Hello.

[Oliver88]

Sounds like you have a good game plan. 👍🏻

[sumdumguy]

Great to hear from you. I realized this winter I'm going to be the last grain farmer in my family. 4 kids but with 6-7000 an acre land grain doesn't pencil out. My wife is trying to talk me into sheep and I'm doing math. Good luck and glad you're back.

"I'm going to be the last grain farmer in my family" , let me know in 10 years. That's what I thought, but the bug bit every one of our kids. Yep!

[grassfarmer]

Good for you sheepwheat. You are certainly diversifying your risk as you diversify your operation and I think that's a good thing. You'll get into some work running these bigger numbers of sheep, as I know from experience, but hopefully the reward is there for you.

[Partners]

Welcome back..Good on you for changing your life style..Less stress is good for all..

[ajl]

Good to hear from you. Glad you have found a system that works for you. Something similar may have to happen here since this land in the Edmonton area is now also unfarmable due to too wet and cool. I would never sleep at night with sheep though since there are way too many coyotes around here.

[grassfarmer]

That's what you have guardian dogs for ajl. You sleep at night they nap during the day.

[SASKFARMER]

Good to here from you free sheep. I also was wondering how you were doing. Thanks for the update.

[fjlip]

See you seeded NO wheat so you are Free of Wheat,
Yes by the sounds of it YOU are drier than we are!
See lots of us are thinking.... "CHANGE OF LIFE"

"I realized this winter I'm going to be the last grain farmer in my family".... getting real close here too
after THIS stressful spring and lack of summer....

[malleefarmer]

running sheep must be kind of intensive? Grass ssaid a lot of work for 600 ewes.

standard unit here for one person is 1500 to 2000 ewes depending on high or low rainfall situation.

tailing and shearing really only time extra labour needed.

[farmaholic]

Remember winter Mallee, remember "winter". Can you leave yours out on paddocks all year round? Summer/Winter(?) paddocks? Here feed needs to be baled and fed to them quite afew months of the year. Has anyone gone to swath grazing or any other winter feeding method other than the old feed em bales. I don't think they would do well in deep snow foraging through it and moving around in it.