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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 5268070" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>Dad and his brother had a similar system/mindset to me:</p><p>"if you don't spend it, you don't have to claw it back" they had a freehold farm,</p><p>and actually ran long covers which was not the done thing - you know how kiwi sheep farms used to look? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite43" alt=":inpain:" title="In Pain :inpain:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":inpain:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite43" alt=":inpain:" title="In Pain :inpain:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":inpain:" /></p><p>Plus, they had been sucked in by SMP to believe they were making serious progress, and spending up large to avoid taxation <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite27" alt=":whistle:" title="Whistling :whistle:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":whistle:" /></p><p>New tractors, boats, house renovations... all off 400 acre blocks (we had 700 that was more challenging land) and where they would plough and disc and cultivate, Dad had made a direct drill and simply outgrew the grass with ryecorn - the beginnings of modern day "covercropping"</p><p></p><p>Basically: abandonment of the grass-greedy approach that helps turn "dry" into "drought"... </p><p></p><p>Dad had seen the flaws in that model and we had been propping up the neighbours shortages with our hay for a bit - in effect using their capital as an extensive grazing operation, as were the economics of the time - then when they inevitably saw the writing on the wall..... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p>(A Howard bigbale of hay bought 6 inlamb ewes.)</p><p></p><p>Our neighbour spent huge amounts on deer fencing, sheds, lanes, bought weaner hinds for $1300 and sold them a few months later for $775 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> so he went tits up. </p><p>Another neighbour shot himself, one went AWOL, 3 divorced and had to sell up to settle... </p><p>We could have scooped the land too, but they were quite happy with their lot.</p><p></p><p>That's why I don't farm with my head in the clouds: </p><p>I learnt the lessons without having to make the mistakes - the first one being, have a LOT of reserve in some way, shape, or form. </p><p>The best way to store water and carbon is in the <strong>soil</strong> because it was designed for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 5268070, member: 63856"] Dad and his brother had a similar system/mindset to me: "if you don't spend it, you don't have to claw it back" they had a freehold farm, and actually ran long covers which was not the done thing - you know how kiwi sheep farms used to look? :inpain::inpain: Plus, they had been sucked in by SMP to believe they were making serious progress, and spending up large to avoid taxation :whistle: New tractors, boats, house renovations... all off 400 acre blocks (we had 700 that was more challenging land) and where they would plough and disc and cultivate, Dad had made a direct drill and simply outgrew the grass with ryecorn - the beginnings of modern day "covercropping" Basically: abandonment of the grass-greedy approach that helps turn "dry" into "drought"... Dad had seen the flaws in that model and we had been propping up the neighbours shortages with our hay for a bit - in effect using their capital as an extensive grazing operation, as were the economics of the time - then when they inevitably saw the writing on the wall..... :( (A Howard bigbale of hay bought 6 inlamb ewes.) Our neighbour spent huge amounts on deer fencing, sheds, lanes, bought weaner hinds for $1300 and sold them a few months later for $775 :eek: so he went tits up. Another neighbour shot himself, one went AWOL, 3 divorced and had to sell up to settle... We could have scooped the land too, but they were quite happy with their lot. That's why I don't farm with my head in the clouds: I learnt the lessons without having to make the mistakes - the first one being, have a LOT of reserve in some way, shape, or form. The best way to store water and carbon is in the [B]soil[/B] because it was designed for it. [/QUOTE]
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