on the british isles they say it takes 10 years for a new species of plant to become established on a hedge. some of our local hedges have 15 to 18 species- but then the farm i lived on was in the dooms day book. way in the distance there is a very large hill which the celts (KELTS) turned into a hilltop fort. there was not much in the way of defences visible so they dug for them- soil from growing grass and stuff buried the defences to depths of 40-50 feet. yep, we do grass- sunshine, sweet rain, plus the blood & sweat of 2400+ years of the ancestors.
Great videos mate , I was briefly a sharemilker , too long in the tooth now but I always enjoy visits to your place . Backbone of the country mate , keep it up 👍
I'm looking forward to being dried off in the next 10 days and getting into some fencing over the winter months. Great to see the progress bring made and projects you are getting into.
Sweet as Andrew, love seeing you doing new stuff around the farm to improve things for yourself and your dad. Hope the dry off went well and you enjoyed your hol's. 👍🏼
If you have a Drone, or know someone that does....you could use it to get the best perspective on where to best put your new fences. Just a thought. Your videos of the land, the land is beautiful!
I remember Dad used to carry over a few cows and send them to an Autumn milking farm until we started milking in Spring again, sometimes they’d accidentally inseminate that and they’d calve the next March/April
How good was the digger Andrew. Put it on your Santa list “ Every farm should have on “ 😂😂😂 Thanks for the video and enjoy the sleep in. Na I forgot you have young children so no such luck 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Andrew, a decent size operation like most you're always culling to make the most of your investment. Just curious at the end of the season what percentage are generally culled? How long does the peak of a milking cow stay in numbers you are looking for in years on the farm? What is the longest a cow has ever stayed in your rotation? Ok, enough for now, be well.
we have roughly 23% replacement rate so need to make room for them. this year there were 10% empty so I culled the remaining 13% to allow for the new heifers I had a 14,5 year old cow not to long ago
Great video as always Any reason why you don't freeze brand you cattle to make ID easier? Wouldn't encourage too many wood pigeons they will eat all your maize lol
Dont really need to brand them, the tags work good enough. It would be very very rare to see it done here. Haha never thought of that but would love to see some one day
Do you replace the hedge when taken out will you put the hedge back in? I have seen others in other counties that replace hedge rows when thin or taken out.
These people are the caretakers of the future and ripping out headges were there is lots of wild life live Between spreading fertilizer and ripping out headges a great job not be long before there is zero wildlife
All our native wild life in NZ are birds, and none of them nest in the hedges that I'm ripping out, To increase bird life I need other species of native plants and trees that feed the birds to get them back, If you follow my journey Ill show you some of the riparian planting that I will be doing soon to help with this.
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Love when the digger comes, get stuff done
Hi you are the stewart of the land great job.
on the british isles they say it takes 10 years for a new species of plant to become established on a hedge. some of our local hedges have 15 to 18 species- but then the farm i lived on was in the dooms day book. way in the distance there is a very large hill which the celts (KELTS) turned into a hilltop fort. there was not much in the way of defences visible so they dug for them- soil from growing grass and stuff buried the defences to depths of 40-50 feet. yep, we do grass- sunshine, sweet rain, plus the blood & sweat of 2400+ years of the ancestors.
Great video again. Nice to see how you are getting along well with your jobs.
You and your friend look like formidable rugby players
I'm a terrible rugby player but Pilks was really good!
Great video, Andrew that'll teach you to look where you're going 😂
Looking forward to the future project probably some form of riparian/wet area planting
Great videos mate , I was briefly a sharemilker , too long in the tooth now but I always enjoy visits to your place . Backbone of the country mate , keep it up 👍
Enjoy the break...definitely need a break from milking even oad..
I'm looking forward to being dried off in the next 10 days and getting into some fencing over the winter months.
