We had some very special visitors in June 2023! Team Mouat, which is led by Edinburgh-born skipper, Bruce Mouat, were crowned world curling champions in Ottawa earlier this year after defeating their Canadian hosts. Team Mouat also took home the silver medal at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing and they [...]
Thelma and Louise are our 2 oldest Highland Cows (born in 2004) and because they are a bit slower and creakier than the youngsters, we have to trim their feet more often. This is because they don't wear them down as quickly as the younger cows as they walk about. [...]
In June 2019 we had a visit from The Dick Vet Farm Animal Practice, who came out to perform our Highland Cow vet check. A few feet were trimmed, all the horns were checked and were good and some blood samples taken for a study. Some vet students also attended to [...]
In January 2018 our 3 new females arrived and at 20 months old they still have quite a bit of growing to do! They will remain on the lowlands of our farm until they have put some weight on, have settled in to their new surroundings and have got to [...]
Each Autumn we drive all of our Highland Cows down from our hill land on the Pentland Hills in a big round-up. We use our Cattle for conservation grazing and they live their lives in a large area of 300 acres of hill land, all year round. We do this [...]
We are absolutely delighted that Swanston Farm was shortlisted as a finalist for the Agriculture category for the Scottish Rural Awards 2018 for our diversification work. The Scottish Rural Awards, partnered by Scottish Field Magazine and the Scottish Countryside Alliance, are the benchmark of excellence in rural Scotland and celebrates [...]
