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Lots of interest in all NT farms in the Lakes, five were let last year all to young locals, one of my daughters went for one, sadly got interviewed but we’re not successful. My son got down to the last two on another but again missed out.

Sleet and hail here this aft, be a bit till we see the swallows me thinks

I had the pleasure of guiding Princess Anne round the sheep classes at our county show, a few years back. And she let out a bit of a gasp when we passed a very fine example of a Badgerface Ram. She later explained that one of those “expletive, expletive things got in with her flock and covered...

Why Sadlery yourself with all that expense, livestock is designed to live outside they have been doing it for thousands of years. If you add up the cost of the buildings and infrastructure, plus the machinery and equipment to feed, cart grass in and sh!t out. You will make more money with a...

I think the market has become somewhat saturated, also no sales to Europe now, yet another Brexit Bonus 🙄

I know how you all hate a survey but if you do stuff with wool it would be really helpful if you completed this one. We started doing stuff with our own wool eight years ago, sending off 20kg of fleece and getting 8kg of hand knitting wool back in balls. This year we have sent off ten tonnes of...

This is a very interesting and informative article from a NZ couple which makes a lot of sense My name is Amy. My husband Hamish and I farm sheep and beef near Clinton in Southland. We use regenerative farming methods following the advice of a Dr Christine Jones. We spent months researching...

What sort of price are native steers worth per kg Luing and Hereford x Luing 12m old

That’s supposed to say, no fert needed 🙄

No feet messed as the animal manure is all in the right place and in the right form. The whole idea of keeping them tight is they don’t all poo in the same corner but evenly across the cell. The deeper roots and extra vegetation mean the land is much more sustainable in wet weather. No fert...

Not as long as with cattle but it is interesting how they tend to graze all the seed heads and flowers first then the leafy stuff. Worm burden is much reduced as they never graze down low enough to pick them up during the summer. But have come unstuck with them getting a big dose of worms late...

In a way I do the opposite to you but my low level land is slightly better equipped than yours. A lot of the schemes now do allow cattle grazing in winter with provisions for supplementary feeding in hard times. The big problem is most of the schemes are out of date and are based on the bad...

I am way behind Pete and many others but from my experience The change in forage and soil structure means the carrying capacity in wet times is massively improved. I’ve cut my housing over winter from seven months to three and some cattle never come in. This has enabled me to cut my stored...

A before, during and after of @Kiwi Pete grazing regime

Those wire lifters are a definite game changer for the enthusiast, I’m only playing at it as the geography and location don’t match the principles, But working towards moving more regularly where I can, plus making fields smaller

Done

Howarths will do smaller lots if you ask nicely but obviously it costs more, minimum is a ton I think

@Kiwi Pete is the guru, amazing results, so impressive when I visited last year

Would it be from when you bought the equipment or when you put in the claim or when hey actually paid you. For me the date of payment would be eight months after the purchase and four months after claim.

The RBST rosettes were going to be a new feature for this year but it seems they won’t be needed if they have cut all the classes