The Catastrophic Reality of Australian Farming. 

Thanks for watching! Like or Typo will tell you what you’re doing wrong Edit: I'm not looking for sympathy. I just want to show what the reality of farming is and why rain and weather is so important.

Here's cash for the sheep feed fund (or chocolate. or whatever.) I wish I could send rain instead, but I don't think RU-vid's cloud storage holds the meteorological kind. Sorry.

Tara I’m a nobody from nowhere , your videos are showing just how fricken hard farming is. No one wants to see you lose animals esp the babies but some times things are out of our control . You’ve rescued plenty because you care. I’m not sure if you realise just how funny you are. Your dry sense of humour cracks me up . I am sad for you and your family ,your working your guts out to keep farming with little or no thanks. Again I say thank you for farming and keeping Australia fed . I knew you had to have ridden a horse or two ,I used to ride but never owned my own horse , you baby was beautiful and adored you . Horse will only do what they want to and if they trust you. Keep your chin up sweet your doing a great job xox ❤

This is absolutely heartbreaking, I wish I could bottle up all the fresh water and give it to you for the ewes and the farm. Farming is such a difficult job farmers are some of the toughest and most empathetic people I know of. You’re doing your best with the cards you’ve been given, keep it up.

Tara, the positivity of this video is that the lambs that you have gathered and penned and fed, they have and will survive. This video shows people around the world just how hard it is to livestock farm and also crop farm in Australia. well done to you for the reality of what it takes to just be a farmer in the world .

“If the farm does poorly RU-vid does great.” 😅

23:35 Tara’s side gig as an Ewe-ber Eats driver.

This is such a harsh reality of caring for livestock. Most people don't even consider this. They just think, "Oh, it must be so great to be able to hang out with all the babies." It's hard work. You prove that in every video. And there are bad times, really bad times, times you just can't forsee or avoid, and living things die. You are just so amazing, and I appreciate you taking the time to share the ups and downs of being a farmer. You've done such hard work to care for the animals in your care. Even if they are meant for meat, you don't treat them like meat or money. You treat them with respect and compassion, and that's a food I can feel good about consuming.

I used to spend school holidays with my Mum and Dad on a family friend's farm in South Australia. It was one of the highlights of the year for me, and then we were told, "Don't come up, not this year". Didn't find out until years later it was because they were shooting their stock rather than let them starve to death, and they hadn't wanted a child witnessing that (fair enough). It's an unforgiving business farming in Australia. I'm sorry for what you guys are going through.

For your feed fund. I grew up on a dairy farm. Being at the mercy of the weather is always gut wrenching.

If we all chip in just a bit... it all helps! ❤

27:22 “don’t fall and die, that would be inconvenient” this is the first long form video of yours I’ve watched, and you have so many fantastic one-liners in one video😂

Here in Sweden we have been complaining of all this rain we have been getting. It’s summer here and in the middle of June and may we have been getting so so much rain and no sun. It seems to be clearing up but it shows how people can take things for granted. We took the rain for granted!

Thought I might add to the "What should I bring to Australia?" thing as an Aussie who has lived in the Urban and Rural areas of Australia, as well as the top and bottom end of our country. - The sunscreen is a must, even if you've got darker skin and don't typically get sunburnt, I'm telling you right now the sun in Australia doesn't care and will give you skin cancer anyway. (Source: My Grandmother who is a dermatologist) - A hat and polarised sunglasses are also a really good bet in the summer. - While malaria is not a thing in Australia, we do have other Mosquito borne diseases, such as Dengue. As well as some home grown favourites like Murray Valley Encephalitis and Ross River Fever. While they're quite rare, I'd definitely second the comment on bug spray. - If you're near the coast, definitely bring your bathers, but for God's sake listen to the life guards. - If you're anywhere near the mountains, bring some good boots and go for hike, it's damn beautiful. Especially in the temperate rainforests of Eastern Victoria, which are my personal favourite. Other than that, we're a modern industrialised country, if you're planning on being here for a while, you can usually get most things here anyway.

Liam stole the show, not easy with competition like Typo, Tara and a couple of Lam stampedes (Lampedes) great work Liam, keep it up,,, Subs will go through the roof

We lost our farm in early 80s many years of drought conditions and a bush fire ended any chance of the family keeping it going . We all had jobs in town but it wasn’t enough Fingers crossed you get rain soon and thanks for yet another brilliant portrayal of life on a farm

Massively impressed your dad saw equipment, and Liam is engineering/manufacturing it. Wow. That's skill

Nothing but respect.

