Steve Cotton

Agriculture by weekday and aquaculture by weekend! all views are my own

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

@paradooprime Tim, how much weight are you looking to put on between joining and lambing? Presuming roughly 15kg from the time rams come out of ewes to pre lamb?

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

Got the bon bon manufacturers telling us to eat less meat now. Too late, I just consumed enough lamb, chicken and ham to feed a small army and it was fucken delicious!! (Sorry, NOT sorry)

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

@Agrivetbusiness @hallbarmerino @PhilWhitp4 Is there a specific website graham where you are getting that data or is it private farm data?

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

@Agrivetbusiness @hallbarmerino @PhilWhitp4 Hey Graham, are there any particular sites you use to monitor soil temp. The one east of hamilton is on black cracking clays that have been cropped last 6 years, the other at Harrow which might not reflect temps sth of Hamilton. Still seeing lots of variation with probe at 9am

[Dean Eastwood @DeanEastwood7]

Please take the time to come to one of these afternoons. Great opportunity to have a feed share strategies and just get off the farm.

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

@hallbarmerino Looking fit and healthy Pete. Well done.

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

@PhilWhitp4 Yep already feeling guilty I can't get to athletics day Thursday 🤔😳

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

If you are a Vic farmer that feeds ewes through lambing, uses self feeders and scans for multiples - reach out and be part of this exciting research. Minimal time investment from your end as data collection occurs pre lamb and then at marking by me!! You keep the feeding records

[Serina @Serina_Hancock]

The national supplementary feeding and lamb survival project is running again this year, funded by @meatlivestock and @woolinnovation

To participate click the link below for more information and to complete our EOI
https://t.co/QD0iw2k1p9

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

@jrjohns10 Too many tragic farming accidents Ross. A very sad time for the warracknabeal community

[Serina @Serina_Hancock]

The national supplementary feeding and lamb survival project is running again this year, funded by @meatlivestock and @woolinnovation

To participate click the link below for more information and to complete our EOI
https://t.co/QD0iw2k1p9

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

Looking forward to delivering the very first Victorian @woolinnovation #simplifly workshop today with support from @VicGovAg. This AWI extension program is all about the tools available to manage flystrike.

[Agriculture Victoria @VicGovAg]

#SheepFarmers Brush up on the conditions required for #flystrike with a free SimpliFly TM workshop with @Dynamic_Ag on 29 Feb from 9 am to 3 pm at #Euroa showgrounds. Register at: https://t.co/ca7dv83XVn @woolinnovation #BestWoolBestLamb #FloodRecovery #AgTwitter #Strathbogie

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

@KerinPollMerino @NickMcClelland3 Gday Nigel, do you have a group that were teased as per your traditional method to make a comparison to the new method? Is this new protocol something new or is it becoming standard practice in NSW? TIA

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

@k_bolto @MoorallaMerino @DarrenGordon22 Agree, but pasture quality will dictate rate of CS loss or gain. A 0.3 CS loss in a 60kg sheep equivalent to 3.6kg LW give or take. Hard to see that visually in full wool and if your not CSing every couple of weeks. Testing pasture establishes baseline to help work from.

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

Glenelg
#summerholidays

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

@9NewsMelb @VicFarmers @msanto92 The further you go from Melbourne, the worse it gets

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

@GerardDiprose Yeah agree. It doesn't matter where you are, they all need a tune up. It's obviously cheaper and easier to put signs out and slow traffic down than it is to fix them. It's just been years with nothing getting done and they get worse and worse. So frustrating.

[Steve Cotton @Dynamic_Ag]

7 signs within 200m on the minyip- horsham Rd. Haven't driven this road since before covid because it was shit then and nothing has been done. It's got far worse. At least 30 of these signs bw Donald and Minyip. #WTF #needawheelalignment