Hi fellow members, during this wet spell my floodgate has been damaged . it is a chicken wire type mesh suspended from wires with a base of star pickets attached. I've seen corrurgated iron swing types and was thinking of trying that out, any body got any hints?

hi there

me and my wife really want to start a small beef cattle farm with the aim to make it our primary income. we are now doing all we can to learn what we can about it and talk to as many people as we can for advice and help :)

this will be the first of many questions and posts but we were wondering what the best way is to start and how much land and cattle we should be looking at if we want to grow into it?

we will really appreciate all the help that we can get from people with experience - thanks in advance for any response

Just wondering if anyone is able to advise of the best way to sow pasture. We have a Shearer combine with a seed and fertiliser box. We're looking at a pasture of Rhodes grass, some Medic and Panic at this stage. We've heard of people sowing seed using the fertiliser box along with the fertiliser. We have had our soil tested and only need to replace some nitrogen. Are we able to use the fertiliser box with just seed in it. Any suggestions will be helpfull.

Thanks

Hi all,

Just looking for a bit of help regarding attachments for the above tractor. I am looking at purchasing a 3 point log splitter. Does anyone know if you can add aux hydraulic quick release points to the above tractor?. I know they can have 4 in 1 buckets attached so i am assuming there must be provision somewhere.If so,

 The splitter comes with a valve body and control handle, besides purchasing hoses and the ports to attach to hydraulics of the tractor, would i need to do anything else.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Greg

Can anyone advise on this hay for cattle- apparently it can be poisonous for horses?  The farmer i bought it from feeds it every day to his cattle - the research i did after I found out what its called suggests it can cause prussic acid and then form cyanide in the liver of equines. Anyone have any experience or knowledge of this hay??

Dear Nice Farmstyle People

Last year I had some soil tests done and you advised me to add some lime to our little paddocks in Hartley Valley on the western side of the Blue Mountains.

Now I am wondering what to do next?

How do I prepare the ground for adding lime and is there a right time to do it?

Thanks in advance

Greg

We are Mike (29) & Chrissi (30), a hard-working German couple, who
have gained lots of farm working experience within our big backpacker
adventure.

Hi,

New to this forum. My wife and I have just purchased a small property in Dublin (south Aust) and need to clean the paddocs up in preperation to top sow some pasture mix. The paddocs have a lot of weeds and I was wondering what the best way to clean them up would be? Would just putting a set of discs over it and turning everything over work or what would be a better option?

Any advice would be appreciated. 

Cheers

Aaron

Hello I am starting a business selling Drones and wonder if they would be applicable to farming for things like viewing paddocks etc.?:

The url is http://www.untamedrc.com/Rc-680-Hexacopter-Gps.aspx