Gaining the Advantage

[@TaraFarms]

Thank you for watching! Like or Slug will forget to put the plug back in your water trough.

[@DeannaFisher-m5x]

@@TaraFarms I live in Ohio, USA . I would love to hear some more of your history. You are my favorite channel now!!! 😍 I have binged all of your videos and absolutely love your to the point info without all the dress up crap. You are genuinely a beautiful person Tara. Oh, an Leeum is great too.😅 (probably spelled it wrong, so sorry.😔)

[@TheFuzzyPetiole]

I did find the lucerne leaf thing interesting!

[@mikehales2792]

Me too

[@TaraFarms]

I’m glad it was, it was worth putting it in then! 😂

[@DeannaFisher-m5x]

@@TheFuzzyPetiole Me too!!💖

[@Hersoulisfierce]

Yes me too. I found it more interesting than Slug probably did.

[@ruby8372]

So did I!!

[@Mekattutilshuie]

so I sit to go places, I sit at work, and I sit at home... its the all between the sitting that I get to see. And for a moment, I escape and linger with you, good, bad, ugly. Thats what I apreciate about you. I have learned so much about the work and the effort you exert emotionally and phyiscally. I cannot say dont worry about content as I realize it is about views, but your honesty that you convey in your videos is priceless. Thank you very much.

[@TaraFarms]

Thank you so much for your kind words. It means a lot to me to hear that you find value in my videos.

[@neva_nyx]

This right here is why I'm here. Great education full of entertainment!

[@amberkluga8949]

I think youtube creators undervalue how much viewers enjoy the repetition of working with animals, it can be very soothing. As a creator it probably seems like "omg, same thing again, people are going to hate this" but that is not true. You don't need to have unique new content for each video, just let us voyeur your normal day. FYI, I do like the Q&A

[@TaraFarms]

Thank you for your thought. I find editing the same content over and over boring so would assume it’s boring to watch 😂

[@chellebelle4296]

@@amberkluga8949 true

[@karlaseidel4873]

To viewers who aren't sheep farmers, it is all interesting.

[@LPnerd]

@@TaraFarms so far, I haven't been bored. I love watching Slug work, I love your comments and I love watching strong, smart, successful women. You certainly fit the bill. Trudge on my dear.

[@MEdisonCatt]

Your answers are never boring, neither are you! 😊❤

[@KatieeGloria]

Its never boring with you Tara!!! If you wanna pist two videos of answering questions then ill watch it!!! And its fun to hear another Australian!!

[@margien1942]

I don’t care how often you talk about the same thing, Tara. Somehow you have found the secret of entertaining a lot of people prepared to relax with you for thirty minutes.

[@Just_Kenneth_63]

Thanks for the relaxing show, here in the US there is so much going on I and the rest of America need something normal to watch so I have been passing on you shows to friends.. and again we all thank you

[@bronwynpawson6162]

Shout out to Natio for Tara's care package! Great products, my favourite! 💜

[@suewillmott8056]

Natio products are excellent.

[@Nocluehomestead]

As a QLD lucerne Farm… THANK YOU. I can assure you that information is valuable to a lot of people

[@TaraFarms]

It was worth filming then!

[@Denf0]

If you think a rando in Houston who's never set foot on a legit farm in his life won't be excited about your fun new trough you're dead wrong. Happy for you (and the lambs)! I also found your lucerne fact interesting! Keep showing me interesting fun new things!!!

[@josephkarl2061]

Typos blue troll phallus will be stuck in my mind for the rest of the week 😂

[@inflynn4573]

That duck in the chicken coop looked mighty suspicious!

[@TaraFarms]

He’s a sketchy boy

[@user-dh3du4ko5u]

Slug and chicken shots love it! thanks Tara and Liam

[@missykowalewski]

Love the sneak peak of ur dad. Good job 😉. It’s always good to see advancements on a farm. The feeder should solve quite a few problems. U r not boring Tara. I think since it’s all just normal to u perhaps ur afraid we won’t be interested. But we r….. that’s why we r here. Go for it. Talk about whatever u want, we will listen. Love watching the channel grow. Waiting on pins and needles for the merch release!

