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Holistic Farming
"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 7379115" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>It will be interesting to see what the next few summers hold, also. </p><p></p><p>2017 we were only a few months into it... and bang, what's all this about "summer safe" when even the 80-year olds are worried. But then it rains again in summer (we've had 30mm or so today?) and I'm glad I took this route.... because it works in every season</p><p></p><p>planting different stuff... well, it works some years and most years if they are predictable. But maybe the mindset around farming here is also a bit different, most "low input" farms are only low input because they can't afford more inputs... I can afford to pretty much do anything I want, including buying new drills and a combine and grain towers etc if I thought it was the right way to make a better return on investment. Or buy a few fancy genetics and start a stud... or buy 1000 acres... but the best way to improve my return is none of them, but simply to reduce investment and keep my expectations of returns to what the season will give us.</p><p></p><p>Low expectation = less disappointment risk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 7379115, member: 63856"] It will be interesting to see what the next few summers hold, also. 2017 we were only a few months into it... and bang, what's all this about "summer safe" when even the 80-year olds are worried. But then it rains again in summer (we've had 30mm or so today?) and I'm glad I took this route.... because it works in every season planting different stuff... well, it works some years and most years if they are predictable. But maybe the mindset around farming here is also a bit different, most "low input" farms are only low input because they can't afford more inputs... I can afford to pretty much do anything I want, including buying new drills and a combine and grain towers etc if I thought it was the right way to make a better return on investment. Or buy a few fancy genetics and start a stud... or buy 1000 acres... but the best way to improve my return is none of them, but simply to reduce investment and keep my expectations of returns to what the season will give us. Low expectation = less disappointment risk [/QUOTE]
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