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2. Broadstone Farm
Colin Gisborne, the herd supervisor responsible for the day to day running of Broadstone Farm, in the village of Middle Chinnock, not far from Yeovil, thinks it’s the perfect place to live. It’s set in a peaceful location close to the Ham Hill country park, the source of the mellow coloured Ham Hill Stone which has been used for the construction of many of the buildings in the area.
The farm’s 302 acres are supplemented by a further 300 acres farmed on contract nearby. Together they sustain 304 milking cows and around 200 young stock. The decision to keep all young stock on farm is something Colin is very passionate about “knowing your heifers from the day they are born through to the day they calve and enter the herd is very interesting for me. Watching animals grow knowing they will be the future of our herd is something you can’t fail to be proud of”.
Broadstone Farm has invested heavily in new silage clamps, revamped existing cow housing with new cubicles and mattress systems and installed crushed limestone oolithic cow tracks. Says Guy Coleman Farming Director for Coombe “All of the investments made on the farm have been either to improve cow welfare or meet current legislation with regard to the environment”.
All forage production both grazed grass and ensiled silage are home grown, grazing fields are reseeded with White Clover based leys every five years with a one year cereal crop grown if it fits with the whole farm rotation. Red Clover leys are used extensively for forage production to provide winter feed, the farm also produces fodder beet, winter wheat and triticale. The cereal crops grown are either ensiled as high dry matter forage or the grain is combined moist and crimped for use as a high starch concentrate.
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