02:38 - Jonathan in with the girls again!  04:40 - Mum tying gates up with string  07:27 - Jonathan nice quiet bull  08:40 - Selling heifer's 09:53 - Grassfed beef  13:54 - Selling privately after 30 months old  15:23 - Can the farm go organic?  17:53 - Buying organic rams  18:55 - How are the chickens?  21:27 - Can mum guess the breed from the video  22:27 - Talking about Dairy cows

Here are some of the things we discussed on this months podcast: 0:20 Mum didn't know she was being filmed 1:40 The land is very dry 3:20 Arable farmers struggling to plough the ground 4:30 Fires on farms and in fields 6:00 Our barn set on fire at the farm 9:30 Mum had the "stuffing knocked out of her" 12:20 We use the Help X platform 13:30 Family BBQs 14:50 Bucks County Show 22:20 Ru's neglected youth 23:40 Ru's fainting video 25:40 Calves are in trouble from their mums 26:10 Mum's happy decisions on haymaking and land management 27:20 Nature usually provides 32:00 Tell me you own sheep, without telling me you own sheep 33:00 Old fashioned saying... anyone know what she's saying? 34:30 Stanley White Stripe our new Doberman 36:15 Showing mum a TikTok 39:00 When's the next podcast coming out? 39:30 Thank you to everyone!

Wishing you a very Happy New Year from us all at the farm.  Here are some of the things we discussed on this weeks podcast:   02:20 What did mum have for Christmas dinner  02:50 New Farm outfit  04:30 Still no sponsor messages for our podcast  07:45 Christmas can be stressful for farmers  08:50 Homemade Christmas puddings  12:40 Our last LIVE broadcast  14:40 Cows had their Iodine bolus  17:50 Winter is tough on a livestock farm  18:30 The cows are coughing  19:20 Why do some cows have horns?  20:30 Are the sheep all okay?  22:10 A new Dutch barn on the farm  25:49 Good morning Tommy  28:50 Any show ideas / suggestions   To join us for our next live broadcast please subscribe to our emails via https://flankfarm.com - I really look forward to hanging out in 2022.

How are all the animals? What is #FARM24? What do you think of Clarkson's Farm? We answered= those questions + lots of others thrown at us during our first ever livestream.  Like always we were down in the barn, to say a big excitable "Good Morning from the Farm". Subscribe over at flankfarm.com and I'll let you know the next time we go live.

I kept mum occupied for more than 10 minutes...  I've never known anyone look more uncomfortable when seated.    This morning we spoke about the Spring video – Peppa the pig – and the new calves... We also excitedly answered questions from you.   Chapters: 00:00  Good Morning 01:25  Spring video  03:30 Farms fixing and reusing  05:15 Pig update  08:00 Bottle lambs  12:30 Grass growing again  15:00 Mum's not an arable farmer  16:55 Beautiful cows   20:00 Questions from you  20:30 Advice for a young shepherd  22:20 What breeds of sheep and tups are we keeping  24:40 Lleyn sheep breed  26:20 Is your mum always as relaxed?  29:18 How are the geese?  31:55 How often do you question it all?  34:00 How has Brexit changed farm life?  36:15 How long has the farm been in the family history?   Join us on the farm at – https://www.flankfarm.com/

This morning we discuss how lambing is going for mum, the progress Ru has made with selling farm produce direct and what's just around the corner in Spring.   Chapters:  00:00 Let's talk farming  02:24 Lambing has mellowed mum out  03:40 How's lambing going?  04:10 First Ewe cesarean in 10 years  05:40 Another Ewe cesarean  07:00 How much is a cesarean on a sheep?  08:40 Spring special coming soon!  09:15 We got a farmstream camera!  11:30 Ru's master plan  12:00 Ru I need you to sell a cow!  13:50 Join us https://www.flankfarm.com/shop/  18:50 Spring is here!  19:15 Blackthorn winter  20:40 Tommy Tamworth update  21:20 Jack the Oxford Sandy and Black

Join us on the farm https://www.flankfarm.com​  Chapters for this morning:  00:00​ Introduction  01:00​ Mum's been very busy  01:30​ Going to the market  02:20​ What's the lambing plan?  04:20​ Mum ready for lambing?  05:10​ Always a self doubt stage  06:15​ March many weathers  07:50​ Another tough week  11:00​ Tommy Tamworth update  12:20​ We welcome faming advice!  13:00​ Throw your coat over their head  13:30​ Mum's trousers  17:00​ Why lambing?  21:00​ Where are the goats?

For the fist time since starting, mum didn't want to chat this morning.   Not for everyone, mum talks about one of her cows aborting twin calves...  It's not been an easy week at the farm, but this is what these chats are all about.    Chapters:   0:00 Introduction  1:40 Twin Calves Dead  08:45 Careful with lambs and Pneumonia  12:00 Glad and Sorry  16:00 Sleep in the barn  17:20 Farming Dictionary  19:20 Sheep Scanning

Good morning from the Farm. Lambing has started, not how we might have hoped, but we're moving in the right direction.