Your Answer is most Satisfactory thanks . I dont know why , but lately i have been feeling your frustrations and disappointment and posted comments and questions as if i have skin in the game. As a result i deleted said comments out of embarrassment . I thing it is because my parents lost big time on animals with long necks and feathers and a big reason was because of poor promised Marketing . Farm looks stunning mate .
Golden - if humanity has reached the point where you should be embarrassed about caring, then that's a sad day! Post what you're thinking, I appreciate it all and I bet others do too. Thanks for inspiring this video, I bet it will be one of the most viewed ones over time.
Your folks had ostriches back in the day? I remember them as the next boom livestock. Everyone would be eating big eggs for breakfast, even bigger drumsticks for lunch and have beautiful feathers in their cap. Then one day the market collapsed. They are quite impressive birds though. A neighbour had a few ostriches and walking by their place was a little bit scary.
@@kdegraa Hi karl , Yes they were very Amusing but could be dangerous . Some people in the industry were paying $250000 for a breading pair that were very productive but unfortunately the industry died .This was at a time when you could get 2 nice homes for that money , not in sydney , LOL , Thanks.
I've got a macadamia tree in my paddock with my goats and they have done a brilliant job of pruning it to a convenient height so I can mow around it without having to duck under branches. Unfortunately goats have no respect for fences (even electric ones) and would rather eat trees than grass, so I still have to mow.
Thanks for that experience Spooky! I wouldn't dare let goats near trees for the reason you mention. My neighbours use them to clear unused areas by driving a star picket in the ground and chaining the goat to it. It clears the whole radius.. lantana, privet, everything.
Hi Daniel, what about chickens? Presumably they (or similar) would also control insects, not damage trees and perhaps have less concerns regarding hygiene?
Hi Ewan. You make a good point. Technically running chickens might still breach some processors’ rules, but otherwise they’d be OK. Predators are always an issue, but so long as you lock chooks away at night it might work out viable.
I ran sheep in the orchard and goats around the orchard perimeter for about 10 years until the edict concerning manures on the orchard floor was implemented. Running an empty paddock to graze allowed minimal soil compaction and minimal manures which were orchard floor manageable. The biggest down-side was the immediacy and intensity of animal husbandry that is needed in addition to macadamia farming necessities. Daniel's reasonings are all validated by my experiences as cows had been allowed free reign prior to my purchase leading to my selection of sheep within the orchard and goats patrolling the boundaries. Hope my experience assists you Golden and your inquiring mind stimulates new horizons for me to consider so please continue commenting happily. Bruce Chester :)
@@nutkinfarm The northern rivers wet climate increases the probability of foot rot which is a deterrent. Finding a shearer for small flocks and the constant threat from predators also present as major problems. My sheep & goat caretaking days came to a halt with a mid-morning attack by a pack of wild dogs.
@@maryroberts7951 The Nutkin Farm comments column is probably not the most appropriate forum to give your expressed perspective of the AMS as a “tax collection” racket🤮. Your addition of the word racket begs the question -is this sinister innuendo intended❓. Your language contrasts with my comment on the Nutkin Farm CZcams video “Worrying macadamia price news and a ‘wholistic’ response” as well as my expressed words within the video “ The Macadamia Show - Episode 12” which tarnish either the AMS or the ATO. I did however, single out the role of the Commissioner of Taxation within the context of the Taxpayers Charter - “Your Rights - what you can expect from us”which identifies “Fair and Reasonable” and “Honest” as the first two of the 8 expectations that are listed📜. I know of a Barrister whose Nutkin Farm CZcams channel🖥 would be happy to provide a supervised arena offering family channel ensurance for any elaboration that you seek, Mary. Bruce Chester🙃
@@maryroberts7951 Thursday 14 May 2020 @6pm (minus the drinks🎉) appears confirmation of a tax "racket🪤" commencing 15 May 2020 with an ATO telephoned notification displaying "private number🙈".
I grow a small number of macadamia trees, all very young. I also have several sheep which if I didn't put a barrier between the young trees and the sheep, they would eat all the leaves off the macadamia trees so that could also be a good enough reason not to have sheep in an orchard, apart from the sanitary reasons. I note in the USA for pecans, they are required to be washed in chlorinated water prior to drying. I also have many apple trees and the sheep seem to preference fruit tree leaves to weeds and grass.
