We have used turkey manure for over 20 years at Picton and Binda with excellent results. Turkey manure provides phosphorus at about two thirds the price of superphosphate plus nitrogen, potash, calcium and a range of micro-nutrients thrown in.
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When we bought here in 2001 the paddocks looked pretty run down so we did some soil tests. The level of phosphorous and other nutrients was very low with the Colwell test for phosphorus only 5 ppm. A soil chemist commented that he had seen lower but those samples came from China. The suggested critical level is about 30 ppm.
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At the request of Dr Robert Churchill of Crookwell Veterinary Hospital I have done a brief evaluation of the subconjunctival injection of antibiotic and steroid as a treatment for pink eye in cattle caused by Morexella bovis.
Read moreWe have been breeding Murray Greys for 40 years. After a lifetime of breeding we are more enthusiastic than ever about the breed and about the quality of animals that we now offer the commercial cattle breeder.
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In the second half of February and in early March we received about 100 mm of rain – 40 mm in one hour which ran off. We are not out of the woods yet but things are a lot better than they were a month ago.
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We put a 20 litre bucket of granular urea into the licker drum followed by two 20 litre drums of molasses. We then add water from a fire hose (between 80 – 120 litres) to mix it up. It does not dissolve at this time but will do so over the next 24 hours.
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We have just weighed the spring drop calves and they are looking very good at this stage. Our spring calvers really have had a dream run. They ran on the agistment place at Greenwich Park until July and came from there as fat as fools.
Read moreSince farming at Binda we have generally calved our heifers at two years of age. However, in the past three years our heifers have done it a bit tough calving in spring after a difficult winter. Good summer rainfall has produced an abundance of feed into autumn but the quality of herbage has deteriorated so that protein and energy levels dropped.
Read moreWe all do our best to keep our farms free of pests and diseases and our cattle healthy. After Rod got the Biosecurity Farmer of the Year award we have been asked what we do on our cattle stud that is different to what the average farmer does.
Read moreWe have been yard weaning for about 20 years. We were involved in research on this topic conducted by the Dept of Ag about 1990. Yard weaning and training were shown to significantly reduce illness and death when weaners are introduced into feedlots.
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