[@zo_471]

“I’ll give you just the tip” thanks Tara 😂

[@marmalademomzyboop8975]

You think you don't have anything to say, but your farm life is so different, yet challenging at times. Tara, I am a fan of your outlook and personality expressing who and what you are. Slug and Liam just rounds it off. Thanks for sharing.

[@TaraFarms]

Thank you , I really appreciate it!

[@Janice-Australia]

Thank you for another great video, I hope your new grain feeder does the job well. I never judge anyone's house because mine is never perfect either. Please give Typo a big hug from me. Stay cool and safe.

[@karencross1964]

Never boring. Carry on.

[@LadyOfCrow]

I'm currently on holiday in Tassie and did a tour around some of the more rural farming area. I was able to look about and "oh look those are merinos! Isn't it good to see they are all in their paddock." After watching this channel. 😂 Though more seriously, what I have learnt here did give me a bit of a new perspective during that tour (when I wasn't distracted by the cheese)

[@pucamisc]

6:00 definitely interesting how you know the quality of the feed

[@cassieoz1702]

We've just had our Lucerne cut'n baled. Only a smallish cut this time because we leased the paddock to the local potato baron for a season, so it was only reseeded in late September. It's just to cover our small herd of beefers during the pasture dormancies in summer and mid winter

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

😂 I’m from a farm town & “local potato baron” is killing me!!! Reminds me of the farmers who were asked by Coors Brewing Co to grow barley…the new barley barons were so smug til Coors just passed on the whole county for the next round of contracts. (Our barley was just too flavorful for American domestic high volume production beer…lol or so we say)

[@Zae-N]

wow that feeder looks so cool! if everything works as intended (sheeps be sheeping and all that) then it looks like an amazing addition to your farm :)

[@Hellodarby-jt3du]

I have a small hobby farm with about 50 sheep and have only been doing it for 3 years. I have learnt heaps from you so don’t ever think what you talk about is boring! You have a wealth of knowledge and I love that you can pass it onto us newbies. Love your videos Tara.

[@WALeah_NZ]

I will use the grass hack of life and go and judge my friends' grass growth like I know something.

[@Molly0121]

I don’t farm, I live in a very suburban area in the ACT and I still love all the random tips and tricks you randomly give out 😂 it’s not boring at all to me

[@lisamoulton2540]

Tara, I find all of your content new and exciting. I definitely like learning about the crops and the machines you use on the farm. Those new feeders look awesome 👌. I missed your great drone footage this week 😢. I would like to see more of your personal flock please. 🤙🤙

[@TaraFarms]

I would like to include drone footage but it can be too windy to put the drone up! I include the mob in every video!

[@hollynelson3883]

Wait a sec … merinos (at 3:21)??? I thought the merinos were blessedly gone? Did they sneak back like field mice in autumn? Do I need to check MY yard for feral merinos now? Dang!

[@LorreeC]

Hey Tara another great vid, thanks :) Easy for me to say, I know...but honestly dont stress about if content is interesting or not. We come to watch and escape our own lives for a little bit. As a fulltime carer, I am living my life through a few vloggers and you are one of them. I dream of the day I get my freedom back. As for content...a couple of things I'd be really interested in hearing about..... Do you and slug do any dog sports together such as sheep dog trials? How did you and liam meet? Anything about your flock is very interesting....what are your long term goals? If you werent born into farming, would you still have become a farmer? If you could do any other job (not farming) what would you do? Would you ever consider doing a live one day? Tip for you....when it comes to lambing again, I really think if you put a camera one the little bottle babies 24/7 you would get massive hits. We all love to watch baby animals.

