Selling Prime lambs. The Pain continues...

[@norwalfarm]

Greetings from Wisconsin, USA. I like your "notebook" on your wind screen!😉

[@kiwifarmernz]

Hello. It works well.

[@norwalfarm]

@@kiwifarmernz My father did custom hay baling for a few neighbors decades ago, before large round bales. He kept his log of the farmer and number of bales and date on the underside of the lid where the baling twine was carried. He had a log of several years on that machine. Brings back fond memories🙂

[@GraemeCoulter]

I'm glad that you chose to share your farm and family with us. The place looks good, to your your credit. One of my earliest memories was of a sheep attacking my Dad when we were planting trees. I was only little. "Get away you stupid biddy". Dad was from South Canterbury and you know what they are like. The ewe was trying to break my Dad's knees, legs. You spoke well on the subject.

[@azamyahmad]

Absolutely another great video and a very interesting video to watch, a million thanks ..

[@andrewj7994]

Parts of Canterbury are dry, buying grass seeds of a guy in rakia and he's only had an inch of rain so far this year. mate in nth canterbury same, desperate times. We are dry too, old trees are dying around here in HB.

[@jimdiamond8246]

Another great bit of work with the digger 👍.

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks 👍

[@cornishcoastalfarming2517]

Keep the chin up. Those prices are shocking hopefully it comes right for you soon enough. We’ve had to diversify with cabins on the farm as well. They sure help. Nice to be able to set your own prices for a change!

[@kiwifarmernz]

Yep it is saving us at the moment

[@chuckle30]

We've done the same here in mid Wales we been open 18 months and no regrets so far and it's nice so many people still love our produce contrary to the media have us believe.

[@MarkDonnelly-j9v]

Hi i like your video

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Great job with the digger.

[@chuckle30]

👍 I was going to ask where's snowy but he made appearance in this one got my 5 year old daughter interested in your videos as we have a 7 month old terrier and she's also mad on horses. If you had a chance and the time would it possible for you to show us where your weanling cattle go to be fattened it would be very interesting to see how you do it in NZ ? Keep up the great work regards Allen.

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks mate. I will see who the calves are sold to

[@dsvidhill3409]

Here in the united states cattle prices are at record highs. One rancher sold some black angus steers nine hundred pounds at two seventy two a pound. A dairy farmer sold some week Old Holstein angus cross caves. Eight hundred and fifty dollars each.

[@kiwifarmernz]

That's good for the breeder. Are finishers getting good prices as well.

[@tanianigelwade8935]

The rams we had on our farm. They would take anyone on. Never trusted them. Dad's rule. We learned why. They're fast, too. I prefer bulls. Learned how to read body language in people and animals. XOXO 😘 🤗. ❤❤❤❤

[@patrickaherne3598]

Snowy is the best 3/8ths of a sheepdog, ever.

[@deedawson6074]

Ah Jasper you have a woof like our Huntaway x Beardy, if only he used it for our few sheep instead of, ‘hurry up and throw the ball’ 🤣😂🤣. I joke, my sheep are so quiet they just follow me anywhere for treats, (lifestyle block of course) but man I know that bark. Love, love, love Jaspers antics. 🇳🇿. Pet rams are the worst. You’re right, never trust a ram, especially a supposed friendly one. Very sad for that couple. This is why I hate seeing sellers selling ram lambs saying they are friendly. Friendly, friggan dangerous.

[@rodmackinnon8497]

Sad story on the senior couple . . . grew up with all farm creatures, first lesson, never trust an animal of any sort, respect, respect. I also think I might have taken on a bit of farming way back then if there was a digger on the property (ha). Cheers.

[@rodmackinnon8497]

A popular picture just came to mind . . . a female rider asleep on straw, close in front of her lying horse . . . (idyllic picture) a startled horse get up with their front feet first . . .

[@beejayem42]

🐨👍

[@garymadden2656]

👌

[@travissmith2762]

Another great video with lots of info in there too, do you keep calves and finish them or do sell them weaned? Also after some advice, we are just beginning to lease some small blocks , with plan to lease or own a small farm about 100 hectare, while working full time, With that in mind would we be best to be doing a trading system with no breeding stock, currently just buy beef calves and sell as stores in October and or take some too prime later in year, Our area is south/mid cant, leasing hill country, we currently aren’t doing any sheep at all, but thoughts where is sheep prices bounce back could swap between cattle and sheep? but at your farm are cattle used to sort pasture for sheep so they have priority for feed?

[@kiwifarmernz]

We sell most of the calves, only keeping replacements. It's hard going sheep farming at the moment but now would be the best time to buy sheep. The cows are used to keep the rough feed on the hills under control.

[@peterdoyle3205]

That is just a small pipe, not a culvert.

[@stuartanderson842]

Yes feel the pain no better over here either

[@caveweta]

With those prices, would it be worth considering a home abattoir and direct to consumer meat sales? I realize up front costs would be massive, but there’s a huge premium for organic farmed meat in NZ.

[@kiwifarmernz]

There are a few farmers doing that but its hard yakka and you need someone fulltime to drive it. It would be hard selling at the moment with most people struggling financially at the moment.

[@JohntyNich]

Bailey seemed to have a bit of an interest in the bulls making a pet even more interesting. And just shows that cows won’t think twice about a dog even the size of Jasper when they have calves at foot.

[@paulholmes7444]

You have my father's habit, to small a culverts,after its washed out twice you will make them bigger,just like my old man.From experience a descent size at the start saves money,time and mire importantly frustration. Terrible prices for sheep,must be very hard after your big efforts

[@austinlloyd9757]

I would say same and put the put a few large rocks too stop trash getting too block pipe

[@deanwitt7903]

With the poor returns in farming in New Zealand at the moment a farmer has to make do with what he has . I would assume he knows the amount of water coming through the culvert and through that particular creek . It might just be sufficient . He has his own digger and it’s no big deal to rip it out in a couple of hours and do a bigger one when returns from the animals become more profitable and cashflow is reasonable again . Farming in New Zealand is pretty crippling at the moment .

[@kiwifarmernz]

I get what you are saying but see the comment below from Dean , Its spot on.

[@kiwifarmernz]

Bang on Thanks for your reply.

[@user-fk1tz8ik4o]

so will those prime lambs go to the freezer?

[@TifJones-p9z]

I have been watching the UK and Ireland shepards lambing at the moment - they are selling off the last of last years lambs they are getting upward of 180 pound per head - why are the NZ farmers getting so little - I did a NZ$ to Pound conversion and the lambs at NZ$110 equals 52.45 pounds they like the NZ farmers would not survive at those prices - you will need a frozen meat from the farm business to make it all pay its way

[@kiwifarmernz]

We get told that there are so many factors as to why the price is so low at the moment but i think its due to the over reliance on China and them playing the market with us. Its tough at the moment and will be really hard if this continues next year.

[@markmeredith5521]

Me comment got deleted 🙁Can’t remember what I wrote but it was probably pretty good 😅

[@kiwifarmernz]

Oh it wasn't me..