John Murray (Crossflatt) - Life of a hill farmer and knowing when to retire
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- čas přidán 30. 12. 2023
- In Episode 8 Iona and Cammy sit down with John Murray of Crossflat Farm, Muirkirk. John is Iona's long suffering father and is hugely respected within the blackface sheep community.
In this podcast we discuss his life as a hill farmer, his first big break selling rams, the wonders of the Blackface ewe and deciding when to retire.
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Iona is a lucky girl to have such a wonderful father
Really enjoyed hearing about John,s farming life story, can’t believe Iona hasn’t been snapped up, keep up the good content!
Another great podcast thanks. I do hope one or some of John's grandchildren want to carry on the way of life.
I personally found this one the best one so far. John Murray is a very interesting man
Who is John Murray?
I felt a wee bit sad when this was over- I wanted more! Thank you
Extremely interesting podcast, john is outstanding talker
Thanks that was great could listen to John all day long
I have to agree with a few others here when i say that this is by far the best interview. I could listen to John talking about his lifetimes work all day long. What an incredibly talented farmer 🐑👏👍
From the high mountains of Northern California USA.
That was brilliant 🐑👌
It was emotional hearing the farm legacy will end with Mr Murray’s retirement.
Loving these podcasts ❤
That was brilliant Cammy and Iona.
Brilliant,legend in the blackie breed
This was fascinating, thank you ❤
I do hope Crossflat and it's stock is kept as whole. Clearly John has been a very good custodian of the farm. Sadly when you look at current asset value in relation to any yield you may get for it to be rented on the same basis, only one option is viable. Holding Crossflat in a trust with your 4 children beneficiaries, would not yield much annual income. Not to mention the CGT bill putting into a trust. As well as ongoing ownership obligations.
Although you aren't at that stage yet. These topics need to be talk about. Thank you for being so open and breaking taboo subjects.
Great podcast, guys ❤ very interesting.
Brilliant, loved it ❤❤
Great interview.
Fascinating interview with Mr. Murray, totally appreciate the Tup stories, great podcast Cammy and Iona
Thank for another great podcast and I just love listing to you ones Scottish accent now that my grandparents that came from Scotland and are no longer around to listen to
I'm terrified of selling my own stock. I didn't expect to make a penny on them in my first three years, but It'll be the first year that my first home bred lambs are hopefully lambing.
I'm still paranoid about my burn. Was pleasantly surprised no one jumped in this year.
I love the podcasts!
John looks in great shape. The sun must not shine much on his farm because his skin looked so good. Like the skin of an office guy. 😄Love the discussion of kids growing up on a farm. Always amazed if a kid does what to take over after watching how hard their parents work 24/7. Though the trade off is being your own boss and choosing how to spend your day.
Brilliant , thats amazing that in my opinion that a farm in the top 5 of a sheep breed has never bought a female ..that is testimony to the knowledge and eye of a shepherd at the top of their game. Personally feel that embryo transfer has ruined sheep breeding and has saturated the market with too many rams and the only salvation that some breeders have had is to persue the female sales in order to entice the market toe dippers into the game. Great podcast , great ambassador for farming.happy new year
Interesting interview. The history of the land and the flock!
What a brilliant listen very interesting man
Fantastic !!!
Absolutely fascinating and great listening 👍
Brilliant listen 👏
It was fantastic, I really enjoyed it.
Really enjoyed it great to listen too
Such a great podcast!!
Great interview really enteresting x
Wonderful and informative. Gosh, I’m starting to want sheep but I only have .4acres. lol.
Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy New Year 🥳🥳💕
Great video
Brilliant and fascinating podcast! Will Ally be on to talk about Ellargro Blackface?
Yeah next time he’s down this way😁
Another brilliant podcast. I live near Southampton on the south coast and have learnt so much about farming from your fab podcasts. Happy new year to you all!!
Our pleasure! Happy New year!
Well done Cammy, a small insight into the world of top blackie tup breeding. Really interesting, just not long enough.
If you are looking for guests to talk to, Bobby Lennox who appeared on “This Farming Life” has been performance recording his blackeis for thirty years and i think was a founder member of the Maternal Sheep Group. Could be interesting listening to him?
What a pleasure!
Another fascinating and fun talk. Loved hearing about the history of the breed and why it's the best breed for that environment. John's life story is truly inspiring, and it was wonderful to hear someone so passionate about his love of his farming life. I'm sure there's been a lot of hard work behind his "luck"!
Rams are overrated. 😊
Enjoyable +++
I guess the one thing look for in buying a tup for males or females is that closeness and quality of the horns? That is if you're not springing or heating/bending the horns etc?
I no its great to look at a great sheep with great rise of horn but as a carcass lamb producer I've never met anyone who ate the horn of a sheep yet
@@emmett1739 I should've said one thing, especially when breeding pedigree stock.
Yeah for meat sheep its no bother as they're general gone before its an issue
It is interesting that in the UK, you dont seem to be able to survive as a farmer without subsidies. Here in New Zealand, subsidies were removed from farming in the 1980s, and we have had to survive or go broke since then. The majority of farmers survived and are doing OK although with very low sheep prices this year things are tougher than they have been for many years. The meat products we export to the UK have no subsidy money attached to them where your own meat sold in your supermarkets do. Would farming in the UK survive without subsidies? I would love someone to give an answer to this question.
It certainly would change drastically if it was to continue. UK farming is claimed to be so efficient, take away all the subsidies overnight and watch them squeal.
Most hill farms would be sold probably, Lowland farms would be slightly affected not as bad though.
Would love to learn about the fresh AI-ing. Is John doing cervical or laparoscopy ai? I was so confused about the share thing
Non farmer here. How long does a tup last before you must change
If you get Iona sorted out with a partner you could have a joint wedding 😂