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Regenerative Agriculture and Direct Drilling
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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 6673091" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>It's a huge amount of expenditure on "consumables" if you look at livestock mainly as a landscaping tool.</p><p></p><p>We always planned on playing opposite to "the big boys" or at least the low-debt boys who have different pasture management regimes to us, there's plenty of opportunities around; for example cull ewes, a line may range from $140 to $200 and we could boost those bottom-enders up very smartly and share the gain in value with the owner</p><p></p><p>I think the future lies more in collaboration than competition over who can race to the bottom, without getting into strict (limiting) structures such as deciding "we're just going to finish lambs/store cattle" - there's probably better opportunity to simply build a working relationship with a like-minded farming family, who sees that it's more effective to shuffle stock around than feed.</p><p>This gives them more effective area, and it gives us access to all the stock we need, when we need them, without the ties to the stock.</p><p></p><p>Maybe it isn't exactly "sentimentality" but in our belief the main thing limiting farming growth is inflexibility with regards to matching carrying capacity to stocking rate - this will mean we can run 7 cattle/ha for short periods and then rest it properly, rest ourselves properly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 6673091, member: 63856"] It's a huge amount of expenditure on "consumables" if you look at livestock mainly as a landscaping tool. We always planned on playing opposite to "the big boys" or at least the low-debt boys who have different pasture management regimes to us, there's plenty of opportunities around; for example cull ewes, a line may range from $140 to $200 and we could boost those bottom-enders up very smartly and share the gain in value with the owner I think the future lies more in collaboration than competition over who can race to the bottom, without getting into strict (limiting) structures such as deciding "we're just going to finish lambs/store cattle" - there's probably better opportunity to simply build a working relationship with a like-minded farming family, who sees that it's more effective to shuffle stock around than feed. This gives them more effective area, and it gives us access to all the stock we need, when we need them, without the ties to the stock. Maybe it isn't exactly "sentimentality" but in our belief the main thing limiting farming growth is inflexibility with regards to matching carrying capacity to stocking rate - this will mean we can run 7 cattle/ha for short periods and then rest it properly, rest ourselves properly. [/QUOTE]
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