Livestock, landscape & passion
MenuThen the new calving season started! This year we got a new county number, a new municipality number and a new farm number - so this is the first calf with a new series of numbers.... On the day it was born, Norway's first lady in ski track - Marit Bjørgen - won gold in what was probably her last Olympics -distance……so that's why we got a Marit calf at Øfsti Middle […]
Read MoreThis autumn is the first (hopefully of many!) where we sell meat from a few grazing animals directly from the farm. Last Friday - 27 October - we were therefore both excited and a little proud when we could invite to the distribution of the boxes of meat :) It was nice to talk a little with [...]
Read MoreWhen I found out around Christmas time last year that my great-grandfather had actually had his own logo, the plans for our own website sped up! I am very happy with that stamp from before, and have also used it - but it was only when I got the idea to change [...]
Read MoreThe spring release this year took place on 20 May, followed the following days by bulls, castrates and heifers. The animals in this video are today out grazing in Holtet and Ytteråsen, while the dairy cows graze in fields close to the barn. There is always a great atmosphere when they go out to taste in the spring, and we […]
Read MoreThe transition for each calf is probably big when they come out to pasture for the very first time in the May/June transition! All our calves are born in early spring, and are fed indoors on milk, round bales and Norwegian-produced, short-duration concentrate feed until they are released outside - then they are followed up every day on the pasture with […]
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