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RE: Weekend-engagement topic week 37: Your job passion

in Weekend Experiences • 3 years ago

Where I grew up there are next generation farmers, but less every generation. Equipment is bigger and smarter, one guy can farm a hell of a lot of ground so they do.

I just wished happy birthday to a friend from the olden days. He's still farming his place (I have a real hard time imagining the place with out him) and I don't know what his exit plan is. His daughter isn't interested, I know. He has a step daughter that just graduated HS (His first wife died) and she might be, though she was really successful in future business leaders in HS (her team took 2nd place in the nation).

He doesn't have a nephew or a cousins kid, either. I'll have to ask him.

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    It's all changed so much these days. Advancements in technology, corporations (and countries) buying out farms, climate change, financial pressures and the cost of doing business...It's not easy for the farmers here, and I assume the same elsewhere. Most have to diversify or die out. For instance, the introduction of different stock, dorper sheep as opposed to more traditional types...Different feeds also...We have *saltbush-fed lamb here...Makes use of a plant that grows wildly in certain areas and flavours the meat.

    http://www.saltbushlamb.com.au/

    Oldman Saltbush is a very drought resistant and long living in the harsh Australian Outback Environment. Its incredible deep root system allows the plant to access moisture from far beneath the surface where it can access many trace minerals and also help to reduce soil salinity levels by drawing salts through the root system and dispersing it on the leaves of the plant. Helping to regenerate previously unproductive farm land.
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    The protein-rich forage and high mineral content of Oldman Saltbush gives the meat a very clean, crisp, lean and delicious flavour, a unique characteristic resulting from the animals grazing on these native shrubs. As animals are also grazing from up off the ground, they avoid traditional parasites often associated with grass land grazing. They require no drenching, worming, mulesing and are a very fit and healthy animal.

    Oldman Saltbush is well suited to Australia's low and erratic rainfall conditions. The plant also reduces soil salinity and provides sustainable grazing for sheep all year round. This sustainable farming method aids farmers in surviving harsh drought times, stabilises grazing lands and promotes the growth of our native grasses and wildlife. Plantation Oldman saltbush acts as a catalyst, in conjunction with holistic land management practices, to revive soils degraded by unsuitable grazing and cropping practices.

    Just one example. I have mates that run different crops than twenty years ago, run stock or have added in eco-tourism just to make ends meet. But that doesn't negate the issue of future generations not wanting to be there.

    Sorry, fairly long comment. (Hopefully your mate works out an exit plan. Sounds like the lass is a good option.)

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