Calving starts at the end of April and continues through May and June each year.

The calves are reared at home until November.

Then the early calves are sent to the other farm in the group at Sunwick, for the winter. The later calves follow them up until January. 

In Spring, they return to Greenwood and are turned out on the grassland for the summer, returning to Sunwick the following winter for finishing.

Many of the fields at Greenwood are bounded by dykes - dry-stone walls - with an electric fence wire on the inside to deter the cattle from using them as a massaging tool!

Sheltered paddocks, close to home and bounded by woodland or forestry, are grazed by the cows with young calves while weaned stock graze the more distant fields. 

The finished fat stock are usually sold direct to slaughter via the local markets/auctioneers. 

Modern buildings provide winter accommodation when the cattle are  'potale' fed. 

'Potale' is the residue from beer making, it is a syrup like liquid and fed along with straw and silage.  Ad-lib potale is also available to them from an innovative automatic dispenser created by Duncan!

The finished fat stock are usually sold direct to slaughter via the local markets/auctioneers. 

Modern buildings provide winter accommodation when the cattle are  'potale' fed.

This year, Duncan is also growing approximately one hundred and eighty acres of spring barley. There is also about fifteen acres forming a new plantation of mixed hard and soft wood forestry.

If you would like to contact Duncan and Liz you can e-mail them if you click here!

So - welcome to Greenwood Farm and 'haste ye back'!