Would cattle make you more money than sheep? Asking because I don't know. My grandfather was a dairy farmer in Ireland. I know local conditions and feed, etc. make the difference.
Beef cattke probably do, but only because they exist on a platform thats 93% sheep, so the cattle, ideally, never see feed pressure. They don't have to clean up the crap. The issue is that if we change our ratios in favour of beef, then they will have to. Its in our minds though, that 25 angus beef cows could be an option moving forward, less work, 25% more money per kg, its $$$ to get in though.
Cheers mate, there will be. We're hoping to have cattle scales going soon, so next (2025) winter, we'll weigh in and out, and have hard numbers 👍👍. This year will be guess work, but they'll do ok.
Pulling pipe or posts etc I have done what you are doing two or three around the post then the chain running up to the loader put a half hitch around the post / pipe etc try bud ,hope this helps
Have thought about it, but I don't like the idea of harvesting high yielding crops from paddocks without high cash returns 😅. A 20t crop of swedes takes a good hit of nutrient from the soil. Grazing in situ returns 90%+ to the soil 👍. Harvesting removes 100%.
@@deepsouthsheepbeef4307 yeah that’s true. I’ve done it in the past with a handful of steers, grab a tub full of turnips on the bike when I shift the reel for the milkers.