Farm & Ranch
Ranching Down Under
By Samantha Hall
In 1805 Dr. John Macarthur built Australia’s first commercial dairy herd in Eastern New South Wales.
In 1891 Australia had an influx of gold miners chasing the mother lode. Along with a population growth comes the demand for more food, and as a result of this particular boom Australia’s dairy herd grew quickly to one million head.
By 1900 there was not a town in Australia, no matter how remotely located, that did not have its own supply of fresh milk.
Six thousand dairy farmers nation-wide are producing 9.7 billion litres of milk annually with bulk of the milk production occurring in the south eastern states of Australia; however, dairy farming is also well established across temperate and some sub-tropical areas of Australia.
Because of their suitability to a wide range of environmental conditions and large milk production capabilities, the Holstein Friesian is the most popular breed used for milking by dairy farmers in Australia, with the average herd size being 284 cows and the average cow producing 5,730 litres of milk a year. To read more pick up a copy of the July 2016 NTFR issue.
By Tressa Lawrence
Babies are tucked away in every nook and cranny. Many ranchers across Wyoming have baby animals popping up all over this time of year.
By Lindsey Monk
Another load of grain in to keep feeding the calves until the green grass can really start popping.
By Rayford Pullen | [email protected]
Spring has sprung and hopefully the rains will continue where our country will heal from the previous droughts and our grasses will thrive. We are especially hopeful for the Panhandle of Texas where our neighbors and friends have been dealt a deadly blow to homes, ranges, livestock, and people. Keep them in your prayers as they will not be able to return to normal for many years if at all. Having lost their ability to benefit from this great cattle market is a double whammy for all of them.
Now is the time of year when we need to take care of business as it relates to our new calves that have been hitting the ground this spring. First and foremost is vaccinating for Blackleg followed by deworming with a white wormer and the IBR complex. Blackleg is a soil-born disease and with pastures extremely short this spring our calves have been grazing the green grass as soon as it shows itself, making them even more vulnerable to picking contaminates from the soil.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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