[@acedaggie15]

I found the Lucerne segment interesting! I had to look it up because I'd never heard of that kind of hay, but it's just Alfalfa hay in America. We mostly feed it to horses where I'm from.

[@TaraFarms]

People feed it to horses here too :)

[@michaeloliver1039]

Thanks!

[@anitameza3960]

I eagerly await your videos just as much as I do Sandi and Cammies videos .

[@aromafreedompractitioneraf3724]

Slug has separation anxiety.

[@TaraFarms]

Not for me, she doesn’t like being left behind. She immediately wants to go home and sit with the cat. 😂 My other dog, Cooper has separation anxiety.

[@trixmania]

​@TaraFarms so she does love her mama 😂 just don't want to show it

[@gailcollins5866]

Are we sure it’s slugs anxiety and not Tara’s😂

[@dianagallagher3891]

My dog she is a Australian Sheppard and is attached to my husband and if he leaves the house she cries until he gets back !! She doesn't love me that much..but she is a great dog.❤❤

[@TheVernatics]

Hey from Canada! We love watching your videos!

[@TaraFarms]

Thanks for watching!

[@1striperon]

Once again you are teaching a college class on sheep farming. Thank you. Love your hay feeder and your explanation about locating it.

[@welchsusan8444]

I so miss living on farms. So Tara spout all you like on anything... Watching you drive around doing mundane everyday chores is worth watching and supporting your channel. You do great work and take care of your sheep 🐑, dogs 🐕 chickens 🐥 and plants ☘️.

[@lofraser5426]

tara: "If you do this..." *agressively smushes lucerne* me: "it smells delicious." i'm imagining you interviewing your dad like an old school sixty minutes whistleblower where you just see a darkened, blurred silhouette with a voice changer overlay on the audio... i think i just dated myself. two pairs gone in one week?? I guess people should start sending you sunglasses to the po box.

[@TaraFarms]

I imagine that’s exactly what it would look like 😂😂😂

[@alijohnson1365]

Thanks for sharing your day😊

[@TaraFarms]

I appreciate you watching!

[@paulyking3714]

Fantastic vlog as usual tara

[@TaraFarms]

Thank you Pauly!!

[@danthemanlavitan]

Anything we learn from Tara about farming will be helpful in the Water Wars in the future!

[@TaraFarms]

For legal reasons. Don’t do as I say or do 😂

[@khills]

Here’s the thing: do I need to know how to tell the quality of leucine? Nope! Totally irrelevant to my life. BUT! It IS still INTERESTING. And that’s one of the reasons I watch you: to learn interesting things I’d never encounter otherwise. …tho the swearing is great bonus content, gotta admit. 😉

[@jerryglass6513]

Not being a sheep farmer....or any type of farmer, everything you say is fairly interesting.

[@Kj-ec7iz]

It’s me from Michigan USA! Enjoying my 3am lunch break with Tara and Slug. Sad no merch for us here.

[@dirtyfox5060]

Thanks Tara ❤

[@bermo7559]

Just the tip. Brilliant sound bite for Only Farms.

[@debbiekinnell9349]

Tara your never boring just talk as much as you want it’s your channel. Did you see Sandi has new merchandise running out of some things. You have a wealth of knowledge really interesting. Ok Tara sending warm wishes Debbie Aberdeen Scotland Uk xxx

[@gggthsb]

In no way are repetitive videos or two q&a's in a row boring. I learn something new from every video you post and enjoy watching each and every o e if them. Not only because it's interesting but because I find you very entertaining 😊

[@attuser9217]

For Americans....Lucien hay is the same as alfalfa here in the states

[@bryanpritchett]

Thank you!

