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this x 1000 I had a conversation with a mate last year on this theme. We figured you know your doing something right when you hear. "he's lucky because' or 'its alright for him because'.

Thats great, good for you! We have been looking at a lot over here to how aspiring farmers cn get into suckler cattle. Having a simple bare bones system is one option, and getting rid of the she and having the bare minimum in materiels is certainly possible here (though very much against the...

Ah yes, you see I completely agree with you. However the men in Ivory towers have other ideas. The current trend here is to put the cow inside 24/7 then siphon off the effluent to put into a methane plant. Perhaps use some of that 'green' energy to put into your telsa. This is progress...

Not really linked to your case. But this is one reason why these simple outwintering operations are doing so well over here. You need to cover your manure and recuperate any liquids - ok, haven't got any manure. You need to calculate your nitrogen equivelants and where the muck is being...

FB is a tool. and like any tool its only useful if its the right tool and you use it properly. If you don't need it, thats great. If you do need it then being able to use it correctly (learning how to communicate with others online etc) is essential. Unfortunately its a shared tool. And just...

I have to agree with KP fair has nothing to do with anything. Smaller, less well formed carcasses are less efficient to process. So a premium is paid for heavy animals with a better meat yeild. If by conditioning you mean fat then if there is too little the animal is difficult to value into...

So I saw this one doing the rounds on FB. Pushed by Leeson pastoral. I think without context sure it makes sense. Thanks @Kiwi Pete for adding a but of 'total grazing'context' concerning resilience to climatic dynamics. However. The model is assuming a linear equation. This was also...

went to paris last week to receive an award for innovation in agricologie from thé minister of agriculture (1st place) there was a check involved (my main source of motivation). but thé récognition is nice. especially as cows have been having such a Bad rep. in thé media recently its nearly...

Yeah, it was really cool. We all came back pumped up with positivity. A bit different than are usual farmers meetings where everyone is complaining about the weather, the market, the politics etc. Some really cool stuff going on too that we dont here about because these guys (and gals) are...

Here is a translation from th FB post of our two day reunion here in france. For those who may be interested. Hello everyone! Last week saw the first-ever national meeting on regenerative grazing. And what a day it was! Sixteen of us gathered in Vendée, from all over France, to share, present...

questioning the market. I think you've answered that pretty well! Of course, if you are already 'organic' but without the certification. then you may as well be certified. you can sell into both the organic and convenional markets. the only extra cots being certification. I have sold into...

So yeah, stay in the scheme if it suits you and leave when it doesn't. Makes sense. The organic audit I have always found really easy. It makes financial sense for me too. But if there was no organic certification tomorrow, I would continue farming without the bottled poisons and artificial...

To be fair if I didn't have the cows and land to pay for I would have the same problem on 80 hectares, in fact I could just about employ someone full time and bog off on hols. half the year I join @Henarar that if schemes coincide with what you are already doing then thats all good. And...

this seems liké thé most obvious use for automatic Gates. imagine thé time being saved twice a day !

Digging up an old thread, but what was the result of this?