Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.

[Kiwi Pete]

we would have had to learn to farm , with no oxytocin . starving and then over feeding just before calving , used to cause a lot of swollen undders in heifers .

Consistent feeding is where it's at, stock do that by themselves if you get it right.
Bit hard for them to manage that if all the feed is brought to them, though, and even worse if they can't balance energy/protein, the rumen is a cow's only true "boss"

 

[Farmer Roy]

I bogged the little zero turn Toro mower this arvo

if I’d have taken a pic before I pulled it out, it would have been worthy of a Today At Work post

 

[Kiwi Pete]

I bogged the little zero turn Toro mower this arvo










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if I’d have taken a pic before I pulled it out, it would have been worthy of a Today At Work post

I can think of a few smartarse comments but will keep them to myself.

I think we're both going to hell now

 

[Kidds]

I bogged the little zero turn Toro mower this arvo

if I’d have taken a pic before I pulled it out, it would have been worthy of a Today At Work post

I said earlier I'd seen a few bogged in random places when we were there last. Never as random as that though, you just have to take things to the extreme don't you.

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

I bogged the little zero turn Toro mower this arvo










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if I’d have taken a pic before I pulled it out, it would have been worthy of a Today At Work post

Poor old Henry (couldn't make out the first name)

 

[Farmer Roy]

Poor old Henry (couldn't make out the first name)

actually, it was George Berryman, the headstone to that hole is just to the right, out of pic

 

[Kiwi Pete]

That's alright then, I was wondering why Mr Gardner had his headstone upside-down and by his feet.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

That's alright then, I was wondering why Mr Gardner had his headstone upside-down and by his feet.

Obvious, it's Australia!

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

it will never be paid back . no tourism is going to make life interesting. hard to find some one with no connection to it . i am going to lose some work because of no tourists .

NZ looks like it'll have to rethink the whole economy after this. THAT could cause a few scratched heads in Wellington!

IIRC tourism has been running at around 30% of the nz economy

I can think of a few smartarse comments but will keep them to myself.

I think we're both going to hell now

No worries, we'll all meet up there for a yarn round the fires

 

[Farmer Roy]

Obvious, it's Australia!

why is it always assumed that WE are upside down ?
Maybe it is the Northern Hemisphere that is upside down ?

reading TFF, it seems most on here have their head up their arsès, so maybe they don’t know which way is up anyway

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Just watched the live stream of the ANZBI webinar on biochar and carbon trading at www.anzbi.org, specifically by www.puro.earth , and the principles of LCA's.

Very interesting.

 

[hendrebc]

we would have had to learn to farm , with no oxytocin . starving and then over feeding just before calving , used to cause a lot of swollen undders in heifers .

I know very little about dairy cows and oxytocin. But having some on hand would sometimes be handy for a very rare ewe that doesn't let her milk down or to tighten everything up after a turned out lamb bed or something. But I manage fine without it now so I probably wouldn't bother even if I could get as much as I wanted.

 

[Henarar]

I bogged the little zero turn Toro mower this arvo










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if I’d have taken a pic before I pulled it out, it would have been worthy of a Today At Work post

wheels not big enough Roy

 

[Henarar]

I know very little about dairy cows and oxytocin. But having some on hand would sometimes be handy for a very rare ewe that doesn't let her milk down or to tighten everything up after a turned out lamb bed or something. But I manage fine without it now so I probably wouldn't bother even if I could get as much as I wanted.

This was a dairy farm up till 98 and I don't remember it being used, must be progress

 

[devonshirekiwi]

NZ looks like it'll have to rethink the whole economy after this. THAT could cause a few scratched heads in Wellington!

IIRC tourism has been running at around 30% of the nz economy


No worries, we'll all meet up there for a yarn round the fires

Just crank up the printing press!

 

[hendrebc]

With all this new printed money just magically appearing does this mean we will get some pretty high inflation in the next few years?

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

With all this new printed money just magically appearing does this mean we will get some pretty high inflation in the next few years?

Definately a high risk!

 

[Kidds]

why is it always assumed that WE are upside down ?
Maybe it is the Northern Hemisphere that is upside down ?

reading TFF, it seems most on here have their head up their arsès, so maybe they don’t know which way is up anyway

You are the ones claiming to be the men from down under.
Agree on the second bit though. I have pretty much the entire forum on ignore except this thread.

 

[Farmer Roy]

You are the ones claiming to be the men from down under.
Agree on the second bit though. I have pretty much the entire forum on ignore except this thread.

not wishing to be pedantic at all, but Colin Hayes ( the lead singer & someone who’s work I admire & am a fan of ) is actually Scottish . . .

WE never claim to be or consider ourselves as “downunder” - that is purely a northern concept

great song though

 

[Kidds]

I wonder what the flat earthers think of the tune.