Bog Roy 
We have just completed our second season of lambing on lucerne, and as Derrick said “things just keep getting better and better”… We realised after our our first experience last year that the length of time the ewes were set stocked for lambing was compromising the management of the lucerne, so this year we scanned … Read more
It’s the second week of September, and ewes are sorted, ready for getting to their blocks for lambing. Winter Spray Effects In our last blog, winter spraying of the lucerne paddocks was discussed, and we thought it appropriate to follow up with the spray effects. It has been about 9 weeks since the first paddocks were … Read more
This is a bit late, but we thought we’d still write a blog on the subject – if only for next season’s reference!! Winter spraying of our lucerne ended up being quite the headache this year. Between: Figuring out what products to apply to suit all the different weeds Getting someone to come on-farm and … Read more
Derrick contacted me following the previous blog – asking that we quantify our statements regarding our changes in fertiliser applications, especially since we are now spending less! We have historically run a cut and carry operation with the lucerne (if the season allowed it), and so we applied fertiliser taking this into account. Given we … Read more
Well its been a while since the last blog – between farming commitments, a field day and children, days morph into weeks, which morph in months, and before you know it, there’s snow on the hills and the shorts have been pushed to the back of the drawers until next summer! We’ve just had a … Read more