Do you remember way back at the beginning of November, we sold some stock to a farm in Somerset? Well the day after we sold ten more at the Shorthorn Society's Autumn Sale. And that's when it got a bit complicated. Firstly the sale was scheduled to be at Chelford, but as that was in the Bluetongue "Dirty" Zone it meant cattle couldn't be bought there and taken to a farm in the "Clean" Zone. So part of the sale was moved to the auction at Beeston Castle (in the clean zone). We sold all our 10 heifers, but 3 of them to a buyer from Northern Ireland. Restrictions were still in place which meant that live exports were banned, so we brought the three heifers home again, just managing to squeeze them in. Eventually the ban was lifted and we began to prepare to send them on their way. They had to be TB tested, inspected, licences applied for, inspected by a vet again. But last night they sailed across the sea to their new home in County Antrim.
O Day minus 138
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