Milk Supplier

Milk is supplied to Broughton Hall Dairy by Jess and Scott at Salter’s Farm, near Stowmarket.

Jess and Scott hold an ethos that is very important to Sam and Emily. The sheep are outside all year long, as far as possible. They breed outside and, where possible, they lamb outside. Jess and Scott have a flock of Llyn cross Friesland and Lacaune sheep. The flock has been bred with durability, health, and hardiness in mind, as well as for good quality and abundant milk.

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They keep their lambs on their mothers for around six weeks to allow them to wean naturally. This has so many benefits, from low input cost to better natural health for both mother and lamb. The mothers are then encouraged to the milking parlour gently as the lambs are keen to explore the pasture outside. The milking season is naturally short, which only heightens the anticipation for the wonderful cheese that can be made from the natural product that the girls give us.