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24.01.2022 Well it is that time of the year again. I would of, up until a few months ago never predicted my journey with Ravenhoe Livestock Services. I have had a blast, experiencing the wonderful opportunity to be able to offer my help and support to local people in the sheep and cattle industry. I am very excited to find out about all the fabulous ways growers have developed new and inventive methods of maintaining their sheep, cattle and wool production whilst expanding their cropp...ing programs. Each and every one of my clients has developed their own ideas on sheep and cattle husbandry that are both productive and sustainable. I am very impressed with their determined efforts to dig deeper and find the answers they have needed to remain in the livestock industry. It has been a wonderful year off personal growth for me. Learning or maybe utilising the skills I have always had. It has been wonderful to not only help my clients get the sheepwork done but build my confidence at offering my experience in the industry to them. I would like to sincerely thank everyone of my clients for giving me the opportunity to assist them. It has been a huge personal pleasure for me to help you all in your wonderful endeavours in the livestock industry. Thank you Kate Kate Suckling, Don and Paula Nairn, Ashley Eastough and Belinda Eastough, Bob Hose, Jim Wedge, Emma Johnstone and Halayna. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year. Looking forward to helping you all in the new year. See more

22.01.2022 A lovely day helping Ashley Eastough with mustering and loading some very well grown lambs ready for shearing and weaning. Made easier with the help of dear Misty dog

22.01.2022 Don Leigh Nairn

15.01.2022 Summer is here and everyone is busy taking their crops off. I am currently doing mill runs for Ashley and Belinda Eastough every Wednesday and Friday morning. This involves being very observant of water supplies, fodder on offer as well as assuring all livestock are accounted for. I take it upon myself to make sure the sheep/cattle I am caring for are comfortable as possible. During the hot summers we have here in the Midwest it is essential they have ready access to ample... water food and shade as they need it. I also pay close attention to the condition score of the animals and visually assess the fodder on offer. From these observations I then can advise Ashley and Belinda when they can consider moving their sheep and cattle onto fresh paddocks. I am thoroughly enjoying doing the mill runs for the Eastoughs, made even more enjoyable by the sweet Misty dog who comes along for the ride. See more

13.01.2022 Hello everybody. I have been very quiet lately due to self isolating. I am home on Ravenhoe farm with my two daughters who are also self isolating and home school due to regulations to manage the Corona Virus. I am looking forward to getting back out there and helping farmers with all aspects of managing there livestock. Over the next three months a huge amount of lambs will be dropped around the state. With this farmers will he busy feeding lambing ewes when required, marking lambs, crutching, and then shearing. If you need help with your livestock please give me a call. I would love to help you out. Mobile 0427-362-031

12.01.2022 Don and Paula Nairn’s Pedigree Texel ram lambs are growing very well. The top six rams are weighing between 70-80kgs at 7 months old.

10.01.2022 I have lately been busy completing jobs on my own farm Ravenhoe. Whilst I lease most of the property for cropping, I have a small number of cattle I purchased as weaners that I will grow out and sell this coming spring when that are at an optimal sale weight. I have been enjoying having them here and are learning all the time about managing them. From paddock security, nutrition, food on offer, access to water shade and feed and of course handling them. I am looking forward t...o watching their progress and approaching sale weights. They have settled nicely and are now a lot quieter. They have grown a lot and have very healthy coats. I hope as winter sets in they will fill out and beef up. I am looking forward to engaging with growers who are looking for support on their properties with caring and handling their livestock. At the moment things are quiet so apart from completing farm jobs I have also returned to riding my horse Blaze. Together we enjoy the opportunities to shift my small heard of cattle when needed. Haha never enough of this activity. I am always wishing to have longer distances to move them. This is an amazing time for both the sheep and cattle industries. With the restocking going on in our eastern states. We are seeing a lot of breeding and stock for the meat market being sold at record prices. Whilst this is an opportunity to make a quick income I hope growers are focusing on the long term goals and sustainability of their livestock enterprises. Remember we are at some advantages here with a natural location of quarantine and the ability right now to both maintain and prepare for increasing our both our cattle and sheep numbers. It is also backed up with exciting new knowledge of husbandry and production methods to allow us to increase our quantity and quality of our products. Animal nutrition and how to supply it on farm to our stock has been improved ten fold in the last 10-15 years. Don Nairn is a grower who has been focusing on growing standing crops and fodder crops to his sheep has gained fantastic results.He has a sound knowledge of sheep nutrition and how to manage it during all seasonal conditions. Lot feeding and lick feeders are also powerful tools to adopt to your livestock practices. From offering land conservation and needing to concentrate stock on smaller areas off your cropping areas. Lick feeders offer you the opportunity to feed your stock custom diets of complete nutrition requirements. Please give me a call if you need a hand. Whether it be mustering, drafting, backlining, drenching, needling, weighing etc. If you want someone to carry out your water and stock monitoring while you are busy with your cropping programs I know I can help. Cal me on 0427 362 031 or email me at [email protected]. See more

