Hi, I am investigating small scale essential oil production and am trying to find some more information on small to medium steam distillers. I found the article on starting a lavender farm helpful, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend a website or place of someone that sells good stills. Either new or second hand. Thanks very much

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Hi All,

My family and I have been living on an small (42 acre) farm in beautiful Nungurner, East Gippsland, Victoria for the past 8 years and haven really dont much about it.

We have decided it time to raise some Beef cattle. We are not looking for anything special, just 10-12 beef calves (steers) to raise and sell on every 18 months or so (and keep 1 for the freezer), take a break for 6-8 months (to let the paddocks regenerate) and start again. I am not looking for calves that I have to raise by hand so weiners are prefered.

Hi, We have a small acreage in central Victoria and are looking to agist sheep.

Can anyone let me know the current per/head rates or advise me where to find these?

Thanks  Jacqueline

Hi,

Have finally bought our farm in South east Queensland,looking at putting some minature breeds of cattle on to be self sustaining as well as selling of the ones we dont need.

Has anyone had any experience with small breeds and what do you suggest oor think we will beon 35acres.

Thinking of getting to cows withhopefully calves on foot and pregnant as well to start of, and a bull later on?

Any advice welcome.

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My wife and I are new migrants to Australia. We come from Argentina and although being brought up in the city, we always longed a life in the country.

Hi,

Purchased a second hand tractor (1984 model) with a front end loader from a dairy farm, the tractor spent its usefull life in a silage pit and then was flogged off.

Tractors are a great tool! What used to take me two week ends to do I now do in a few hours.

How ever now the hydraulic cylinders are leaking and at some stage in the past the end caps have been welded on, does not appear to be factory welding looking at the welds so I can only assume the farmer has fixed the leaks by welding the caps on.

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