- Farms Menu
- The Milk Pool
- Coombe Farm HQ & Hill Dairy
- Broadstone Farm
- East Lease Farm
- Higher Burrow Farm
- Marks Barn Farm
- Armswell Farm
- Blannicombe Farm
- Childhay Organic Dairy
- Court House Dairy
- Crackmoor Farm
- Cross Farm
- Fordscroft Farm
- Goathill Farm
- Higher Lillington Farm
- Highlands Dairy Farm
- Knott Oak Dairy
- Land Farm
- Manor Farm - Godmanstone
- Manor Farm - Hillfield
- Manor Farm Seavington
- Marshwood Farm
- Maundrils Farm
- North Wooton Farm
- Pipplepen
- Puxton Court Farm
- Sadborow Farm
- Springwood Farm
- Thong Dairy
Coombe Farms
Other Milk Pool Farms
1. Coombe Farm HQ & Hill Dairy
Set 750 feet above sea level, with far reaching views across Somerset, Devon and Dorset, Hill Dairy lives up to its name and is the flagship farm in the Coombe Farm group.
A long established dairy the farm was closed in 2006 and the original herd dispersed when it was decided to carryout extensive renovation work to the buildings and install a new parlour and cattle handling system.
The farm was reopened in November 2006 with just 80 fresh calved heifers, the herd size has now grown to 280 with all bar six of the herd coming from are own home reared heifers. The land at Lower Coombe Farm has now been included with Hill Dairy to form a 640 acre farm which is used for the grazing and forage production required to feed the herd all year round.
Hill Dairy also makes good use of cow tracks made from crushed limestone; Says Coombe’s Farming Director Guy Coleman: “Improving facilities and infrastructure to aid better cow welfare is always one of our main aims, the land here is very flinty, which is hard on a cow’s feet. We’ve found they prefer to walk on the crushed limestone, which is sourced from a local quarry. It’s softer, drains well, keeps cleaner than a stone or mud track and we’ve found it’s a lot kinder on the cow’s hooves reducing the incidence of lameness significantly.
Forage production at Hill dairy is based around Red and White Clover leys which are either grazed or cut and ensiled to make quality silage for use as winter feed. Other crops grown include Winter Wheat, Triticale and Fodder Beet. The cereals grown are either cut as a whole crop forage and ensiled or combined as moist grain and crimped to form a high starch home grown concentrate.
More...