Highgate Farmstay
96 Nolan Road
Wairamarama
Ph: +64-9-232-8079
highgate.hill@yahoo.co.nz
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As this is a working farm, we are often engaged in particular activities depending on the season. You may like to time your visit in a hope to see some of the exciting things that happen during the year.

January
Fattening Lambs
Haymaking
February
Fattening Lambs
Docking Beef Calves
March
Re-grassing/New Grass
Fattening Lambs
April
Calf Rearing
May
Calf Rearing
Weening Beef Calves
Preganancy Testing Beef Cows
Fattening Beef
June
Weening Hand Reared Calves
Fattening Beef
July
Fattening Beef
Lambing Early Ewes
August
Calf Rearing
Fattening Beef
Lambing Early Ewes
September
Sept 5 2009, WAIRAMARAMA COMMUNITY PARTY (dress up open to everyone)
Lambing of Main Ewes
Calf Rearing
Fattening beef
October
Calving beef cows
Docking
Fattening Beef
Weening Hand Reared Calves
Planting Crops
November
Docking
Fattening Beef
December
Weaning lambs
Fattening lambs
fattening Beef
Making Silage
We Shear every 8 months. November / July / March
There is a host of activities that go on the farm: drenching, weighing, vacinnation, fencing, contractors working here and general farm duties so there is always an opportunity to work with the animals.

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