On 26th June we exhibited at the Melton Mowbray Country Fair, the capital of English cuisine. On sale was a selection of our Gloucester Old Spot Pork and Sausages, Suffolk X Lamb and Aberdeen Angus Beef which all went down a treat with the food loving public! The day itself was an absoloute scorcher with vendors of cold drinks sure to make a fortune. This also meant BBQ weather and I am sure that the Rutland Sausages bought by Test Match Special's Jonathan Agnew and his wife went down a treat!
In Mid July the farm also saw some new arrivals when I went to collect 22 Aberdeen Angus X calves from a nearby farm. At 6 weeks old these little chaps require a lot of attention - beng fed on milk replacer twice a day to ensure that they receive all of the essential nutrients they require. These are Dairy X bull calves, where a dairy farmer crosses milk producing Dairy cows with a Beef producing Bull to produce a calf that has a real value in the beef sector; unlike many of the unviable pure Dairy bull calves.