[@cathrinewhite7629]

Tara you are the perfect model for Sunscreen/block😊 Yep, you are adorable- but you also have the perfect skin (in an industry that turns faces into craggy maps, no less). I come from a long time (1890's) farming & ranching family. My dad and his siblings all got the worst sun hyperpigmentation and wrinkles. They all wore the billed caps, but no sunscreen. I learned early on like you, to slather then cover. I'm 63 and so far no wrinkles! I'm betting you will be even better off when you reach my age!🤗🐑

[@ruby8372]

I'm moving house this week and it's been so stressful and I finally collapsed in bed to find a new Tara & Slug video waiting for me, such a reward after a big day of packing!

[@ppshale7223]

Tara !!!! Thanks for taking us along for all of this one!!! I appreciate you!!! Stay safe stay great and keep up the good work !!!!

[@justafan5179]

As a viewer who is most definitely not a farmer... don't worry about what to say. I'm going to give you the advice I watched Sig Hanson give a new captain on Deadliest Catch, many years ago... something to the effect of: just tell the camera what you're doing, where you're going... explain why, show how, the reasoning behind it... you don't need to go into long detail, just provide a window, and you'll be alright. I'm not sure that's an exact quote... but you get the idea. Don't worry about dialogue... or how much of it there is. Your farm is gorgeous. I could watch silent drone-footage of the scenery, and/or Typo running sheep, all day... or for that matter any skilled individual doing a job well. Your videos are amazing, and you are top-notch. Keep up the great work, and don't worry about it... just be you... take care, my friend!

[@RozanneOliff]

Excellent feeder stand

[@TaraFarms]

It makes life so much easier!

[@doughanson6657]

This is really cool! Nice seeing the new equipment. Nice seeing the city you live by. Outstanding New adventure. Thanks for all your time and hard work you put into your channel.

[@TaraFarms]

Thank you Doug!

[@chrisforsberg7328]

Hi Tara, the creep feeder and hay feeder are great pieces of equipment for feeding your sheep. You could always put a bandaid around your broken glasses like your grandfather might have done back in the day, or just some supa glue. The green glasses match your green hat / sun protection thingo. You now need some pink glasses to go with your pink thingo. Gee it's been hot and no rain. I getting sick of the weather being over 30 everyday. May you could organise a group from your town to do a nude rain dance in the dark. It might work. Ha Ha! Chris from Bendigo, Victoria.

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

I live in northern US, so ofc we have our stupid temperature system. It’s going to break 30 all week & it IS a heat wave here too…after so much cold. It’s been down to -25C already! So 30F is around 0C ofc but it feels warm right now lol…I tried to wear shorts yesterday !! Eh, with wind it was more like -5/-10, 0 is the absolute coldest for shorts…

[@cherylclark2508]

The 2 second peek at your dad was a plus. Funny me, I was paying such close attention to the location of all the tools on the new feeder. Stay hydrated✨️

[@ImDownWiddat]

Was that him shearing the sheep?

[@gailcollins5866]

Enjoyed Tara’s dad doing a cameo appearance❤

[@emilylunn6809]

I always look forward to your content, I find it so interesting and I loved the leaves bit was very informative, I love agriculture and horticulture so it was right up my alley 😂👍🏽

[@lozking9568]

Cool seeing you showing the creep feeder, I remember Sandy doing the same thing when she got hers too!

[@Jaq_O_Lantern]

As the 3rd gen of cattle farmers up north in SEQLD I love hearing bout all the sheep farmer knowledge you have to share, I live for this shit lmao. Keep it comin mate!

[@koiokoi]

The slug footage at the end was too cute. Good threat too, had a chuckle.

[@scar5head]

I reckon you might underestimate how much subscribers are interested in some of the technical, veterinary issues, and just how significant input costs are (eg stock purchases, equipment , feed costs , fuel etc) For example how much did your new lamb feeder cost? My guess is more than folk might think. You once mentioned (I think) that you had an accountant sister. Mebbe feature that Tara MK2 in a question and answer session. But mebbe not; I have 4 sisters!