Great to see the progress bring made and projects you are getting into.
good luck hope the rest of the season goes good for you
Hey Andrew you need a pair of those gumboots with the built in drain holes.... I've got a couple of pairs just in case they fill up with water
haha
Sweet as Andrew, love seeing you doing new stuff around the farm to improve things for yourself and your dad. Hope the dry off went well and you enjoyed your hol's. 👍🏼
Hi I like your video
If you have a Drone, or know someone that does....you could use it to get the best perspective on where to best put your new fences. Just a thought.
Your videos of the land, the land is beautiful!
I find google earth the best as you can map out paddocks with it and get the area which is a massive help
I never thought of google earth. Great idea!
I remember Dad used to carry over a few cows and send them to an Autumn milking farm until we started milking in Spring again, sometimes they’d accidentally inseminate that and they’d calve the next March/April
Hi, how about making a video on what you mean by drying the cows out and how you go about it. Many thanks and keep the videos coming. Take care.
the next one will be about it
Look after your hedgerow Andy
How good was the digger Andrew. Put it on your Santa list “ Every farm should have on “ 😂😂😂 Thanks for the video and enjoy the sleep in. Na I forgot you have young children so no such luck 😂😂😂😂😂😂
haha yeah they seem to enjoy getting up at 5 now were on holiday! Its been on santas list for a while now haha
its not the digger its the skill of the operator and that operator was very skilled
@@mickward6751agreed. Certainly not his first rodeo
Enjoy the break from milking Andrew, it's been a longer lactation this year, you both need a bit of a rest now for 5 or 6 weeks 😀.
Thanks!
Nice, we'd do jail if we ripped out hedges like that in Ireland
Also Andrew what was the plants behind you with the white tops at the about 26 in the video in the low area with water?
We call them Toetoe's (pronounced Toi toi) its a flax plant
Andrew, a decent size operation like most you're always culling to make the most of your investment. Just curious at the end of the season what percentage are generally culled? How long does the peak of a milking cow stay in numbers you are looking for in years on the farm? What is the longest a cow has ever stayed in your rotation? Ok, enough for now, be well.
we have roughly 23% replacement rate so need to make room for them.
this year there were 10% empty so I culled the remaining 13% to allow for the new heifers
I had a 14,5 year old cow not to long ago
Great video as always
Any reason why you don't freeze brand you cattle to make ID easier?
Wouldn't encourage too many wood pigeons they will eat all your maize lol
Dont really need to brand them, the tags work good enough.
It would be very very rare to see it done here.
Haha never thought of that but would love to see some one day
Hi Andrew, Been away from youtube for a bit. I saw your silage pit behind you in a shot and wondered how the rat problem has been?
It's actually pretty good, I see the odd one around but nothing to the extent that it was before so constant baiting seems the way to go
Do you replace the hedge when taken out will you put the hedge back in? I have seen others in other counties that replace hedge rows when thin or taken out.
No wont replace them, It's an old school thing having hedges as a form of fence but I will plan on planting trees along the new fence lines
TH-cam FAIL! Youfalling assover teakettle into the ditch would have gone viral and gotten you 10k followers! LOL Nice work on the drains.
haha yeah would have been good to get on video!
It's not really working milking the cows with a view like that! Beautiful sunrise!
Hope you took that collar off lol
definitely haha
👀🙄🐾👍Great video Andy how did your season end product wise ? It's looking a bit dour for next season for dairy
Yeah it's not looking the best but I guess it can always be worse. Ill talk a bit about it in the next video
@@TheOnceADayFarmer That's true but an $8 Kg/Ms pay out farmer's are no more than breaking even!!
Hi how you and got any tips for farming 😊
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What does Cull cows mean??
Cow bye bye
These people are the caretakers of the future and ripping out headges were there is lots of wild life live
Between spreading fertilizer and ripping out headges a great job not be long before there is zero wildlife
All our native wild life in NZ are birds, and none of them nest in the hedges that I'm ripping out, To increase bird life I need other species of native plants and trees that feed the birds to get them back, If you follow my journey Ill show you some of the riparian planting that I will be doing soon to help with this.
Do you need permission to rip out hedges over there. ? Woodpigoens are destructive so you might regret that move
nah we don't