10.01.2022 I have been positively busy with Ravenhoe Livestock Services as of late. Assisting people with their mulesing, mustering, shearing, weaning, flock monitoring and vacinating just to name a few. I am very excited to learn of this industry's resilience and the growers involved with this industry and their resilience. Every client of mine has a husbandry practice that I think is a brilliant idea. Don and Paula Nairn with their cell grazing, fodder crops and ability to provide f...ood on offer to their Merino flock. Ashley and Belinda Eastough have found great ways to maintain their extensive cropping program and allow room for stock trading and a self replacing Merino flock and cross bred lambs with feedlots and running their sheep where some paddocks lend themselves more to animal production. Kate Suckling runs a fine to medium wool Merino flock that I must say produces one of the nicest commercial wool clip I have seen. I admire Kate's passion and attention she gives all her sheep. Kate runs her flock with minimal assistance and is very attentive to her sheep's needs. Bob Hose runs around 2500 breeding ewes at Balline Station, located on the coast in the mid west area. After asking Bob many questions about his husbandry requirements, I have discovered Bob has learned how to manage the deep sandy soils that dominate his property, to make sure they support his Merino flock. Bob has also established perennial grasses on a large area of his property that not only stabilize the soil but offer ample food on offer all year round. It is a pleasure to be asked to help all my clients with their sheepwork. See more

09.01.2022 600Kg Big Square bales $120+gst Mullewa 0428611584

06.01.2022 I attended the Northampton Merino Stud Breeders Annual Ram Sale today in Northampton. I thoroughly enjoyed catching up with the stud breeders and some of their clients today. Great to see their enduring commitments to the Merino Sheep industry. I enjoyed seeing how their rams have positively progressed. There were some very handy types in the line up.

05.01.2022 My new trucker caps embroidered by JD Embroidery, Geraldton. I love them and will be giving one each to my best clients.

02.01.2022 The new year is well and truly in. I have returned from a small summer break and I am now helping clients closely monitor their livestock’s water supplies and feed on offer. Supplementary hand feeding of grain and hay are also part of the present program. Mineral supplements aid stock to utilise the food on offer that is dry and significantly low in nutrients at this time of the season. ... Remember if you have plans to leave your farm for holidays or any other reason and need someone to carry out watermill runs and monitor your sheep or cattle, give me a call. I would like e to be able thanks help you out.

01.01.2022 I have now been helping Don and Paula Nairn out for some time. Pictured are their son Leigh ‘s Texel ewes and this years lambs at foot. I am very impressed with the Texel sheep. They are extremely hardy, low maintenance sheep. Their muscle definition is very impressive. Don and Leigh have crossbred Texel/ Merino lambs that are performing very well. I am looking forward to seeing how they sell. They have great hybrid vigour in productivity and constitution. I am really enjoying my time working alongside Don Nairn. He has taught me a great deal about utilising absolutely every bit of food on offer to support your sheep. To be pro active with all your husbandry and financial opportunities that come your way. It has been a great pleasure to be part of something so positive, and work with someone that has so much to offer the sheep industry