You did really well with presentation Alistair 👏 show help people to understand everything better and the whole process farmers need to go through. I hope you had something strong in that cup trying to present that chart.
Thanks for explainning all that there is a very lot of people that are not aware of all the facts and planing that goes into farming sheep during the winter months. Well done.
Something we also consider carrying lambs on is the cost of not having the money in the bank with interest rates the way they are. We are in sw Victoria and we are quite dry over summer so growth can be slow so you might keep them an extra 4 to 5 months sometimes and the carry cost of money can eat into your profits
Luckily I’m not dependent on income from my sheep. So I stock light and here in Ozzie I run Dorpers and they lamb all year around on a 7-8 month cycle. But being from NZ I know how terrible the weather can be.
It may not effect you in Canterbury, but facial eczema spore counts is something else to consider. In the north island Terminals really need to be gone before autumn to reduce risk, or there's the expense of mitigation.
Looking forward to see how this year's lambing goes - you can only try different methods to see what works for you - with a bit of fingers crossed and a quick prayer on the weather front - Cammy's last Fed By Farmers he was talking about 25% lambing losses because of weather - 6 ewes on day one all lost triplets and that is a hard come back
You did really well with presentation Alistair 👏 show help people to understand everything better and the whole process farmers need to go through. I hope you had something strong in that cup trying to present that chart.
Thanks for explainning all that there is a very lot of people that are not aware of all the facts and planing that goes into farming sheep during the winter months. Well done.
This is the most interesting video yet. I've learned so much tonight. Well done on explaining.
Wow thanks I didn't expect a comment like that.
Good farmer 👍🏼
Something we also consider carrying lambs on is the cost of not having the money in the bank with interest rates the way they are. We are in sw Victoria and we are quite dry over summer so growth can be slow so you might keep them an extra 4 to 5 months sometimes and the carry cost of money can eat into your profits
That is very true. The quicker we can get money in the bank to pay off overdraft will save us 12 percent interest currently.
Luckily I’m not dependent on income from my sheep. So I stock light and here in Ozzie I run Dorpers and they lamb all year around on a 7-8 month cycle. But being from NZ I know how terrible the weather can be.
It may not effect you in Canterbury, but facial eczema spore counts is something else to consider. In the north island Terminals really need to be gone before autumn to reduce risk, or there's the expense of mitigation.
Very true. We are not affected by FE yet but it is moving south. It's only a matter of time.
Looking forward to see how this year's lambing goes - you can only try different methods to see what works for you - with a bit of fingers crossed and a quick prayer on the weather front - Cammy's last Fed By Farmers he was talking about 25% lambing losses because of weather - 6 ewes on day one all lost triplets and that is a hard come back
Yea interesting. 25 percent is a huge loss and can have a massive effect on not only profit but mental health as well.
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Has someone developed a spreadsheet where you can put in all the variables to help with the decision making?
Not that I know of. I do have some that can help track the schedule drop and growth rate side of the equation.
You are not talking crap.