FARMING,TRAINING,FARMING,TRAINING

Farming,training,farming,training ...oops and family. Farming pays the bills it has to be done!! training will hopefully get me through KAEM, unfortunately my family during this time has to suck the proverbial hind tit. I am extremely lucky that Kim understands.. well sometimes! The children are very demanding of my time and I really try to give them as much as I can whenever possible between farming and training that is.

My day starts like this.. 03h30 wake up , coffee,  get to dairy by 04h00. Sort any issues for current milking and analyse data from Alpro which is a full management system  (advanced and technical). You see us dairy farmers are extremely progressive and innovative, you have to be to survive. 04h45 start Bartersfield dairy which is 3km away. 05h30 back to Denleigh dairy, breed cows, treat sick cows, issue instructions for grazing and feeding, 06h30 back to Barterfield dairy, breed cows, treat sick cows. Back to Denleigh check pastures and feeding. 07h00 sort out work for heifer staff, inoculations, weighing, breeding etc. 08h30 breakfast... this where I slip in my first session. 30min indoor trainer with 30min weights and core.. 09h30 back to Denleigh work with heifers and enter data on to two dairy management systems. 13h00-14h30 run run run...14h30 same procedure as morning .. 19h00 close up dairy and see the children and cook supper,I try help Kim with Jenna's homework and school lunches... 20h30 I go to club duvet... This a a typical day but there are many days where things go very wrong,  break downs in dairies, absent staff, disease outbreaks, runaway fires and then all training is cancelled and I don't see the family. This is hectic to some maybe not so for others but for me I WOULD NOT CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD.... would like to see the family more though!!!