You raised a point I missed, John. Cows will often take a bite out of the young leaves, probably for a bit of variety. They don't seem to prefer them to grass. But wow, chlorine rinses for pecans? I hope we don't come to that.
@@nutkinfarm yes annoyance and anger would be felt too. Young trees are so vulnerable and I feel very bad when I've accidentally knocked or cut one. I think generally fences are a joint responsibility between neighbours but whether one neighbour has animals that can get out while the other does not I'm not too sure about. I'm also not sure of the legalities of who pays what when one neighbour has animals that will wander over property borders and the other neighbour has assets vulnerable to being damaged. Perhaps if the owner of the animals is advised of the potential damage and chooses not to do anything about it then they would be liable to make good if their animals caused damage? I think the best way to deal with this problem is to advise the owner of the cattle of the problem, advise fences need to be fixed and offer to help with the fencing or partially pay for the fencing. If the neighbour doesn't take up such an offer they should not have cattle.
Hi 👋 I have a question about an unworked maca farm, this farm has mature trees 🌳 super over grown now .. we lease the property and have been told we can put horses here.. Is there any problems or Chemicals that stay in the soil that are detrimental to horses ? Would you know ?
Hi Camille. It depends on how long the farm’s been left alone, but the last potentially dangerous chemical that might have hung around any length of time was Endosulfan. That was banned about 8 years ago and its residual wouldn’t have lasted until now on any farm. The only issue with running horses is soil compaction from their hoofs, but that’d only happen over a long time and even then you’d only worry if you planned to get the macadamias up to full production again in future.
Your Answer is most Satisfactory thanks . I dont know why , but lately i have been feeling your frustrations and disappointment and posted comments and questions as if i have skin in the game. As a result i deleted said comments out of embarrassment . I thing it is because my parents lost big time on animals with long necks and feathers and a big reason was because of poor promised Marketing . Farm looks stunning mate .
Golden - if humanity has reached the point where you should be embarrassed about caring, then that's a sad day! Post what you're thinking, I appreciate it all and I bet others do too. Thanks for inspiring this video, I bet it will be one of the most viewed ones over time.
Your folks had ostriches back in the day? I remember them as the next boom livestock. Everyone would be eating big eggs for breakfast, even bigger drumsticks for lunch and have beautiful feathers in their cap. Then one day the market collapsed. They are quite impressive birds though. A neighbour had a few ostriches and walking by their place was a little bit scary.
@@kdegraa Hi karl , Yes they were very Amusing but could be dangerous . Some people in the industry were paying $250000 for a breading pair that were very productive but unfortunately the industry died .This was at a time when you could get 2 nice homes for that money , not in sydney , LOL , Thanks.
I've got a macadamia tree in my paddock with my goats and they have done a brilliant job of pruning it to a convenient height so I can mow around it without having to duck under branches.
Unfortunately goats have no respect for fences (even electric ones) and would rather eat trees than grass, so I still have to mow.
Thanks for that experience Spooky! I wouldn't dare let goats near trees for the reason you mention. My neighbours use them to clear unused areas by driving a star picket in the ground and chaining the goat to it. It clears the whole radius.. lantana, privet, everything.
A question I have always wondered about, thanks for the great information
You're welcome Ron. I go on the theory that for every person who asks, there must be many wondering the same thing.
Hi Daniel, what about chickens? Presumably they (or similar) would also control insects, not damage trees and perhaps have less concerns regarding hygiene?
Hi Ewan. You make a good point. Technically running chickens might still breach some processors’ rules, but otherwise they’d be OK. Predators are always an issue, but so long as you lock chooks away at night it might work out viable.
I ran sheep in the orchard and goats around the orchard perimeter for about 10 years until the edict concerning manures on the orchard floor was implemented. Running an empty paddock to graze allowed minimal soil compaction and minimal manures which were orchard floor manageable. The biggest down-side was the immediacy and intensity of animal husbandry that is needed in addition to macadamia farming necessities.
