Allo, Allo! Let’s Talk Beef Tallow
What's the Good Oil About Beef Tallow? At A Complete Cow, we are about zero waste and full utilisation of our animals. The hard fat of cows is often discarded in processing but it has so many beneficial uses. So let’s dig in and learn a bit about tallow. Beef tallow...
Bone Broth Primer – There’s Gold In Them Thur Bones
Bone broth seems to be the new kid on the wellness block and is getting talked about a lot. Well, it turns out it's not without good reason. There is so much about keeping well that simply involves eating well and really, we're just turning back the clock to things...
Small is Beautiful
20 years ago a friend bought me a book “small is still beautiful” by Joseph Pearce which is a fresh look at the concepts of EF Schumacher and his book “small is beautiful '' written 25 years before. This after I had been loudly (and very eloquently, I’m sure) ranting...
Who’s horny
Cows tend to grow horns. They are all wildly different, just like their personalities. Current practice is to chop them off or disbud them while the calf is very young. It is obvious why; a 600 plus kg animal with sharp things growing out its head can present a few...
Farming Fail
There were some tough farming lessons learnt last month. Our youngest herd of calves have been struggling on and off for the last wee while, with one of them becoming quite sick. I called the vet and we did a raft of tests. They came back with high parasite counts,...
Charlotte Flows Interview April 2023
https://accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=319d2304-6e79-4224-ae19-d7bf1b17dbae
Baaa humbug
(this blog has nothing to do with farming!) I hate Christmas. Actually that’s not true, I’ll rephrase that; I hate Christmas in the southern hemisphere. It is completely pointless being in the middle of the summer. Although it’s currently masquerading as a Christian...
Out-of-the-box beef farmer aims for no waste
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/countrylife/audio/2018867644/out-of-the-box-beef-farmer-aims-for-no-waste
What’s all the fuss about regenerative farming?
10 years ago I had a newborn who I pushed around the farm everyday come rain or shine. As I walked I observed the edges and corners of the paddocks that the tractors couldn't quite get at. These small margins had been left to their own devices over the years to go...
Once upon a time…..
How it all began A couple of months after I met my husband, he needed to pull out a fence on the farm. He decided I would help him. He stuck me in an antique 6 tonne digger and there I sat for a whole blissful day watching him wrap a chain around the post so I could...
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