Learning to farm

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Tue, 08/12/2014 - 19:55 #1

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Paul Kondo
Last seen: 03/08/2018 - 21:05
Joined: 08/12/2014 - 19:43

Learning to farm

Hi there,

I'm interested in learning to farm, predominately sheep and alpacas in the Camden, NSW area.

I'm in the process of reading to get a better understanding of the requirements.

The intention is to make a living from farming and support my family.

I currently live on 1 acre and want to experiment with purchasing a couple of quality ewe's and ram (Suffolk) and then move slowly to Alpacas.

If anyone can provide any hints as to how I can get started and what I should look out for, including breeders I could talk to in the local Camden area, this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for reading and look forward to your response.

Regards

Paul

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Sat, 08/16/2014 - 13:44 #2
charlie
Last seen: 12/26/2018 - 09:21
Joined: 05/31/2011 - 09:44

Hi Paul,

Welcome to the forum and thanks for the question.

Great idea to start small, get a feel for it prior to progressing to something larger. It would be a good idea to start with some quality sheep genetics as this will put you in good stead for future breeding. Are you planning to breed 100% cross bred sheep? The are more for meat rather than wool.

A couple of books that you may be interested in include:
Running a small flock of sheep
Agguide: Farming alpacas

I'm not local to the Camden area, however are there any members lwho can assist with the contact details of a sheep breeder in the area?

Regards,

Charlie

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