[@SusanMarg]

When she was showing all the you beaut features my brain went straight to 'ooh that looks expensive' 😂😂 machinery!🙄

[@aromafreedompractitioneraf3724]

The feed is new and shiny, not yet muddy or rusted

[@petermoller8337]

Muddy that would be nice!😊

[@Fortunateone61]

For the longest time when you referred to Lucen I thought you were saying lupines. I’m like why do sheep eat a flower???? Well DOH I’ve learned something! See your educational and funny! May your poor glasses rest in pieces (hand over heart) Hugs for slug!

[@TaraFarms]

We feed both Lucerne and lupins, the lupins we feed is grain

[@aromafreedompractitioneraf3724]

I love when you talk about the comments but i have no questions

[@zo_471]

It’s been hot for so long. I can’t wait for winter. At my house it’s 37-41 max everyday for the foreseeable future according to bom 😢

[@petermoller8337]

Same Riverland 😡

[@pamlister452]

I was interesting about the quality of feed

[@caprinecapers8891]

I love high quality lucerne. Mines a bit too crumbly currently. But still expensive

[@Hayden-hm7rh]

thoroughly enjoyed the lucin info

[@gailcollins5866]

That creep feeder is sandy’s creep feeder on steroids!! Another prime example of how big your livestock group is

[@TaraFarms]

It’s a great piece of equipment!!

[@MsMandalion]

Ahh my cozy Wednesday morning time. Some of this before I go get groceries this morning, such a nice start to my day.

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

lol made me realize middle of the night turned into 5 am fast! Might as well get up on the day, hmmm I could bake a nice loaf for breakfast. US is falling apart by the day, news made me just burst into tears yesterday, a nice loaf of fresh hot quick bread/tea cake (sweet potato, pineapple, almond, pistachio) can’t hurt…

[@MsMandalion]

@@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory i always find starting the day just before the sun is up gives me less stress and easier time to wake myself up. treat yourself!

[@mustloveanimals-wp5nl]

😂 the brim of your pink hat is off the fukn charts!!! 😂

[@zo_471]

That’s a fancy looking feeder

[@TaraFarms]

Absolutely! It was dubbed the Rolls Royce of feeders when I got it home 😂 almost too good to put in the paddock!

[@happytractors780]

see the sheep tipping machine would be fun to see more of in detail. How it works and how the sheep react to it the first time they are in it.

[@SheepfarmingAustralia]

Awesome as Tara from another sheep farmer & KZbin

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Clicked on your channel, congrats on the shearing record!!! That’s a big deal!!! Not a sheep farmer, but I’m from US sheep country - the badlands/scrub prairie kind of sheep land, not the cute mountains lol

[@SheepfarmingAustralia]

@ thanks

[@michaeloliver1039]

Slug warning the sheep, " I have a pool noodle and I'm not afraid to use it." 8 )

[@ldc5603]

Enjoy your channel!! Thanks you for your honestly and the info.

[@river-of-noodles]

Feed has been crazy expensive here in sa, I breed Australian miniature & Nigerian dwarf goats, breeders have started essentially shutting down their stud because they just can’t afford to feed their goats anymore

[@TaraFarms]

With the lack of rain last year I think it's putting a lot on strain on farms. Especially ones who don't grow their own feed

[@craiglester8676]

At least one person found your leaf retention demo interesting. That would be me.

[@Bildgesmythe]

Absolutely love your content! It's never boring!

[@DemiGoddess1402]

Hehehe "Liam's driving. I am supervising."

[@benburn5]

I Love my weekly Top Tips with Tara

[@amyfu2047]

Onyx Storm was so good! Now I am angrily awaiting the next book! 😂😂😂 I hate cliff hangers!!

[@HughJanus-o4d]

0:54 slug is the perfect working dog and the perfect companion lap dog at the same time.

[@biology101info]

After watching the movie Quigley Down Under several times, Kurt and Karens CEE vlogs and your weekly vlogs I now understand Aussies.

