Hello everyone

has anyone out there tried natural sequence farming on a small scale say 15 acres or less as i am vary interested in finding out how it works,

my property is in the souther riverina with a rain fall of less that 450mm per year, my reserch  online of the larger scale operations look vary promissing so i am keen to try this myself

Will a scrub/ very wild bull loaded onto a truck be fine on its own or will it go mad and try and bust out of the truck? and has this ever happened  before?

Dear Farmstyle folk

I am wondering how to weigh my small mob of sheep, particularly the lambs. Can anyone recommend good cheap weighing equipment?

I looked at scales available in fishing tackle shops but they only weigh up to 30 kg or so.

cheers

Greg in Central Tablelands

We've purchased 35 acres 3 months ago near ballarat. We have no farming experience but ooze tonnes of enthusiasm.  So i'm asking for a little help to get us started. 

Our plan is to have cows, goats, horses (have two minis already) and sowing "Red Hill" with something. 

Hi,

sent a 9 mo crossbred wether for slaughter last month.

The lamb had no setbacks from birth & had more than ample pasture & was fed ewe supplement with garlic & mollases once a week.

It hung for a week at the butcher.........but the lamb had no fat on it when processed & is tough as old bags...........why?

I posted some time ago describing my initial experiments with a solar-powered drip irrigation for my farm at Elands, NSW. I've continued to improve the system each season and thought I'd give an update in case it's helpful for anybody else considering it.

I have two small hazelnut orchards of 100 and 50 trees respectively, for a total area of about 2 acres. I pump from a creek to a 5,000 L tank at the higher of the two orchards, and from there I pump out to a drip irrigation system.

Hi,

I am trying to grow a network of small solar farms.  What I am trying to do is install small solar systems (around 10kw - 40 panels) on farm sheds around NSW that are connected to the power grid.  The power gereated would be sold into the grid, however, some of the power could be used by the farmer at half their grid price.

Hello, My name is Jack and I am currently looking to purchase a small hobby farm on the mid north coast of NSW between 30-100 acres.  The property will generally be used as a weekend getaway for riding motobikes and a small amount of livestock.  My question is what expenseses will the government / local councils impose on the farm or myself? 

If you can recommend anything else a first farm buyer should know as well it would be greatly appreciated !!

Hi all,

as someone who is yet to take his first animal to slaughter, I'm just curious about what other people's experiences have been like with their local (or not so local) abattoir. Have you found the services on offer to your liking, with a wide range of selections, or with unbearable limitations? And what are the costs like per beast, for any beast, from poultry to cattle?

Thanks in advance for all of your input.