Beera Farmhouse
Beera Farm is situated within 180 acres of land right on the border of Devon and Cornwall, the 170 year old Beera Farmhouse commands stunning views across the Tamar Valley, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Our Sheep & Lambs
We have approx 1000 breeding ewes, the ewes are put to Charolais or Texel rams the gestation period of a ewe is 5 months and three weeks. We scan all of our ewes to see how many lambs they are going to have. The ewes lamb between early February and Mid April in two batches, a very busy time for all the family. The lambs are sold for meat later in the year.
Grass and forage rape
We grow grass, forage rape and fodder beat for the sheep to eat plus we harvest some of the grass ready for the winter months to feed indoors this is called haylage (a cross between silage and hay), this is bailed into large oblong bales and wrapped in plastic to keep all the nutrients in.
The farm is entered in the Countryside Stewardship Scheme, where we are encouraged to farm in a wildlife friendly manner, so that modern farming can co exist with this, this means we only trim hedges every other year to help increase wild life habitats and leave 6 metre margins around fields so wild life has a great opportunity to live.