Your absolutely right Ben with government regulations and interference. In Europe regulations limited stocking rate to 170kg/ organic N/Ha one dairy cow produced 85kg of organic nitrogen a year that was changed to 95 now they've brought in banding 85, 96 and 106kg/N/Ha depending on milk yield. Ireland applied for derogation which aloud 250kg of organic Nitrogen stocking rate for who ever needed it the more intensive farm's, now that been changed to 220kgs and with banding more herds are close or over the stocking limit. This has lit the land rental market on fire dairy guys are giving 5-600 euros an acre for leased ground so as lower there stocking rate on paper because the way milk price is no one wants to reduce cows numbers. All sectors are feeling pressure because beef, sheep and tillage can't compete and are being pushed out of rented ground. We have high nitrates levels in some water ways of course farming being blamed and everytime it rains heavy sewage treatment plants let untreated waste go into waterways but that never highlighted or even seen as part of the problem.
Love the videos very informative and shows how much the goal posts tend to move in agriculture weather, labour availability, markets. With a lot of talk about the decline in wool prices, shearer availability and rise in labour costs how do you find this affecting your business and does it make wool harvesting become a negative cost to a prime lamb operation?
Anyone who would criticise you about providing water to sheep on a lush crop of maze doesn’t know shite. 100% agree on your take on the government. No one has more to gain by seeing that our stock is properly cared for than us the farmers. Bugger off and let us do our job. Really enjoy your videos keep up the good work! Ps I’m a Yank but doing my bist to sound like a Kiwi. 🤣
You're farming some good ground down there, how many cattle are you running? I've only just found your channel recently and really enjoying it wife not so much tho 🤣 as its all I watch at night, if you're ever in the UK come over for a farm walk
@@deepsouthsheepbeef4307 you have to be quite hot on the grass management with so few cattle about I guess do you find grass getting way ahead of the sheep at times but then I guess if its dry having less cattle about is good I see a lot of people around me where all the cattle have gone reason being no profit in them but I see there farms going backwards even tho not much profit in the cattle make the sheep far more profitable
Yea, our margin on cattle is good, but thats not including our time to rear them 😬. Management is tricky, especially pre weaning. Knowing when to take paddocks out for bales, crops, etc is near impossible 🤣🤣🤣. Just gotta do your best and remember the mowers hide a bit of bad management 👌
they trialed baling the slash here in wales - worked quite well as they took it to use on riparian zones for shoring up and also to beach erosian sites.
Good stuff mate, hope the tooth heals up quickly. I had one pulled a while back, not fun, I was a brave boy and didn't cry , until I got the bill then it was 😭😭😭 all the way home 😆
@@deepsouthsheepbeef4307 Good to hear mate. really good content too, I learnt abit about crop grazing I had no idea that sheep go straight onto maize. Looking forward to see how that bit of maize you're putting aside goes as silage. 👍
Good video. Would it be viable for you to cut/mulch the maize stalks after first grazing and then put the sheep back on to get it all. Also helping with cultivation?
Would be easy, but probably not economical, unless we were looking to plant in permenant pasture. This is only going to be resown for a few months, before being tipped over again, so should be sweet.
Alot of value in your recent videos. Next level content creation. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers Paul
Yes, we want to see you! So many sheep!
Your absolutely right Ben with government regulations and interference. In Europe regulations limited stocking rate to 170kg/ organic N/Ha one dairy cow produced 85kg of organic nitrogen a year that was changed to 95 now they've brought in banding 85, 96 and 106kg/N/Ha depending on milk yield. Ireland applied for derogation which aloud 250kg of organic Nitrogen stocking rate for who ever needed it the more intensive farm's, now that been changed to 220kgs and with banding more herds are close or over the stocking limit. This has lit the land rental market on fire dairy guys are giving 5-600 euros an acre for leased ground so as lower there stocking rate on paper because the way milk price is no one wants to reduce cows numbers. All sectors are feeling pressure because beef, sheep and tillage can't compete and are being pushed out of rented ground. We have high nitrates levels in some water ways of course farming being blamed and everytime it rains heavy sewage treatment plants let untreated waste go into waterways but that never highlighted or even seen as part of the problem.
Love the videos very informative and shows how much the goal posts tend to move in agriculture weather, labour availability, markets.
With a lot of talk about the decline in wool prices, shearer availability and rise in labour costs how do you find this affecting your business and does it make wool harvesting become a negative cost to a prime lamb operation?
Great video Ben as always lambs are looking good 👌
Anyone who would criticise you about providing water to sheep on a lush crop of maze doesn’t know shite. 100% agree on your take on the government. No one has more to gain by seeing that our stock is properly cared for than us the farmers. Bugger off and let us do our job. Really enjoy your videos keep up the good work!
Ps I’m a Yank but doing my bist to sound like a Kiwi. 🤣
Well said Ben
Thank you great video
You're farming some good ground down there, how many cattle are you running? I've only just found your channel recently and really enjoying it wife not so much tho 🤣 as its all I watch at night, if you're ever in the UK come over for a farm walk
Cheers man, only 50 cattle 🤣🤣. My better half is from Yorkshire, so we'll be over there again some day 👌
@@deepsouthsheepbeef4307 you have to be quite hot on the grass management with so few cattle about I guess do you find grass getting way ahead of the sheep at times but then I guess if its dry having less cattle about is good I see a lot of people around me where all the cattle have gone reason being no profit in them but I see there farms going backwards even tho not much profit in the cattle make the sheep far more profitable
Yea, our margin on cattle is good, but thats not including our time to rear them 😬. Management is tricky, especially pre weaning. Knowing when to take paddocks out for bales, crops, etc is near impossible 🤣🤣🤣. Just gotta do your best and remember the mowers hide a bit of bad management 👌
they trialed baling the slash here in wales - worked quite well as they took it to use on riparian zones for shoring up and also to beach erosian sites.
Good stuff mate, hope the tooth heals up quickly. I had one pulled a while back, not fun, I was a brave boy and didn't cry , until I got the bill then it was 😭😭😭 all the way home 😆
🤣🤣🤣🤣, it hurts a lot less now than it did beforehand!
@@deepsouthsheepbeef4307 Good to hear mate. really good content too, I learnt abit about crop grazing I had no idea that sheep go straight onto maize. Looking forward to see how that bit of maize you're putting aside goes as silage. 👍
Hi i like your video
I totally agree with you , this government should and the Green Party both need to sleep in Wellington , I do not know who advices them
They advise themselves, only way to keep the gravy train going 👌
ben,as you are aware parker is in the background with all the regs,surprise peters is his mate, who would trust either of this pair
Yep, Parker and Shaw are "The" problems. Don't forget, Winnie put them in there.
Good video. Would it be viable for you to cut/mulch the maize stalks after first grazing and then put the sheep back on to get it all. Also helping with cultivation?
Would be easy, but probably not economical, unless we were looking to plant in permenant pasture. This is only going to be resown for a few months, before being tipped over again, so should be sweet.
@@deepsouthsheepbeef4307 that would make sense 👍🏼
Great video, you put some effort into your videos.
Why are you letting them at your corn fields??😊
I like the way you think
Hi Ben what district are you in ?
hello bro.i live from Bangladesh.i need a sheep farm job. i have 4 years experience in qatar. plz kindly It is very useful for me if you give me a job
What are u saying man ... i just understood so and yeah and through
You just talk at it, not talking to viewers. Lots to say. Sheep content is best.
Sorry?
Hi i like your video