FMD Customs Disgrace at Melb airport.A Family of 5 flew in from Denpasar Sat morning on flight VA94 at 5.30 am on the 16 th Jul. The dad declared he’d they had been on a farm and expected footwear to be cleaned. They were told don’t worry about it and they walked straight through
2020 looks ? Fires, drought and we are all doomed climate change predictions.
Im going to upgrade fire prevention equip on the farm, improve water efficiency , protect waterways, plant more trees and produce food for people to eat. I wont blame or whinge. Like many, we just do
Cannot listen to the ABC anymore or lots of other media. Massive beat ups of weather. Heatwaves, heavy rain, cyclones. Really it’s summer in Australia . Nothing unusual. We are on track for wetter than Av rainfall over the past 8 years.
Zero trees , bare eroded creek with stage 1 salinity to this in 3 years. No Regen Ag or carbon sink here just good farm Mgt .
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#landcare
Productive , profitable and sustainable farming replicated for decades across the country by thousands of farmers.
1200 commercial ewe lms. 158% in lamb. 12 months old in 10 days time.16% dries sold.4 deaths since weaning( pneumonia in Jan) = 0.3% annual wnr mortality. 182% conception in year older sisters. Hit performance targets=$$$$$
Josh demonstrating the New Proway traffic lights and beeper for Proway ramp @ Cobbity Anything to make the job easier and more efficiient for drivers. Better on ramps and trucks🤞hopefully.
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Just read about the ceasing of Kangaroo Harvesting in Victoria pending the Experts assessment from the effects of fires. Come and sit my bonnet one evening you clowns and you will realise kangaroos are in plague proportions in much of the state regardless of fires. # weeklytimes
These lambs are 12 weeks old and haven’t seen Mum for over 20 days. This year marks 22 years of weaning 12 weeks Av age and the last 14 years of weaning under 10 weeks. Barriers to adoption are? Laziness , shit fences, knowledge of ewe recovery, knowledge of GRs .. weaning do it!
15th year of containment and using deferred grazing at Paradoo. Ground cover and perennial pasture preservation.labour efficiency and leaf area Mgt to enhance Pasture growth at Autumn break
For 32 days a year this revegetated and 4 ha riparian zone hosts two lambings of triplet ewes. Perfect shelter and privacy. Fantastic environmental outcomes and yep profitable production. Proven to survive 7 to 8 lambs per Ha a year.
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A great turn out of 300 plus farmers at West Cuyaac, Nareen. Thanks to Rich and Sardi for hosting. Thanks to all the local business sponsors,AGVIC, BWBL,AWI , RIST and the great team that pulled a big event together inside 10 days.
Lambs straight off the cradle. the way we like it. Blood free and visually pain free.back to Mum and some lush green pastures.
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#numnuts
4300 lms weaned, drenched booster vaxed and into hot wired holding paddocks, grain trained , sexed and off to the best Quality FOO we can give them. Ewes km away recovering cs for 2022.
The bar has been lifted. 91.5% tw lamb survival in our main commercial lambing up from 90.7% last year. This is calculated by foetus per ewe entering lambing and what lambs survived. Results will be available on our website soon which include trips and sgles
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So is anyone out there feeling the pain from plague proportions of kangaroos invading our farms , mostly from Blue Gum plantation havens. Shutting up paddocks of valuable pasture seems a fruitless exercise. Weren’t these trees meant save the planet. Bloody enviro&$$ disaster
Can I afford not to scan?
20 yrs ago I was ridiculed by a well known WD farm consultant at a public forum when I suggested that all merino ewes should be scanned for multiples. I’ll never forget it. “I didn’t what I was talking about.”Can’t believe it’s still questioned by some .
From an eroded , salt scarred gully to a native, indigenous revegetated sanctuary for our most vulnerable triplet born lambs. For a few of the year this area brings environment and production for great outcomes. 21 lambs from 8 ewes in this area.
Sometimes you have to stop the buggy and stand back and admire the most beautiful landscapes in which we live and work.
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#southerngrampians
Ok the season is looking bloody ordinary. A few of us have put an arvo together that hopefully can help. Share some ideas, pick up some handy tips and most importantly get off farm. Free BBQ and refreshments. Bring a few neighbour’s along. See you next Tues arv🤞👍
we are very much looking forward to processing our triplets in the morning.all lambed in fenced off riparian zones. Left alone for the whole lambing with no intervention. Official results tomorrow
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4 lambs @ 4to 4.4 kg on the 1/7/22 (16.8 kg total)BW Av is a bit full-on especially after weaning 2 lambs as a ewe lamb in 2021 = 6 lambs in 25 months. 2 lambs per ewe is enough 🤞
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The days of reckoning arrived. Scanning 1st 15 day joining of commercial ewes at Cobbity. 88% wet
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.93 foetus per ewe .includes 100% of Greentags that all lambed as lambs in mid Aug 2020.
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#practicewhatyoupreach
The exciting thing about 2020 is that we will achieve a long awaited target of 150% across every sheep on the farm ( except rams and teasers obviously )on our main commercial operation.
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marked to scanned numbers.
