@chameleon54 wrote:
@bushies.girl wrote:
They sure can, along with a great deal of other farming equipment
Dry as over this way, how is where your are?
41.7 degrees awhile ago, but a cool change forecast for this evening. Generally paddock feed for the stock in SA is starting to run out and along with our largest abbitour burning out in a fire this is affecting livestock prices, Lamb prices down 10% on two weeks and cattle more severally affected.
Luckily I have been growing my sheep business the last couple of years by leasing more properties and so are slightly understocked. The leased properties are in some of the wetter hills areas of the state, so hang on better in the dry seasons. A couple of the leased properties have river frontages with small flood plains that are still green. This means I still have plenty of paddock feed and also chanced across a semi trailer load of feed wheat for $600. This has some weevil damage, but even so should have been worth several $K. Along with stored hay, I think I should be able to get through a long dry spell reasonably easily and should even make it comfortably through a full blown drought so long as the water holds.
Not sure re sheep prices, pretty sure they are holding there own atm ..... Cattle is doing quite well, latest auction over this way they were up 20 - 30 cents per kg. Not much grass in the surrounding paddocks but 'cause of the heavy rain last winter, most farmers are well stocked with dry feed, also plenty of silage around atm.
Nice PU re the wheat, always helps to get a bargain.
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