The Catesby Farms Dairy Almost Online

With just the milking stanchions left to install, the bulk milk tank to be moved into place and primed with Freon, and the freezer to be moved, the Catesby Farms Dairy is on the verge of getting the green light. Once the last three details are completed, sometime mid next week, we will arrange for the Oregon Department of Agriculture to come and inspect us. Assuming we pass, we will be a legitimate dairy operation!

Here are a couple of pictures of how the interior looks right now, post-renovation. Once the milk tank is installed and the freezer is moved I will put some more pictures up. The outside still needs a good coat of paint but that will wait until the warmer months next year.


In other news, we are on top of everything else that needs doing around the place, which we think is a first. The hay is slowly going out the door, a half dozen bales a week and both the Bobcat and the Hyster are now back in operation after breakdowns. Most of the ewes are now pregnant, with the first ones ready to lamb mid December. We shall be taking the ram out of the field in about 10 days and then selling the last remaining wethers.

All the work left to do around the place is small - cleaning the machinery shed is probably the largest job still to do. It feels good to be on top of things at last.