G'day from Mount Perry

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Fri, 06/27/2014 - 16:29 #1

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talula
Last seen: 06/29/2014 - 08:40
Joined: 06/27/2014 - 12:54

G'day from Mount Perry

Hi Everyone,

 

Just joined and thought I would say hi. I have 140 acres in Mount Perry. I have fenced off one half of the property into grazing cells, which also restricts access to environmentally sensitive areas.  Currently only running a few horses and a few cattle, but once all the infrastructure is complete (inlcuding my house!) I have plans to grow square meaters for beef and also pastured poultry, pork and mutton, plus free range eggs.

I have just started using Help Exchange (like WWOOF) workers to assist with the crappy jobs I've been avoiding. It's really helped kick the motivation into gear when it comes to digging out prickly pear. Ugh!

Happy farming!

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Sun, 06/29/2014 - 18:20 #2
barb
Last seen: 09/17/2019 - 18:07
Joined: 11/23/2011 - 09:38

Hi Talula,

Welcome to the forum. Sounds like you're a hard worker. How did you come out of the drought that we have just had in S.E Qld? Cost me a fortune in feed but at least I didn't lose any stock.

All the stock are looking fat and sleek now - just waiting for my calves to drop in spring. The dams and water holes are all full too, so hopefully looking forward to a good year.

Cheers,

Barb

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Sun, 06/29/2014 - 18:21 #3
talula
Last seen: 06/29/2014 - 08:40
Joined: 06/27/2014 - 12:54

Hi Barb,

Not sure how if this will contribute to the thread or just answer my original question - couldn't find an icon letting me respond to your post....

To be honest, in terms of available feed I didn't even notice the drought. The way I've got the paddocks split up into cells meant that I never ran out of grass and still have tonnes of it even though everyone else is really struggling. I didn't need to feed animals at all. Plus I'm running at a very low stocking rate, which I will continue until I can be sure of my carrying capacity. The only downside of having good pasture is that when it does rain I get much less run-off into my water storage. It's a trade off though - higher soil moisture at the expense of less on-farm water storage. Just means I've got to manage everything with that in mind. Not a bad problem to have really!

Thanks for responding to my post :)

Best wishes,

Jen

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Sun, 06/29/2014 - 19:43 #4
barb
Last seen: 09/17/2019 - 18:07
Joined: 11/23/2011 - 09:38

Hi,

at the beginning of the drought I had plenty of feed and water, but as it went on , more than six months without a drop of water, eventually all I had was dust. I was only running 1 head to 20 acres at the time. Luckily I was o.k. for water because I have two big dams on the property- one is 17 metres deep, but all my water holes dried up and the spring also. The spring had never been dry in living memory. I remember driving out to Murgon to buy feed at the height of the drought and there were dead cattle in many of the paddocks I passed-heart breaking.

 For the present, all the animals (I've restocked) are fat as fools but it is predicted S.E Qld will be dry again in spring -   hope not, as I think most of the graziers around the region have had enough for a while. Crossing my fingers that we will have good spring rain. 

cheers,

Barb

 
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