Lachlan Harding - An Aussie Farmer

Lachlan is an Australian farm manager running 5500 merino ewes and 300 cows on 4,500 acred.
He is great fun and joins us this week to talk Aussie farming and Kangaroos😁
We hope you enjoy,
Cammy & Iona
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[@girlindigo8]

I'm not even a Farmer and I thank Crystalyx and Animax.

[@Traceva]

Me too 😁😆😁

[@natalie235]

I’m sitting at my desk in Santa Cruz, CA listening to you two go on and I couldn’t be happier. Both of you are such a delight.

[@martajoannazwolinska4817]

Congratulations on 10k subs! you are one of the best podcasts out there. You make farming chat interesting and entertaining. It's awesome!

[@jimmynicolson3214]

Brilliant. "Fences made with boulders" 😂

[@scottycat6822]

😂

[@VictoriaVerberg]

Iona, I LOVE playing Balderdash, and kick ass at it! One of the goals of the game is to try to make your definition so believable that the other players choose your definition, giving you more points. Ignore the boys and keep playing! 😊 (Thank you Crystalyx and Animax)

[@amandagoodman2980]

Oh Cammy and Iona I don't know how you find some of your guests but they are all FANTASTIC. Thanks for another great podcast 👏👏👏💕

[@77bountiful]

Brilliant to hear how Aussie farmers deal with their farming experiences. I did wonder how much of a problem dingos and wild dogs are, but a question for another time. Loads of laughs as well. Thanks Cammy and Iona 🥰🥰

[@Ex-pomjohn]

Not as much as a problem as you might think , farmers and locals keep the numbers down if there is a spike in numbers foxes are probably more of an issue but again nothing that cant be controlled

[@annadaly6605]

The joey is born the size of a kidney bean and climbs through the mom's fur into the pouch by itself.

[@scottycat6822]

Brilliant Podcast , Lachlan seems a really lovely down to earth guy with a fabulous sense of humour. Well done Cammy and Iona, you never fail to make me laugh. I was surprised you didn’t ask if Lachlan had Scottish roots .

[@lisaoviatt1205]

Wonderful to hear the differences between Australia and Scotland farming! You two did it again! Very interesting

[@bridgetjarvis6413]

Brilliant pod cast. Great Guy very interesting. And of course Iona had me in fits of laughter again what a girl 😊

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

Some Buzz!

[@judyphillips7892]

Amazing job! It's a high point in my week, and so much fun to learn new things, even though I'm way too old to put any of the farming information to work. But common sense isn't really all that common, so many good ideas we hear about farming are applicable practically in other contexts. Keep up the good work. We love you all.❤

[@mullinsp3]

Another great podcast! Thanks Cammy and Iona!

[@margobrown6140]

It's his you two gel & the great guests you have too. Congrats on the 10k, always a grand watch. Thanks for introducing us to Lachlan. Brill.... who'd have thought there's be a big discussion about clocks, big & small. 😆

[@Traceva]

Well done on having 10k Subscribers

[@suzannethwing5211]

FYI….Im from southern Minnesota, USA I started watching Sandi Brock and connected with Cami via Charlie the the left/right shearer. I knit and spin, so there is my interest in wool and sheep. I enjoy your podcast as I also worked and a cattle farm and a dairy farm when I was younger, so know the farm life working with animals and because we are Fed By Farmers❤❤❤

[@katesterling8915]

Yes yes yes another cracking podcast. Great interview, interesting knowledge. Hard to fathom how much land they have to farm on. Looking forward to the next one 🌾🐄🚜🐑👏🦘🤩

[@shelleycurreen1182]

I've bought a couple of the small crystalyx for my sheep. The orange one. My sheep love it. 👍

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

That’s really starting farming from scratch. He really has done well. Jackaroo is a neat term.

[@cynthiabruns7178]

You should fly to Toronto and get your hernia repaired at the famous Schouldice Hospital. That’s all they do, no mesh just lots of overlapping and stitching. You climb off the table and walk back to your room. You stay there for a week and return to work. Various members of my family have had hernias repaired there over the years. It’s the absolute best.

[@brigidconroy2111]

Congrats 🎉🎈 on the 10,000 mark

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

Some Buzz!

[@ViviennePlatt]

Great podcast as usual Cammy and Iona. Keep up the great work 🥰

[@elmerfud44]

Guys youz both keep glancing down at the clock. Wee sneaky peeks and think we cant see youz. Put the clock on the table and it lets us see both the time youz have been on at the out takes uouz make lol.. absolutely brilliant stuff 😅😊

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

It's an absolute beast of a clock though! It's our recording equipment 😂

[@annadurran9075]

Cammy I personally think our native breeds of sheep produce better wool. I am not a fan of spinning Merino but love spinning the primative and native sheep of the uk xx Loving the podcasts btw

[@ChristineJones-yu2pq]

Another brilliant podcast. 👍

[@RodneyYass]

Hey Lach, Reserve price scheme finished in 1991 and there was nearly 5 million bales ( not quite - "70 million" ) There was 170 million sheep at the time and now only 70 million - good craick

[@sheliareeves4666]

What a great podcast 👏

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

Thanks for listening

[@brigidconroy2111]

So cool Remembering seeing collies herding sheep jumping on/ off motorbikes with the shepherds ❤

[@Traceva]

Iona and Lachlan ❤😉

[@moiramiskimming41]

Really enjoyed this podcast .

