Flank Farm

Good Morning from the Farm! Out in the field we discussed changing seasons, going organic, and mum's fond memories of dairy farming.   

00:32 - Mum loves autumn 

02:38 - Jonathan in with the girls again! 

04:40 - Mum tying gates up with string 

07:27 - Jonathan nice quiet bull 

08:40 - Selling heifer's

09:53 - Grassfed beef 

13:54 - Selling privately after 30 months old 

15:23 - Can the farm go organic? 

17:53 - Buying organic rams 

18:55 - How are the chickens? 

21:27 - Can mum guess the breed from the video 

22:27 - Talking about Dairy cows

Here are some of the things we discussed on this months podcast:

0:20 Mum didn't know she was being filmed

1:40 The land is very dry

3:20 Arable farmers struggling to plough the ground

4:30 Fires on farms and in fields

6:00 Our barn set on fire at the farm

9:30 Mum had the "stuffing knocked out of her"

12:20 We use the Help X platform

13:30 Family BBQs

14:50 Bucks County Show

22:20 Ru's neglected youth

23:40 Ru's fainting video

25:40 Calves are in trouble from their mums

26:10 Mum's happy decisions on haymaking and land management

27:20 Nature usually provides

32:00 Tell me you own sheep, without telling me you own sheep

33:00 Old fashioned saying... anyone know what she's saying?

34:30 Stanley White Stripe our new Doberman

36:15 Showing mum a TikTok

39:00 When's the next podcast coming out?

39:30 Thank you to everyone!

Wishing you a very Happy New Year from us all at the farm. 

Here are some of the things we discussed on this weeks podcast:  

02:20 What did mum have for Christmas dinner 

02:50 New Farm outfit 

04:30 Still no sponsor messages for our podcast 

07:45 Christmas can be stressful for farmers 

08:50 Homemade Christmas puddings 

12:40 Our last LIVE broadcast 

14:40 Cows had their Iodine bolus 

17:50 Winter is tough on a livestock farm 

18:30 The cows are coughing 

19:20 Why do some cows have horns? 

20:30 Are the sheep all okay? 

22:10 A new Dutch barn on the farm 

25:49 Good morning Tommy 

28:50 Any show ideas / suggestions  

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How are all the animals? What is #FARM24? What do you think of Clarkson's Farm? We answered= those questions + lots of others thrown at us during our first ever livestream. 

Like always we were down in the barn, to say a big excitable "Good Morning from the Farm".

Subscribe over at flankfarm.com and I'll let you know the next time we go live.

I kept mum occupied for more than 10 minutes...  I've never known anyone look more uncomfortable when seated.   

This morning we spoke about the Spring video – Peppa the pig – and the new calves... We also excitedly answered questions from you.  

Chapters: 00:00 

Good Morning 01:25 

Spring video 

03:30 Farms fixing and reusing 

05:15 Pig update 

08:00 Bottle lambs 

12:30 Grass growing again 

15:00 Mum's not an arable farmer 

16:55 Beautiful cows  

20:00 Questions from you 

20:30 Advice for a young shepherd 

22:20 What breeds of sheep and tups are we keeping 

24:40 Lleyn sheep breed 

26:20 Is your mum always as relaxed? 

29:18 How are the geese? 

31:55 How often do you question it all? 

34:00 How has Brexit changed farm life? 

36:15 How long has the farm been in the family history?  

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This morning we discuss how lambing is going for mum, the progress Ru has made with selling farm produce direct and what's just around the corner in Spring.  

Chapters: 

00:00 Let's talk farming 

02:24 Lambing has mellowed mum out 

03:40 How's lambing going? 

04:10 First Ewe cesarean in 10 years 

05:40 Another Ewe cesarean 

07:00 How much is a cesarean on a sheep? 

08:40 Spring special coming soon! 

09:15 We got a farmstream camera! 

11:30 Ru's master plan 

12:00 Ru I need you to sell a cow! 

13:50 Join us https://www.flankfarm.com/shop/ 

18:50 Spring is here! 

19:15 Blackthorn winter 

20:40 Tommy Tamworth update 

21:20 Jack the Oxford Sandy and Black

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Chapters for this morning: 

00:00​ Introduction 

01:00​ Mum's been very busy 

01:30​ Going to the market 

02:20​ What's the lambing plan? 

04:20​ Mum ready for lambing? 

05:10​ Always a self doubt stage 

06:15​ March many weathers 

07:50​ Another tough week 

11:00​ Tommy Tamworth update 

12:20​ We welcome faming advice! 

13:00​ Throw your coat over their head 

13:30​ Mum's trousers 

17:00​ Why lambing? 

21:00​ Where are the goats?

For the fist time since starting, mum didn't want to chat this morning.  

Not for everyone, mum talks about one of her cows aborting twin calves...  It's not been an easy week at the farm, but this is what these chats are all about.   

Chapters:  

0:00 Introduction 

1:40 Twin Calves Dead 

08:45 Careful with lambs and Pneumonia 

12:00 Glad and Sorry 

16:00 Sleep in the barn 

17:20 Farming Dictionary 

19:20 Sheep Scanning

Good morning from the Farm. Lambing has started, not how we might have hoped, but we're moving in the right direction.

It was a Good Morning, we talked about the new boar, the snow and hatched a plan for this years filming – would love to know what you're excited for us to show in 2021!