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Got our first Stud Calf today. Wattletop cow AI'd to Regent Bull gave as a nice heifer. She'll be the first heifer I have kept as we start to increase the commercial herd quality. 3 other calves from the breaside property have come too, a fair bit smaller but nice healthy calves none the...

Andrew, Grant has a bunch of stuff over there at the moment, including some Rhodes bails. I buy lucerne and oaten hay from him too. He has the shed full of Winter stock right now so lots of options. I'll pop over to Ken's when you're in town too. Be good to meet you mate. Cheers Dale

Andrew, I don't plan to No, but I believe you can down they track as both parents are registered. If you're interested in buying some you might want to talk to Ken. I think he still has last years heifers over there. Not 100% on that. Cheers Dale

Hey Andrew, I only have 4 stud cows. Ken found them for me from Wattletop who he has bought from previously. No plans for a stud at this stage, from what I can tell I travel way to much to do it properly. The plan is to just increase the quality of the commercial herd with heifer calves and if...

I'm still around too. Not as busy in my world though. I did have a quick 2 week trip to Nashville last month for a bit of music business but other than that just feeding the stud cows, doing some fencing and waiting for calves to drop. Grabbed some agistment myself recently, just enough to...

Hi Jilleroo, The family have adjusted well. Replacing lifelong friends and adjusting lifestyles has been the biggest challenge. These things take time, but there is much to enjoy about our country life and certainly my blood pressure sure appreciates the change. Cheers, Dale

Hey Andrew, I am full time on the farm, all be it a hobby farm really. I do have some music related interest in Nashville, but nothing to involved. You Ken and I should meet up for a drink sometime. Cheers, Dale

ABC radio popped up to the house last week, seems they were interested in my music industry background. The interview is on the left of this page and aired this morning. http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2014 ... 983762.htm Cheers Dale

Where doing pretty well here Jilleroo, Im in Brisbane until Sunday, but being our property is around 4km from Ken's I reckon things will look good when we get back. Not sure about our Breaside property up near Warwick though. Still looked pretty dry when I drove through yesterday. Being the...

Good luck today Jilleroo, you should do ok, prices should firm a little you'd hope with the local rain around. We've had a bit over the past couple of weeks, probably 40-50mm all up. Just enough to get the winter oats growing and not have to drop hay bails. I'm hoping for a good few weeks...

So sorry to hear of your continued struggles Jilleroo. I have told many friends that as a small hobby farm type farm, my need for rain is nothing to worry about compared to the real farms that live and die by rain fall. Properties that rely on cattle to pay mortgages and daily bills. This is...

Gosh jilleroo, that is brutal. I hope you get some rain soon. I can't imagine how tough that must be on you.

Ken, Breaside water is definitely running low. Creek is 75% dry with a few areas still providing some water for the cattle. I may have to bring H27 home to you this week if that is still ok. Dale

Well after watching the weather reports and 7 day forecasts religiously for the past 12 months I have finally manage to decipher the true meaning of the % chance of rain category provided by the Bureau of Meteorology . Here it is for your reference. 0% - rarely used, no one wants to put...

Novelty indeed Ken, It was dam busy over there too. I need to join a union lol. I get the molafos from CRT next to howard and sons. You have to pay for it over at their main shop and then they will fill your tank or drum at the other depot. It is about 60c a litre, but will go fast. I went...

Certainly hot in Stanthorpe these days, and no rain in site. I spent the last 2 days working at the local produce store for my Cousin who went on a short holiday. It was sad to hear so many hard luck stories, no one has grass, they were all buying any lucerne and grass bails they could find...

Those numbers are amazing Ken, I do have one bull calf that weighed in Tuesday at 264, but most of my 6 month olds are around the 180kg mark. Some of those bigger/older calves have broken 300kgs and Maugann will be taking a look at those next month to see what we should do with them. Breaside...

Merry Christmas to everyone too. Sorry about that heatwave coming your way Jilleroo. That sounds nasty. Ken, back in the saddle now, lots of weighing of late. All is well here. Sorry about your calf. Was it a bull calf that had potential for you as a stud Bull? Cheers Dale

53mm for us last night, some golf ball sized hail came with it. Time to work on the driveway. Ken, I will be seeing Grant later today and will see what he can do. Dale

Hey Jilleroo, happy to be home, and nice to see some green grass, I truly hope it comes your way soon. Had an interesting surprise this morning. 2 new calves. one I was expecting but the other was from a Red Dexter cow that I didn't think was pregnant. So big surprise this morning when I saw...