[@heatherallum]

Community structured around Lord's Manors with church and town centre throughout UK. Which is why UK has that. Australia didn't have Royal system. Different climate too.

[@paulineweir4804]

Love this podcast Brilliant ❤

[@kirstywallace8795]

The British tractor wave you were describing must start from their hand resting on the steering wheel fingers down, then it flaps up when their mates come along. There is your wave.

[@marmalademomzyboop8975]

Motorcyclists, when the ride passes each other, hold out their left hand as a greeting, wave, or to say ride on. Again, bridging common interests, agricultural interests, and cultural differences by sharing your podcast around the world. Great podcast. It's great to laugh with you and learn new things. Iona, there are people who play board games around the world.

[@andwalker1497]

Great podcast guys ❤

[@bethparry9051]

Brilliant crack😊

[@DiRaeK61]

Hey Iona,, we like playing Boulderdash in Minnesota too. So if you’re not cool, we’re not cool either. It’s a lot of fun. They really should try it. Don’t let the guys get you down. Rae

[@sallychambers7783]

Once again a great podcast. Love all of them. 👏👏👏

[@brigidconroy2111]

Cammy if you make it to Nevada again you need to go to Northern Nevada because there are sheep farmers There is a small Basque community that came in 1860’s for the gold silver rush and later immigrants came as shepherds

[@Ex-pomjohn]

Great podcast, ex lancashire farming lad livin in Tasmania during a pretty skint time wallaby was my major protien source loved it oh and similar ozzy word meaning budgerigar is the aboridginal word for good eating cheers John

[@julieuhey2501]

Loved this podcast, as always. It seemed like a comfortable conversation between you three. Loved all of the laughs. Congratulations on 10,000!! Well deserved.

[@workmax6526]

Another class podcast. Enjoying the banter! 😬

[@danettemcintosh110]

Love playing Balderdash!

[@phinneganwilliam5867]

Another great pod cast! Genuinely love the banter and you both ask the greatest questions. I've heard a lot about Australia's snakes and spiders so was glad Cammie asked that question. The best chat team!

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnwaddell7239]

Animax lamb boluses were delivered today for handling after hill ewes are clipped

[@shelleycurreen1182]

😂 I lived in London for five years. I worked as a nanny. I'm from NZ.

[@suecardilini5900]

Joeys remain in the pouch for 9 months and continues to suckle until twelve to seventeen months. Kangaroos can have 3 babies at one time. Cheers Sue from Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺

[@Jaxcoop1234]

Amazing,loved this chat💜💜

[@serenaluke6520]

Balderdash-hilarious game Iona!! Great podcast!!

[@KrisFrew]

Congrats on over 10k! Fantastic ❤ another brilliant episodes, cammy, we shall see you on Saturday at dalscone, best bring a first aid kit just incase 😂

[@meganlawson4575]

The kangaroo baby is like a jellybean. Not really formed but it climbs up into the pouch. Wriggles up.

[@pattyannbeaven9287]

Great hearing how the Australians do things, the shear size of their properties and numbers of stock is boggling to us! 😂

[@DoryLeslie]

Great podcast Cammy & Iona...Loved your guest & the KANGAROO QUIZ...😂🤣😂🤣👀🍁🇨🇦🍁❤️🤩😍🤠💜🙏✝️🙏💜

[@emmett1739]

Agreed Cammy , definitely any of our Rouge or Charollais crosses would have softer feet and more prone to overgrown hoofs. Brilliant as always and well done on the 10,000 subs , great work FED team.

[@morganalori]

In New Zealand is a small park with a giant carrot.

[@jillcrowe2626]

The hand movement that surfers use means basically "have a nice day" and "the waves are good ".

[@Jayne898]

I'm with Cammy about London, it's too busy,everyone rushes and they can be rather rude, give me the countryside any day

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

A kangaroo starts out as an egg like any other mammal. It is fertilized in the usual way. It then makes its way into the uterus where it embeds and is born 28 days later. The fetus is the size of a jellybean that has to make its way up from the cloaca at the base of the mother’s tail all the way into the pouch, to the teat where it continues to grow.

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

luv your podcast!🦌💌❤️👍

[@roddiee]

Aussies have one of the highest per capita carbon emissions rates in the world, mainly due to its heavy reliance on coal for electricity generation and its extensive mining operations.