Daniel's reasonings are all validated by my experiences as cows had been allowed free reign prior to my purchase leading to my selection of sheep within the orchard and goats patrolling the boundaries.
Hope my experience assists you Golden and your inquiring mind stimulates new horizons for me to consider so please continue commenting happily.
Bruce Chester :)
Thanks Bruce. Now I think of it, I don't really see sheep in the northern rivers these days. I wonder why that is?
@@nutkinfarm The northern rivers wet climate increases the probability of foot rot which is a deterrent. Finding a shearer for small flocks and the constant threat from predators also present as major problems. My sheep & goat caretaking days came to a halt with a mid-morning attack by a pack of wild dogs.
@@brucechester3491 could you elaborate more on your slur about the Australian Macadamia Society being a “tax collection” racket?
@@maryroberts7951 The Nutkin Farm comments column is probably not the most appropriate forum to give your expressed perspective of the AMS as a “tax collection” racket🤮. Your addition of the word racket begs the question -is this sinister innuendo intended❓. Your language contrasts with my comment on the Nutkin Farm CZcams video “Worrying macadamia price news and a ‘wholistic’ response” as well as my expressed words within the video “ The Macadamia Show - Episode 12” which tarnish either the AMS or the ATO.
I did however, single out the role of the Commissioner of Taxation within the context of the Taxpayers Charter - “Your Rights - what you can expect from us”which identifies “Fair and Reasonable” and “Honest” as the first two of the 8 expectations that are listed📜.
I know of a Barrister whose Nutkin Farm CZcams channel🖥 would be happy to provide a supervised arena offering family channel ensurance for any elaboration that you seek, Mary.
Bruce Chester🙃
@@maryroberts7951 Thursday 14 May 2020 @6pm (minus the drinks🎉) appears confirmation of a tax "racket🪤" commencing 15 May 2020 with an ATO telephoned notification displaying "private number🙈".
I grow a small number of macadamia trees, all very young. I also have several sheep which if I didn't put a barrier between the young trees and the sheep, they would eat all the leaves off the macadamia trees so that could also be a good enough reason not to have sheep in an orchard, apart from the sanitary reasons. I note in the USA for pecans, they are required to be washed in chlorinated water prior to drying. I also have many apple trees and the sheep seem to preference fruit tree leaves to weeds and grass.
You raised a point I missed, John. Cows will often take a bite out of the young leaves, probably for a bit of variety. They don't seem to prefer them to grass. But wow, chlorine rinses for pecans? I hope we don't come to that.
Very sad seeing those little trees damaged and destroyed. Good fences are needed around orchards of smaller trees.
Sad wasn't my only emotion Karl! As for fencing... it's the cow owner's duty to keep them in, surely, not my job to keep them out.
@@nutkinfarm yes annoyance and anger would be felt too. Young trees are so vulnerable and I feel very bad when I've accidentally knocked or cut one.
I think generally fences are a joint responsibility between neighbours but whether one neighbour has animals that can get out while the other does not I'm not too sure about. I'm also not sure of the legalities of who pays what when one neighbour has animals that will wander over property borders and the other neighbour has assets vulnerable to being damaged. Perhaps if the owner of the animals is advised of the potential damage and chooses not to do anything about it then they would be liable to make good if their animals caused damage?
I think the best way to deal with this problem is to advise the owner of the cattle of the problem, advise fences need to be fixed and offer to help with the fencing or partially pay for the fencing. If the neighbour doesn't take up such an offer they should not have cattle.
@@kdegraa boundary fence to keep the cows out 50:50 costs between two neighbours at home.
Hi 👋 I have a question about an unworked maca farm, this farm has mature trees 🌳 super over grown now .. we lease the property and have been told we can put horses here.. Is there any problems or Chemicals that stay in the soil that are detrimental to horses ? Would you know ?
Hi Camille. It depends on how long the farm’s been left alone, but the last potentially dangerous chemical that might have hung around any length of time was Endosulfan. That was banned about 8 years ago and its residual wouldn’t have lasted until now on any farm.
The only issue with running horses is soil compaction from their hoofs, but that’d only happen over a long time and even then you’d only worry if you planned to get the macadamias up to full production again in future.