- Location
- Devon
Did they winter in or out? I forget what you said you housed
And what age would they be?
"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
- Thread starter Kiwi Pete
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And what age would they be?
texas pete
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- Location
- East Mids
why do I still expect farmland on the other side of the word to look different than it does over here
Upside down maybe?
texas pete
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- Location
- East Mids
Hmm... there are some proper nasty buggers in our version.
Your chief comrade is somewhat easier on the eye than ours too...
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
It is odd though
Great some farm photos from tuther side of world
Oh look black and white bulls green grass and hills in the background thats really different
No offence Pete I love your pic's but can't you get one of those funny looking birds in the pic or a kangaroo or some such mabe an odd looking tree
Here’s some frippery then, just as a contrast. I bet it looks nothing like anywhere in the UK . . .
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- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
We just housed incalf heifers, these boys did the outside work. They're listed as Oct 17 born on their records, so 24.5 months - bear in mind these are the tail-end ones, that came back from 6 weeks "work" with cow herds, so they haven't had it overly easy til now.
Nor do they owe us much, avg purchase price was $741 a year ago and they earned $500 back with their testes, given that the current price is $6/kg some of these will make us a good profit.
Your big white guy was 522kg going into winter
Some of the yearlings aren't doing too bad, it is always a lottery with these grass rats, some fly and others simply don't fly at all.
So you have to 'buy right' otherwise you can keep them 18 months and only make a couple of hundred bucks on them, others such as your big white mate will likely make us $1400+
I really like bulls
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
@Poorbuthappy here's my neighbour's pair of 27mnth steers, too fat for my liking but they're going in his freezer.
Heck of a brisket on 'em!
They've had 8 acres to roam for the past 12 months, hence all the grass,,, and all the fat
- Location
- Derbyshire UK
Thanks guys, that's my X Mass reading list sorted
ShooTa
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- Location
- Denbighshire - In the vale of Clwyd!
@Kiwi Pete - your fenceline shot backj a page - is that a homemade wire offset or a bought one - looks ideal for some of my ..more flexible.. wire fences.
@Farmer Roy can we please send some of our rain down to you guys - those fires look hella awful.. and my sheep are already wearing armbands.
@Farmer Roy can we please send some of our rain down to you guys - those fires look hella awful.. and my sheep are already wearing armbands.
What's yr soil temp. Atm @Kiwi Pete ? Aamoi...its about 9 here , not quite as cold as I thought, grass is still growing a bit.
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Sheila Cooke
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If you want to join us for the remainder of Holistic Management Fundamentals (we have 5 out of 8 sessions left), I would let you in for free, so that you can be caught up and ready to participate in Holistic Financial Planning come January and Holistic Planned Grazing come March. Below are the details.
Holistic Management Fundamentals Online
30 October -- 18 December 2019, Wednesdays 6:00 -- 9:00 PM
8 January -- 26 February 2020, Wednesdays 6:30 -- 9:00 PM London Time
11 March -- 29 April 2020, Wednesdays 6:30 -- 9:00 PM London Time
Pass it on!
Thanks, Sheila
Holistic Management Fundamentals Online
30 October -- 18 December 2019, Wednesdays 6:00 -- 9:00 PM
- Holistic Management is a framework for decision-making that supports you to create the life you want to lead.
8 January -- 26 February 2020, Wednesdays 6:30 -- 9:00 PM London Time
- Holistic Financial Planning enables you to generate enduring wealth from regenerating soils.
11 March -- 29 April 2020, Wednesdays 6:30 -- 9:00 PM London Time
- Holistic Planned Grazing enables you to get the right animals to the right place at the right time with the right behaviour.
Pass it on!
Thanks, Sheila
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- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Bought ones - they aren't really good set up the way they are on barbed wire, as they aren't tight enough and it lets the outriggers sag. All the fences here have electric outriggers, makes temp fencing so much easier.
ETA, they make good "pigtail" outriggers, the better ones are just like a cow 'pigtail' stake but have a shaft with a bit of a crank bent in, you hammer this into your wooden post then staple it in, which prevents them moving about as per the ones that only staple on (worst case they fold back against the netting and short everything out)
The fibreglass rod ones are quite good also, either stapled to the top of a wooden post, or bore a hole
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- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
About 9.6° here ATM, @10am. Has been warmer but pretty damp, being dark dark soil and having low covers means it fluctuates (but also sees sunshine).
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- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
definitely not better . . .
that is my neighbours place, next to my driveway
breaks my heart every time I drive past
find it so depressing being out there
I have suggested destocking / selling all animals, but she refuses to let go . . .
anyway, we've gone off track enough ( apart from showing you what NOT to do & an example of a "brittle" environment that has poor grazing management ), back to pictures of painfully green Welsh & Kiwi hills & lush grass . . .
ShooTa
Member
- Location
- Denbighshire - In the vale of Clwyd!
ill endevour to pop some up - my glorious phone has decided it doesnt do data connections anymore - so i have to bluetooth to another phone,....fml.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Exactly why I don't post many pictures anymore..
(or, post much at all, anymore, unless I see an alert to respond to)
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
nah, I have no problem with seeing pics of green grass ( that's NOT why I reacted in that "other" thread, regardless of what people seem to have assumed )
I just have to wear sunnies cos my eyes aren't used to it, that's all
all good
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
All good, brother
My "don't want" list steers the ship better than the "want" list ever does, and p!ssing people off is my talent
My "don't want" list steers the ship better than the "want" list ever does, and p!ssing people off is my talent