Jarrod Hall with Mark on his last milking with us - Christmas Day 2009.  Jarrod had been with us since January '06, which meant he was about 1month shy of 4 years!


                   

Mark feeding the calves                                                 The udder of 2843 who won Champion dairy cow at Colac show in 2007

Craiglands Luckystrike 3111 VG85.  This junior 3yo cow was taken to the Colac and Noorat
shows in 2008.  She came 2nd in her class at both shows and was amongst the final contenders
in the interbreed sections.


    

Tom with Craiglands MegaMan Kelly-ET                      Sam herdtesting using the new electronic meters.....bliss!





Holstein Australia classifiers participating in a staff training day on our farm

                       Stephanie and Jane....the 2 vet students we hosted in July.


   

The old calf rearing shed.  This original shed has not been          This is the calf shed being pulled down.  Mark's mum (Judy) was a
used since 2005, but had previously been used to rear all           little sad this particular day as she had reared MANY calves in this
the heifers kept on the property since the '20s!  Located          shed.
at the end of the yard, it was now simply a wasted space
and needed to be bulldozed to make way for a future
expansion of the yard to cater for increasing cow sizes and
numbers.




Sam with Craiglands Luckystrike 3111 at the Noorat Show.
She took out Reserve Champion Cow and Supreme Udder (Interbreed).
She also came 5th in her age group in the HICO on farm challenge.