One of the best things about our farm store journey is all the people we have met over the last 9 years. From large scale, organic cattle graziers of Western QLD and NT to intensive small crops producers, manufacturers and suppliers of innovative products for ‘alternate’ producers, scientists measuring impact, right through to total newcomers [...]
In previous posts we have touched on buffalo fly and ticks. Internal worms are the next in the parasite trifecta. Internal parasites are relatively easy to avoid, but very difficult to get rid of once infection occurs. As with all organic farming – pro-active management is the key. In a nutshell the lifecycle of an [...]
The secret to farming organically is being pro-active. Rather than waiting till a problem appears that then needs to be solved, the key is to manage for what you want – healthy animals and/or plants that are naturally resilient and equipped when a burden presents itself. Let’s look at buffalo fly as an example. [...]
Why is Grassfed Organic Beef considered “Higher Eating”? Isn’t all meat produced the same way? Is eating a “non-meat” diet better for the environment than including animals? First ask yourself, without human interference, how does nature work? Are there any monocultures of just one type of plant or animal anywhere in a healthy natural system? [...]
Pasture Dieback (a problem now affecting millions of acres of grazing land across Qld & NSW) has been blamed on all sorts of things- even Mealy Bugs. I’d like to go out on a limb now and share why I think that theory is largely ridiculous. Keeping in mind that "Dieback" is not unique to [...]
Some animals cannot withstand ticks and fly. Once upon a time I believed that with correct nutrition animals would be able to repel parasites. While I still think nutrition is vital I have also come to the conclusion that there are always some animals more susceptible than others to parasites. The 'normal', accepted and supposedly [...]
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There are no organic silver bullets out there, but dealing with internal and external parasites in your livestock can be done especially when you tackle it on a few different fronts. Worm on a full moon If you Google Worming and the Lunar cycle you’ll find a tonne of info – mostly anecdotal and very [...]
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