I’ll send you all of the rain you need. I’m drowning right now up here in northern Minnesota. As a goat farmer I know firsthand about lost and the pain of being a farmer. Keep the faith Mike

Oh no… I saw a video dropped and was so happy, but now my heart is in my stomach! I’m so sorry. You guys are so incredibly strong. Your love and compassion of the animals shows how hard this must be for you. Thank you for showing us the good and the bad, I pray for you and all of your beautiful animals to make it through this as good as you can.

Shearwell , thank you for making a difference, big respect. Thanks Tara, refreshingly honest as always. Hang in there.

So sorry for the rough time you guys are having, and I wish I could send all the rain we have been getting here in qld the past week or so. But in the meantime, it's small, but I hope it helps.❤ hang in there, so grateful for farmers and what they do.

My heart breaks for you all. Yes this is a downside of farming but you have all shown your dedication to raising healthy livestock. You’re a credit to farmers everywhere.

I am so sorry about all this. I wish there was something I could do to change things. Thinking about you all. I pray you get rain soon.

So many babies. Thanks for doing them right even under that crushing milk bill.

As a fellow Aussie I know to much how hard our environment is it sucks fingers crossed you get some rain and some grass before those lambs are weaned

thank you for showing us the truth. ❤ so sorry to hear, prayin for rain

I'm so sorry love, this is just heartbreaking. You are an amazing young lady, we (Australians) are so lucky to have you. I am so proud of you.

Thanks!

The weather has been unforgiving around the globe. Drought for you, unrelenting rain through winter and spring for the UK, midwestern US has been dealing with hail/tornados/floods... And that's just what I know about from my YT subs and some of the news! Livestock and grain farmers are under a lot of extra stress than usual, for sure. My heartfelt support goes to you and your family, Tara, as you deal with this craziness. I appreciate the unvarnished take on what is happening on the ground where people live, as you've been showing us. Thanks also for the mood lighteners of the lamb-nado's, Liam wrangling the babies, and as always, Typo and your other canine companions. I'll watch whatever content you publish, crisis or not. 😊 Cheers from the southeast coast of the States! 💞

Its very rare I comment on things however, I wanted to say thank you for the recent videos. It's been a shit time for you recently but, I think its incredibly important for people to see the reality of raising livestock. Too many people are out of touch with how they get the food on their plate and never think about the struggles someone may have gone through so they could enjoy a good meal. It's rewarding work that also has a tendency to kick you in the gut when you're already down. I will live and die on the hill that farmers care more about animals than any other group of people in the world, and each one of your videos prove that. I wish the best for everyone and everything on the farm. Hope the drought ends soon.

Wishing you all the best for the cold snap this week. Wishing for rain for you.

I have done so many hot water bottles, crochet coats, feeding at what hubby has dubbed 'The Titty Bar'. It's devistating. So many farms haven't seeded from lack of rain. Everything is so dry. We had 29mm for May/June 😞😞 Lost so many lambs around. Hugs as we know exactly how you're feeling. This place is 1600 acres and was a round million ish to buy.

Tell Liam those gate wheels look bloody brilliant... I've been using old wheelbarrow wheels on the end of my gates... gotta get me those next time they break!! Also I wish we could send you the rain we are getting in The Highlands NSW... cross fingers the rains will come your way soon

Currently working my way through your old videos. Your content is interesting and informative. Thanks for showing the tough stuff. No doubt, l still dont know the half of it.

I hope that watching this video and commenting can help even a little. I understand the devastation caused by drought. I live in Southern Nevada, and we have been in drought all my life.

Typical Victorian winter, all of the cold and none of the rain.

Do hope forcast rain next week be sufficient quantity to alleviate the problems on the farm Tara 🙏

You are a joy to watch. This is to help care for the lambs.

Sending good vibes and (hopefully) rain from Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦

Your voice, speech pattern and accent is golden mix. Find it therapeutic, even when you talking bout big problems. Stay strong sis!

People have no idea how tough farming is. The hard work never stops. I find it hysterical that people give advice when the closest they've been is a petting zoo.

Farming/ranching is not for the weak of heart. Droughts are tough and heartbreaking. Feed is expensive!! Prayers for rain.

A SENSE OF HUMOR!

This is why climate change matters: this is why farming matters. You’re an absolute trooper. Sending love from Brighton, UK.

Tata even in Tasmania we need rain you can only do what you can do don't beat yourself up

8:25 lambs really went "We ride at dawn!!"

Fantastic video sounds wrong with the struggles but thank you very much for sharing the ups and downs of sheep farming in Australia. I look forward to your video every Wednesday.

the beginning was gut wrenching, i hope the next video has all the rain that is needed

Weather makes or breaks any sort of farming activity. You are doing what you can. Even harder when you are not set up to water what you grow for feeding the sheep or like I know what is happening to Canadian farmers they are being told not to water their crops even though they are barely using their water quotas and are drawing from different sources. Thanks for sharing the reality of farming as most people are too caught up in convenience for their food and clothing.

