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Sheep
Our sheep are a mixture of Merino and Merino cross ewes which we mate with pure bred Long Horned Wiltshire (LHW) rams. We do have a few pure bred LHW ewes too and we are slowly building up the numbers of these rarer sheep and eventually we would like a pure LHW herd.
For us these sheep are ideal for organic farming. They are a traditional English breed brought to Britain by the Romans as the original meat sheep. They are popular in Australia because they shed their wool and therefore, do not need shearing, crutching and have no major fly strike problems.
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Cow
We feel it is vitally important for the health of our soils to have a mixed farming enterprise. Livestock are an essential part of any integrated sustainable system and each species brings its own merits. Cattle eat different herbage to sheep and at different stages in growth so are ideal for long pasture (sheep prefer shorter grazing). We introduced our first cattle to the farm in 2005 after carefully selecting Dexter cattle.
See pictures of our Dexter herd.
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Free range PIG
What makes an free range pig? It is a lot more complicated than most people think and there are very few of us running pigs like this in Australia- less than 1% of the entire nation’s pork is produced using either organic or free range methods which means nearly all the pork you buy comes from intensively raised pigs. Why should this concern you?
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The Farm
Our farm is farmed almost how it was farmed last century using crop rotations and livestock to enrich the soil and deter weeds. The simple theory is that animals can fertilise the soil as they wander through the paddocks at the same time as reducing the weed burden. By effectively managing soil fertility in this natural fashion the soil is better equipped to produce top quality crops. The principles of organic farming rely on this interdependence between animals and plants and it is rare to find monocultures on organic farms.
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