[@judewilkinson5486]

I reckon onyx storm has a curse attached to it. I'm also audio reading it and broke my sunnies the other day too!! Damn it. Just as well it's a good read! Luv your work girl, it's not an easy job in this weather!!

[@lindasherman3883]

I love your videos Tara, makes my day. I love all of the content, aleays room to learn more. Hopefully soneday you will be able to ship to the US

[@LittleWiccan]

"So ppl who are... good with your hands... Do I say it like that?" Yes, that's fine, lol. I remember the first time someone said that to me, it was in my fiber sculptor class in uni. I'm artsy but I never really got into, like sewing or crocheting or even fabric dying...but, not for lack of trying. It just seemed that almost everyone around me wanted me to learn some of those things...but they didn't really dedicate the time into Teaching me, so I got frustrated Anyways, I was working on s project and I just zoned out. I wasn't paying attention to the ppl around me, but I happened to notice my teacher stand right next to me; without pausing on my work, I looked up at her and blinked. She looked at me and said "wow... You're good with your hands" and it felt nice to hear that, bcuz I actually thought (or hand been convinced) that I wasn't doing well in her class. Which she then said "you would've been great in my other class (working on a loom) but, no one dropped out so I can't even transfer you over" It felt nice to hear that too, although that Is one of my regrets from my time there. I went to that school for the arts program, but, specifically, Because of the looms. I'd always wanted to work on one, and it sucked to be so close but I didn't get that chance, 😮‍💨 Still, some things can mean Just that: that a person's good with their hands. A lot of ppl try to be, but some make shit worse rather than better, 😅

[@somethingbob1210]

Great video as always!

[@alicemilligan2699]

"Top tier" content Tara! That feeder is the bomb! Love well thought out equipment. I was also impressed with the sheep rotater-- was that Dad's head we saw doing the crutching? Did you sneak a shot of him in? My Onyx Storm just came and I can't wait. I'm envious you've gotten through it already. Anyway, I have nothing to to with sheep farming but I appreciate your experience and knowledge,. Watching someone who is good at their job is a pleasure, the little tips are interesting and you are always entertaining. Sorry about the sunnies! bad luck!

[@Menoetia]

Huh, that "shake it and if the leaves fall out" trick is how I test alfalfa hay for quality. If I can shake the hay and get a good amount of leaf out of it I know it's decent quality hay but if I shake it and get little to nothing, I know it's mostly stems.

[@oliveoilz2112]

3:47 tell us more about your book interests!!! I hope you’ve enjoyed onyx too

[@ItsKATH]

I could just watch slug 🐌 for hours. Always enjoy your content

[@krisgarwood5733]

Nothing you teach us about farming is boring and I loved learning about Lucerne leaves, feeders, and the idiosyncrasies of sheep feeding. Hello from Washington state!

[@heather8303]

Great content Tara. I work in healthcare so I find farming very interesting and like most healthcare workers …. Love black humour! ESP yours 😂😂Hilarious

[@sissy8563]

That leaf thing was pretty cool lol learn something everyday !! ❤❤❤

[@terencetaylor4600]

Thanks Guys I do enjoy seeing the property as well as everything yous do it’s only boring to you.

[@amyfu2047]

Hello from the other side of the world!!! It's just past 11pm January 28!!!

[@petermoller8337]

I live north of Tara, on the other side of the boarder, we are expected to have a week of 40+ days. No rain in sight We saw trucks hauling hay yesterday heading south, a lot of locals didn’t bother reaping just baled it up.😢

[@clarehagley2165]

Hi Tara Wednesday. Slug - I’m using your Calendar

[@TaraFarms]

That's excellent to hear! You'll get the Slug moistening intermission in a couple of days!

[@pucamisc]

12:11 what is that style of hat called?

[@Zae-N]

I had similar hats pop up in search when I put "fishing sun hat" :)

[@pucamisc]

Thank you!