[@morganalori]

lol, English is cool in that way. 'we don't have a word for that, what's yours? it's ours now too"

[@vindeljay]

A new born joey (baby Kangaroo) is born very small, blind and crawls from the birth canal through the mother's fur to the pouch and attaches itself to the nipple inside, where it stays until it grows big enough to come out of the pouch. The mother licks a path in her fur to help the baby, but can't do anything else to help it into the pouch. The word kangaroo derives from the Australian Aboriginal language Guugu Yimidhirr word gangurru , referring to a grey kangaroo.

[@denisobek6784]

I think there is a bit of chemistry between Iona and Lachlan! What'dya think????

[@DoryLeslie]

HELLO FROM VICTORIA, BC 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💜🙏✝️🙏💜‼️

[@AlisonJones-kd5bl]

I've seen it on a documentary it crawls up mum to the pouch and lashes on to a teet

[@fanfeck2844]

Churches had clocks because us peasants couldn’t afford watches

[@paulfinnan1984]

2 birds 2 stones 😂😂😂😂😂

[@paulfinnan1984]

I think u hav to be care ful there mammy that ozzy mite take iona back to oz wit him 😂😂😂

[@jillcrowe2626]

In the United States, we have subsidies for farmers because during the 1930's we had The Great Dust Bowl, when poor farming practices caused a drought and then all the soil in most states literally blew away. Farmers were starving, literally, and had to move away with nothing to other states that had water. So farmers left the farms, and that followed with food insecurity for everyone.

[@KrisFrew]

At miller and carter if you go back get the flowered onion, holyyyyy shittttt 🤤🤤🤤

[@Massey_Fferguson]

🤙🏻❤

[@immoosiesmom]

The kangaroo origin story is told in the movie “”Arrival”. The language expert telling the military the reason they need to teach the “alien life” enough English to have clear communication… ❤️🎶

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

Loved that film!

[@alexanderballantyne4000]

kangaroo (n.) "large marsupial mammal of Australia," 1770, used by Capt. Cook and botanist Joseph Banks (who first reported the species to Europeans), supposedly representing a native word from northeast Queensland, Australia, but often said to be unknown now in any native language. However, according to Australian linguist R.M.W. Dixon ("The Languages of Australia," Cambridge, 1980), the word probably is from Guugu Yimidhirr (Endeavour River-area Aboriginal language) /gaNurru/ "large black kangaroo." In 1898 the pioneer ethnologist W.E. Roth wrote a letter to the Australasian pointing out that gang-oo-roo did mean 'kangaroo' in Guugu Yimidhirr, but this newspaper correspondence went unnoticed by lexicographers. Finally the observations of Cook and Roth were confirmed when in 1972 the anthropologist John Haviland began intensive study of Guugu Yimidhirr and again recorded /gaNurru/. I prefer Cammy’s version. 😅

[@suecardilini5900]

These animals can pause a pregnancy, weasels, seals, otters, bats, armadillos, kangaroos, nutrition and red pandas

[@lesleyrobertson2152]

I need to know - what did you mean you write instead of nutrition!

[@garymadden2656]

I know Goulburn very well my better half is from there I always keep her going joking by saying it’s a one horse town it’s very hot in the summer time and very cold in winter time 👌

[@anthonyj7989]

You know Goulburn very well.

[@chewder]

Roe Deer delay pregnancy also

[@FedByFarmersPodcast]

There we go! Learn something new everyday.

[@chewder]

@@FedByFarmersPodcast it's more about delaying the embryo implementation with roe so still quite different. They will absorb a twin also if they don't have enough feed to support 2

[@loganeunson315]

The shkan

[@paulfinnan1984]

Sorry cammy, not mammy

[@rhonamallard6918]

Balderdash means nonsense

[@KathiBrent-Brakefield-xg3qj]

Iona! Balderdash is a fantastic game....but you can't play with stupid people. Thanks for standing up for intellectuals!

[@tracydavies2711]

I want to know why they call a cow a cow lol

[@philomenahearn1717]

And we still haven’t found out 😂😂😂

[@philomenahearn1717]

@@tracydavies2711 etymology says “ "female of a bovine animal," especially the domestic ox, Middle English cu, qu, kowh, from Old English cu "cow," from Proto-Germanic *kwon (source also of Old Frisian ku, Middle Dutch coe, Dutch koe, Old High German kuo, German Kuh, Old Norse kyr, Danish, Swedish ko), earlier *kwom, from PIE root *gwou- "ox, bull, cow."

[@KathrynHinote-el4eb]

Now we know. Thank you very much. Something else I learned today!!!

[@philomenahearn1717]

Cammi we know that you are far from being an idiot! And having been in the Police and now farming you’ve been “around the block” in other ways. You aren’t so sheltered as you make out.