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Apostle Whey Cheese - Great Ocean Road dairy farm
Приєднався 22 лис 2023
Apostle Whey Cheese is a genuine paddock to plate operation located just 15 minutes from the world famous 12 Apostles tourist attraction on Victoria's Great Ocean Road.
A labour of love for Julian and Dianne Benson, Apostle Whey Cheese combines two of their passions - sustainable farming and boutique, artisan produce. The farm offers visitors a unique experience whereby they can see all aspects - from cows being milked right through to the cheeses and milk being hand made.
A visit to the farm features cheese tastings (try 12 cheeses for just $1), the opportunity to see cheese-making, new born calves and the cows being milked daily at 4pm.
Take a break in the farmgate café and share a cheese platter, coffee, toasties, gelato and milkshakes - all made using our milk from our cows from our farm!
A family-owned, single origin dairy farm, Apostle Whey Cheese welcomes visitors from 10am, 7 days a week.
Come and say hello!
A labour of love for Julian and Dianne Benson, Apostle Whey Cheese combines two of their passions - sustainable farming and boutique, artisan produce. The farm offers visitors a unique experience whereby they can see all aspects - from cows being milked right through to the cheeses and milk being hand made.
A visit to the farm features cheese tastings (try 12 cheeses for just $1), the opportunity to see cheese-making, new born calves and the cows being milked daily at 4pm.
Take a break in the farmgate café and share a cheese platter, coffee, toasties, gelato and milkshakes - all made using our milk from our cows from our farm!
A family-owned, single origin dairy farm, Apostle Whey Cheese welcomes visitors from 10am, 7 days a week.
Come and say hello!
Dairy Farm Life - S1E10 - Preparing for silage
The weather keeps us farmers on our toes! Despite good winter rainfall that allowed us to grow a lot of grass for our cows to feed on, there's now TOO MUCH moisture in the ground. We need the grass to dry out a fair bit before cutting it to make silage, a valuable source of nutrient rich feed preserved and stored for use in the drier months when there is less grass on the ground. While we're luckier than many farmers who didn't get much rain this winter, the moisture will become a problem if it is still around next month and we can't make silage.
Julian explains this and more in this month's farm journal including an exciting new collaboration and product launch that is just a few short weeks away!
Julian explains this and more in this month's farm journal including an exciting new collaboration and product launch that is just a few short weeks away!
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Dairy Farm Life - S1E9 - Water
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Without water, there is no #dairy - it's the lifeblood of every farm. Rain is needed to grow feed crops, maintain pastures, keep cows hydrated, clean equipment and process milk. Every stage of dairy production relies on it. In this edition of our farm journal Julian explains the various initiatives and investments he and Luke have put in place to capture and secure this precious asset every tim...
Dairy Farm Life - S1E8 - Calving in the "Mooternity Ward"
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Looking after our #dairy cows and the environment are at the heart of the Apostle Whey Cheese way of life. In this special "extended edition" of our farm journal we take a closer look at the "Mooternity" Ward, our undercover #calving pad we built way back in 2001! We relocate expectant mothers to the comfort of the Mooternity Ward from the wide open, unprotected paddocks shortly before they're ...
Julian pranks cameraman as he gets "stuck" in cattle crush
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Ever the prankster do you think we can get Julian to be serious for a minute while filming our educational video series? The July edition of the #dairyfarm journal - our 8th - will be out shortly and talks about the comforts of the undercover MOO-TERNITY WARD where mums rest in the days before calving. Come and say hello these school holidays - we're open every day from 10am. #singleorigindairy...
Dairy Farm Life - S1E7 - So much feed!
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In the 7th edition of our monthly farm journal Julian reports that solid April rain and warm weather has combined to produce a lot of feed (lush green grass) for our cows during May/June. Our attention now turns to "drying off" part of the herd (ie. a break from milking) in preparation for calving next month as well as joining others in the herd who will calve in the new year. Julian explains...
Dairy Farm Life - S1E6 - April rainfall brings relief
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After the driest three months in memory the farm received around 90 millimetres of rain during April. As a result grasses have bounced back, providing precious green feed for our herd. The challenge now is to get the right balance in the cows' diet between grass (90% moisture) and dry feed (such as hay and grain containing fibre) to slow down the grass going through their digestive system.
Dairy Farm Life - S1E5 - Vetch
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In the latest edition of our monthly #dairyfarm journal Julian reports that he doesn't remember seeing the farm this dry in autumn in his 43 years in Cooriemungle on the #GreatOceanRoad. Julian estimates rainfall as low as 20 millimetres in the opening three months of 2024 and according to his research the summer just gone may be the driest since 1968. Julian's son Luke has brought in vetch hay...
Visit Apostle Whey Cheese
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Just 15 minutes from Port Campbell and the 12 Apostles, a visit to Apostle Whey Cheese features cheese tastings (try 12 cheeses for just $1) and the opportunity to see new born calves and the cows being milked daily at 4pm. Take a break in our farmgate café and share a cheese platter, coffee, toasties, gelato and milkshakes - all made using our milk from our cows from our farm! A family-owned, ...
Dairy Farm Life - S1E4 - Calving
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Due to our production of milk, cheese and gelato on farm - all made with milk from our own cows - we calve in two groups: February for about 8-10 weeks and again in July. When cows get to within 10-12 days of calving they are bought in to the “Mooternity Ward” and fed a special feed of grain. We rear about 30 Heifers (females) at each calving. Cows that don’t get "in calf" will cease producing ...
Cheese tasting: 12 different cheeses for only $1 per person!
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Just 15 minutes from Port Campbell and the 12 Apostles, a visit to Apostle Whey Cheese offers cheese tastings (try 12 cheeses for just $1), the opportunity to see cheese being made by hand and the cows being milked daily at 4pm. Our farmgate café serves cheese platters, coffee, toasties, gelato and milkshakes - all made using our milk from our cows from our farm! A family-owned, single origin d...
Dairy Farm Life - S1E3 - Subsurface drainage (mole drains)
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In this edition of our farm journal we'd like to show you our approach to subsurface drainage using mole drains. Soils can be variable: from sandy types that respond quickly to rain and drain freely (but also dry out very quickly), to heavy clay soils which can be very slow to drain and will hang on longer when rain ceases. Unfortunately the heavy clay soils on our farm can get “pugged” up by c...
Dairy Farm Life - S1E2 - "Drying off" our cows
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We "dry off" our cows during December and January following roughly 300 days of milking. Drying off is very important and means we stop milking for 7-8 weeks to give the mothers a break before they give birth to their calf (calving). Cows need to calve in order to produce milk. No calves means no milk to put on to your breakfast cereal or into your latte!
Welcome to Dairy Farm Life - our farm journal series
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Welcome to Dairy Farm Life - our farm journal series
Dairy Farm Life - S1E1 - We've had a really good spring
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We’ve had a very mild spring with cool temperatures and a bit of rain. This has meant grass has continued to grow, allowing us to make a lot of ‘silage’. A fermented grass high in protein and energy, silage is packaged up and stored to feed cows later in summer when conditions are drier. Making sileage on farm reduces the need to spend additional money bringing in feed for cows, which would be ...
Eating fruits and vegetables is good for you
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Where is the farm????
Hi there. The farm is on the Great Ocean Road on the south west coast of Victoria, Australia. Do you work on a farm?