G'day Tara from Newcastle Australia 🇦🇺. I love your channel Sorry about the lambs 😢, Thankyou for your education in your field. ❤ if I could send rain I would. I appreciate learning all about farming life. I'm a city girl big hello to Typo❤

Coming from a stock farming family, I get it. It’s bloody hard to watch your stock slowly decline, it truly hurts the soul but you guys have done a fantastic job finding & attending to the lambs. I hope you get good rain mate. The footage of “teen Tara” with your horse was absolutely precious. Made me smile, remembering our stock horses - thanks for that! Thinking of you all & hoping things turn around very soon🤞🏼🫶🏻

Hard, heartbreaking, nasty bad luck. So very sorry that you lost so many babies. Keep on keeping on, it's all you can do. Sometimes, some years farming sucks. Fortunately, it's the good years that make it all worthwhile.

The mass zoomiesss 🤩❤️ thank you for sharing your life with us, even the hard times. Everyone do a special rain dance for Tara's Farm!!

Tara: Tara stfu editor Tara: Thank you. 😂

Sucks because looks like clouds through lots of video but no actual rain.

Love seeing your life & your animals, & love your attitude & your accent. Hi, from Texas! Keep it coming.

I’m from Saskatchewan so we are always praying for rain. I really really hope the rain comes for you! I dig this channel and I find you hilarious. Best wishes I hope your season goes well from here 💜

If you're traveling to Australia and planning on going hiking or spending time in the bush, make sure you bring closed shoes, preferably boots that go up to your ankles. Snakes are pretty shy and tend to only bite if you step on them or get too close, but there are plenty of them, especially in summer. Stay out of long grass (they like hiding in there), keep to the track, and the chances of them hurting you are pretty low. Proper shoes mean that they'll hopefully bite the shoe and not your foot. Long loose pants are good too. And a water bottle, but make sure it's empty when you get off the plane, because our biosecurity laws ban bringing in water.

I hope you get rain soon 😢 I feel like the weather systems are changing. I’m in Washington State USA it’s not hot here when it should be, and we didn’t get hardly any lowland snow last winter. 😢 Praying for rain.❤

Damn you need rain so badly 😢 The same here, we have had perfect weather but very cold, until my kids party, it trained big time the night before. The farmers who came with their kids to the party were happy to have had it (glad it benefited someone!) Maybe organise a jumping castle to come out to your rural property and you too can have rain! Seriously though, I'm sorry you're having to deal with the lambs going down 😢

Small scale mixed veg / flower farmer from south eastern Victoria here, just found your channel. Taking my hat off to you, it is such a hard gig and it never gets easier (farming and dealing with death). Sending some of our rains your way

Hard yacka. That horse of yours is a beauty. You had him going brilliantly..

The person coming to work in Australia, bring the can do attitude. Give anything a go and be prepared for bloody hot weather Luv you Tara and Typo

Thanks

I wish I could send some of our rain your way. For the about last the two months we have not had more than two days where it hasn't rained in my area of the US Midwest. My family dairy farms with the additional of growing our own crops. It has been difficult to plant or even harvest alfalfa to fill our empty silos from the winter, in order to feed our cows. Farming really is a battle against the weather no matter where you are. Either mother nature is on your side rooting for you or she turns into your worst enemy overnight. It really is a gamble every year and droughts are the worst. As a fellow farmer, I hope and pray that rain is coming your way soon!

Take our rain. No please do. We have been in mud for weeks. I’d love to send it to you. We are soaked on the NSW central coast

I can relate to relying on rain and good weather growing up farming. I appreciate seeing reality videos that you provide. Folks need to understand the challenges those that feed others constantly face. You are awesomely courageous and resilient. Keep up you! Smiles...

Do wool! Sandy's offerings certainly don't saturate the market as she's sold out in MINUTES!

Thank you for your raw honesty and humanity. My heart breaks for you.

I have been MIA from your channel for a while. I'm happy to see you have a PO box!😊 And sluggie nuggie as a baby warms my heart! Also that hat in that horse footage is cute as boots woman😂 I think the channel needs one too. I will pray for rain.❤from Colorado

This is crushing, I hope that you never see another drought like this in your lifetime 😢

I've said it before and I'll say it again: thank you for showing us the good, bad, and ugly to your farming. It's not all sunshine and roses and knowing the flipside helps myself and presumably others appreciate the happier videos more.