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13 year old containment areas got a face lift in the last few weeks. More pens ,heavy duty gates.# environmental Mgt # energy and labour saving# targeted nutrition# feed wedge targets to lambing
1st scanning at new lease block. 15 day join, 84% stick with a 190% in lamb scan. Nice to keep consistency in our outcomes from year to year with
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I’m sorry but rural victoria needs a seperate roadmap from regional and urban victoria. We need Agriculture at full speed and the industries that support it fully functional. Sorry but encouraging tourism in rural victoria can hold off. That’s asking for trouble. AG is No 1 ok. $
This was such a good project to be apart of as a producer and to prioritise in the open call. We decided to continue documenting ewe mort this year. 5700 commercial ewes nearly done. 46 deaths. Includes ewe lambs. Ewe fitness helps heaps.only 3 uterine/ vag prolapse
First cycle scanning complete all farms. 1.86 foetus per ewe. 71.5% twins, 21.3% Single and only 7.2% triplet. We love this balance of preg status and we will work very hard to maintain our survival rate. 91%plus is our target for 2020
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Sat arvo mob move. 2000 first cycle multiples rotating on 1500 kg on the 9 th of May. Grass everywhere. Small paddocks grow grass. Leaf area, rotations, deferred grazing. Fence, water , fert and pasture. In that order👍
Ewes heading into containment the last few weeks. As paddocks become set for optimal germination and ground cover targets are met for land class eg hill , slope then stock are removed. This is our 13 th year of this Mgt.
Small paddocks , grazing pressure with ( no hay or silage) and perennial pastures. We are green and in the distance on all sides dead and rank. Grow it , Eat it and Keep it👍
16 years of deferred grazing on the autumn break
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. 1 of 3 weeks to go on a straight add lib barley straw diet. No grain supplement for 9 weeks. Season ahead of average.
Good seasons and prices seem to attract the snake oil ,silver bullet and feel good bullshit salesman out of their holes. Animal health, fertilisers are usually on top , followed by feel good grazing methods that throw science out the door.Buyer Beware
Over 10% of our farm land is fenced out protected water ways with native reveg 95% of all riparian frontage is permanently fenced and managed. This like many other Aussie farmers is what we do as achieving production and environmental Mgt. young Spud loves these areas as do we
Finished first lambing. Spreading feed into paddocks over our short join worked very well. Went back into full feeding on back end of lambing. Ewe survival and lamb survival have been solid but results from marking next week. Locked up pdks for an early wean in early August.
Got to love it. Wet lush Spring .Just under 20,000 ewes ( Dec shorn) and lambs crutched during the week.lms more dag than 10 yr Av and 2 slightly struck sheep. No Chemical use as per last 15 years. Last year 19,000 and 5 animals effected.
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#easycare
Compulsory EID for all sheep in Aus is needed right now. NSW, SA, WA QLD, TAS No excuses as it’s all bullshit. If the redmeat industry was run like a business then non of you would have a choice. Risk management. Ag Depts, SFOs etc etc.. over governed get onto it
8 hours work , some old panels accumulated over the years, second hand posts,a gravel pad, a concrete slab under draft and few new bits and pieces. A central set of yards on a new lease to benefit , sheep, man and hounds👌. So much better
So talking with friends on the VIC/ SA border who are very frustrated . 100% of their business in SA but after Friday a no go. So ignoring all the primary prod income the govt allows OS students into Adelaide. Bullshit and insulting to Agriculture and country communities
Scanning our commercial ewes done for 2021 @ Cobbity.188% scan to ewes joined.
1.9 foetus per ewe. Up 7% and 5% on 2020. 50% less dries back from 1.8% in 2020 to 0.9% this year.
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Nasty day but happy with 220 % plus with triplets in our commercials in Riparian areas. Zero ewe mortality and no supervision. Foxes bloody everywhere. Maternal ewes with no natural predators👍
Triplet allocation 1st cycle. Av mob size 19 ewes into superb shelter and privacy and plenty med/ high quality FOO. 🤞4 years of under 2% ewe mortality. Results in 3 weeks. Stayed tuned
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scanning results for 2019 excluding ewe lms. Happy and up on last year .173%, 1.79 in lamb.some older ewes missed cycle loop at end at 3 %. 2.7% dry in 1600 whitetags of which 1200 lambed successfully in 2018. Ewe lms to come
Exactly right. Agriculture is an absolute core. It will now take the number 1 spot in driving the state and most likely Nat economy. Instead of building clogged up ring roads/ tunnels maybe rural infrastructure such as water pipelines and rail become top of priorities
20 years ago this 3 HA riparian zone along the mathers creek in upper Glenelg catchment had 1 fallen over redgum tree, no available water over Summer/ Autumn and was just a big sand slug. Today it’s magnificent.
These Ewes CS 3.5 should = 180 plus conception and a 160 plus wean.125 ewes/ha taking 5 ton of Holdfast GT back to a manageable 2.5 tonne for AUT break. Landclassed small pdks = utilisation and allows for optimal grazing Mgt.
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Super happy with 1st Cycle scanning of commercials. 100% orange tags lambed as ewe lambs in Aug/ sep and 84% back in lamb in 15 days for late June with 1.83 foetus on board.
13 month old ewe hoggets rearing triplets always makes me enjoy performance animals.
We are aiming for our 3rd year in a row for commercial ewes to wean more than 2.8 lms average before 27 months. @$140 a lamb what compares?.
All state Govts especially Vic need to make sure meat processing is in full capacity this Spring. Over supply will decrease price received and forcibly drive farm profits down causing stress on our economy. All Agriculture crucial to Australia. Ag No1 earner.