Moving a flerd long distance

Bracken Morris of Hillcrest Farm will present at the Northern Real Farming Conference on the 5th of October

Moving livestock across large transects of land can be challenging, but is often a reality faced by farmers who have parcels of land that are spread out. Don’t let obstacles stop you from doing holistic planned grazing. There is always a solution. 

In this session, Bracken Morris will share his experience of moving a flerd (a flock of sheep combined with a herd of cattle) at Hillcrest Farm in North Yorkshire through two dales, including a wood, to return to the start of the grazing pattern. 

Bracken will talk about the simple solution he devised which only requires two people and one good dog. He uses his intuitive knowing about livestock behaviour to guide him in devising a solution that has worked well and stood the test of time.

He always asks the question, ‘What would nature do?’ and thinks through the move from the animal’s point of view.

There will be plenty of time for Q&A to ask your questions about livestock handling, livestock behaviour, and low stress animal husbandry.

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