Completely understand where your coming from. We live about 25 mins from where your P.O box is. This time last year we were sitting on around 375ish mm. This year we are just over 235ish mm. For us to not be in a drought zone, we need to be around or over 400mm. We thankfully dont have any animals ( except pets) but we do have a small vegetable crop which we are starting to notice slowing down due to lack of rain. Hope and pray our parts of Victoria start to see some decent rain soon.

Thank you for showing the bad as well as the good. I hope this videos serve as some form of catharsis for you.

I am so sorry. This is heartbreaking and shows that no matter how hard you try and how good you do your job, one single component (in this case rain) can have devastating consequences. I hope you get rain soon and the rest of the year works out better for you guys. ❤

Love your channel. I remember the farm my father would keep our boat and fish. The owner of the farm raised lambs for market too. I remember watching the farm hands shearing the sheep. Thanks for bringing back these wonderful memories my friend. Love each week see you and your pets each week. Thank you for all your hard work you put into these wonderful adventures for us :-)

Oh Tara I have no words I felt every bit of your pain

"Dont do what i do im a professionally trained idiot." My shirt says the same thing 😉 Seriously keen to buy more of your shit Tara! Will be doing some serious rain dancing for you guys. Thank you for always being so raw and honest! ❤ Take care mate, watching this space closely for more merch! 😊

3:50 Raving with Lambs. 10/10 content for a dreary task!

Spinner here- there's an appetite for Aussie wool i think! reach out to the spinners and Weaver's guild! And Victoria is also great with lots of small local mills and a scourer. We are picky with breeds and vm though (the latter if you're thinking about raw fleece)- i know you have Merino but don't know what other wool sheep you have.

I live in the Midwestern USA, it was like this last year here. I'm so so sorry. I feel your pain. I wish I could send you all the rain you need 😢 Also... thank you and your dad for all your hard work. ❤

Another fantastic vlog tara thank you and slug for allways make my Wednesdays afternoons

I'm so sorry that was your experience, I know it must be hard. It must have been really hard for your Dad to sacrifice the crop. Thank you for sharing, everything your share is a real education.

Sending love and rain dances from California ❤

Wow you're nursery is growing Tara with the way that the weather has been lately it doesn't surprise me that you have losses the last week has been bloody freezing I had pigs give birth 2 days ago one had 5 piglets the cold killed them all another had 10 7 lost to the cold nature is cruel between lack of rain and severe frost it makes life hard on the animals it was nice to see your pet sheep I haven't seen them since I picked up the ones that I bought from you they look good

As a sheep farmers daughter l am 10 btw l have had 20 bottle lambs this year l live in lreland the weather was horrible and still kinda is

I’m so sorry about the no rain. Last year we had no rain and was down to dirt in our paddocks.

And here we're groaning about the endless rain, it's been such a rush to get even a little bit of hay dry enough before it starts again. Wish I could send you some of that.

As a fellow country Victorian, I commend you.

screw that, you deserve sympathy (in response to your pinned comment). you're working your butt off and deserve praise and words of kindness when your days are going bad. I do hope everyone in this is okay.

Everything looks bigger from a low shot! 😂 That got me laughing!

We milked Holstiens on the farm when I was a kid, finding one down in the morning was the worst. Great to see a Liam segment. Wish I could send you half the rain we're getting in midwest US.

Hi Tara, from Condobolin NSW. Just sending all my love and understanding. This was us a few years ago out here. Then we were crippled again by flood right after. Unseasonably wet again this year in NSW. Crazy how hard it is for Aussie farmers. Most will never understand. Praying the rains get to you soon, love your channel! Stay strong!! Xxx

Here in Italy is raining so much, wish I could give you some stormy clouds 😢

“If the farm does poorly, RU-vid does great” Basically a hedge fund

Sorry you're not getting the rain down there. You and Liam did a great job rescuing the lambs. Nice to see the nanny working well. Wishing you the best for better weather Tara

Sadly we have the opposite problem in NE NSW, non stop rain, foot rot and all other fun stuff that comes with it. All the best and good luck.

Australia was much wetter in the distant past. Are the universities and/or agricultural ministry there forecasting the possible effects of global warming? We're still getting enough rain in Oregon, but there have been some changes. The last two Februarys (northern hemisphere winter) have had the occasional week of 21 c to 26 c temperatures. There is a 38 c or higher heat wave forecast for the rest of this week. We had rain sprinkles last week. Dams on the Klamath River in southern Oregon are being removed in an attempt to restore the salmon runs that have been steadily diminishing since the damming. I imagine the farmers in the area are none too happy. The Klamath Tribe historically got much of their food for the year from the runs in the past. Some of the lakes in southern Oregon, east of the Cascade Mountain Range, are historically dry at times during the year. They help support bird migration when they have water.

18:19 "Look at the fucken eyelashes on it.... yeh stunnin ma darlin."