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  • Farming Diary for September

    September farming diary

    The 'Spring Flush' of pasture should have started to appear.  But to see what is growing, get down on your hands and knees to have a close look at the sward. Note how much of a square metre is made up of grass species, especially perennial ryegrass which has a pink sheath at base and is shiny on underside of the leaf. Then check how much of the area is growing clover, how much weeds and how much is just bare ground and dung patches.
  • Slaughter or euthanasia

    slaughter or euthanasiaIf you have to euthanase a goat of any age, it’s important to study the Code of Animal Welfare No. 19 on “the emergency slaughter of farm livestock”, because the process can be very dangerous for the operator, and you may end up being prosecuted for causing unnecessary pain and suffering to the animal.

  • Chainsaw safety chainsaw safetyThe chainsaw is the most dangerous tool on the farm, and its potential for damage to life and limb is underestimated every day. Keep reminding yourself that the chain on a modern saw with it's murderous teeth travels at just over 100km/hr, so you don't have a hope of stopping it or lifting it out of the way before it has made a nice wide cut into you flesh and bone.  At this speed the chain can cut through a human limb in about a third of a second.

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  • Ride on mowers

    Ride on mowers

    Grass is a wonderful thing. On a lifestyle farm we usually either have too much or too little and the grass that does grow is often not where we need it - on the lawn, not the paddock! This article covers the things you need to consider when buying a ride on and lists the 9 really important things you should discuss with your salesperson.

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  • Farming Diary for September

    September farming diary

    The 'Spring Flush' of pasture should have started to appear.  But to see what is growing, get down on your hands and knees to have a close look at the sward. Note how much of a square metre is made up of grass species, especially perennial ryegrass which has a pink sheath at base and is shiny on underside of the leaf. Then check how much of the area is growing clover, how much weeds and how much is just bare ground and dung patches.

The Good Oil

  • The Good Oil: Get my drift?

    spray driftSwaggie certainly did.  Her question:  what can you do if you or your property gets unintentionally sprayed? The family live in Australia a fair amount of time, and camp on their 80 acres in the Franklin region when the urge takes them.  Last June they were accidentally sprayed. She didn’t know what the spray was, who the contractor flying overhead was or, for that matter, who’d arranged it.

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  • Scouring in Hand Reared Animals scours in hand reared animalsDiarrhoea (or scours) can be a problem in hand-reared lambs, calves and kids in the first week or two of life. It’s a lot easier to prevent scours than to treat it, and the key to prevention is ensuring good feed quality, appropriate feeding regimes and good hygiene. It’s also very important to keep the animals warm and dry, and to keep stress to a minimum. The younger the animal is, the more at risk it is from diarrhoea.