Visit from RHET farmers

We learned:

Rachael – Cows have passports!    It’s to control diseases.

Tara – The cows get milked 3 times a day.

Jay:  Cows eat more than 40kg of food every day!

Cody – Brussel sprouts grow in winter. The big new tractor has a heater and a cab for shelter. Mary had to wear a cap and thick gloves because her tractor didn’t have a cab.

Ruaridh – new tractors have a weight on the front so that they don’t tip.

Joshua – the old tractor (made in 1964) couldn’t go out in the dark because it doesn’t have any lights.

Alfie – Cows produce 30 litres of milk a day – that’s a lot of milk!

Joseph – Silage smells disgusting but cows and sheep love it. It’s like pickled grass.

Callum – Sheep have coloured marks. If they go to another farm the farmer will look at the mark and know if it is their sheep.

Dawa – Sheep get coloured dots on their back to say if they are having twins or triplets.

 

 

 

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