Milk for sale again

Milk for sale again

Finally the milk drought has well and truly broken. With Ginger, Chloe and Norma all calved, happy and healthy the milks-a-flowin’. We will have lot’s of milk and yoghurt to sell at market this week and I’ll be offering some more people on the...
The milk drought begins

The milk drought begins

Many of my local dairy shoppers will have noticed the supply dropping over the past month or two, I’m sure you’ve missed out more than once at market. Well unfortunately the milk drought of 2023 has set in and until July when litres increase there will often be weeks...
Spring has sprung

Spring has sprung

Spring has definitely sprung here in Harcourt and what a season it is! La Nina is certainly showing herself at the farm this year. The ground is well and truly saturated, gullies all flowing and more falling from the sky as I write. Definitely still manageable though,...
Foot and Mouth Disease

Foot and Mouth Disease

PLEASE NOTE: If you have been to Bali/Indonesia in the past three months please notify us before coming on farm. If you have, do not wear shoes, clothing or bring equipment which you traveled with onto our farm, or any farm in Australia for 6 months. Please avoid...
The circle of life

The circle of life

This is my  reflection on the life and death of our two beautiful steers, Otis and Rupert.  This is possibly the most controversial part of dairy, the part many would prefer didn’t exist and in fact something which many would not even consider. Our first...
The dairy people

The dairy people

In my blog posts I have covered many components which make up Sellar Farmhouse Creamery. I haven’t yet talked about the amazing humans who bring my crazy dreams to fruition. So as we come to the end of our second year of both milk production and a global...