July 2020: Farm news

Farm Manager Olly Pemberton with the latest from Weir Farm

As many people will have seen, the combine has started rolling and we have been busy cutting our Winter Barley and Winter Oilseed Rape. Yields have been a little disappointing, which is no great surprise given the wet winter and dry spring.

However, most of it has come in nice and dry and the straw has all been baled without getting wet which is a silver lining.

Concurrently, we have been making plenty more of our haylage and meadow hay in both large and small bales, now safely stored ready for sale over the winter.

We sold a batch of our finished cattle towards the end of the month, which is always a bitter sweet moment and it was very encouraging to see them do well at the Cirencester market.

It is a part of livestock farming to load them on a truck and send them off to slaughter but that doesn’t make it easier each time.

Finally, we came onto the farm one morning towards the end of the month to find a 60 metre diameter crop circle near the Ridgeway.

The interpretation continues as to what the symbols and signs all mean, but very impressive none the less, and it has been lovely to see people exploring (safely and socially distanced) the circle respectfully and enjoying the sunshine.

As ever, if you see us around the farm while walking, feel free to ask questions and find out more of what we are up to – we are very friendly and keen to show people what we are doing!

- Olly, Farm Manager