Susan Holden

Sheep breeder and grass farmer. Living the country life.

[Emily Stretch @EmCharlotteAnn]

Throwing this back into the universe to see if anybody is keen to come and help us make our family farm thrive! Retweets much appreciated. 🥰

[Derrick Josi @DerrickJosi]

Yep it’s animal agriculture that’s the problem.

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@stationmum101 Discovered this not long ago. Pain in the butt. Particularly for the computer challenged.

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@tellenby @DefraGovUK @EnvAgency There are idiots everywhere.

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@KimbarPark Anything here that doesn't raise a lamb goes to a terminal. Noted a big change in temperament over time. Ewes much better mothers now and not as crazy.

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@tellenby Hope it turns around for you 🤞

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

Good day for growing grass. Moby, ryegrass vetch and clover.

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@tofar1 @Agrivetbusiness We nearly got caught to. Fortunately the bank caught it. The actual emails are being hacked. Get all new electronic bills to also text their bank details and confirm changes to existing accounts same way. Email sent to parents and me. Mine fine, theirs not! Told by security firm.

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@johngbennett And in April 😁

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

Somedays when the office view looks like this, I really appreciate what I do.

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@NikitaJGarner Next it needs to be put in your hand 😉

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@agvocate_au @DEECA_Vic We have a few here. Got some fenced off, working on the rest. They really thrive with protection from sheep

[Tira Cole @tiras_corner]

As someone who has studied environmental science, I am so tired of hearing that cow farts are causing climate change.

The public are misinformed because they are fed their “science” from news headlines.

Here are some facts based on real science.

Greenhouse gases are:

Carbon dioxide released during plowing, cutting trees and burning fossil fuels
Methane mostly from rice farming and cow belches (not farts – yes, I’m nitpicking)
Nitrous oxide from fertilisers
Because of the amount of heat each of these gases trap and the length of time each stays in the atmosphere, these can be measured in terms of greenhouse warming potential.

One of the first things we learn in environmental science is the carbon cycle.

Above, I acknowledged that cow belches emit methane. Methane contains carbon and is part of a natural carbon cycle – think about how many buffalo used to roam the plains.

Notice the word “cycle”. Cattle transform existing carbon from grass into methane as part of their digestive process. After about 10 years, the methane is broken down into water and carbon dioxide, which then get taken up by more grass to continue the cycle. This is how nature works!

On the other hand, fossil fuels come from ancient carbon that has been locked underground for millions of years and should stay there. When this carbon is released into the atmosphere, it stays for thousands of years.

Studies show that atmospheric methane has levelled off, even though the number of cattle has increased!

The plant-based industry want you to believe that 18%–51% of greenhouse emissions is due to cattle. It is not! The EPA states that it is 2%. All livestock is only 3.9%. Compare this with crops 4.7%, industry 21.6%, electricity 28.4% and transportation 28.5%.

You can find all the science that backs this up in Sacred Cow, by Diana Rodgers (@SustainableDish ) and Robb Wolf (@robbwolf), as well as a whole lot more detail. If you read the book, you will also learn how cattle can actually benefit the environment! The book also addresses ethics and nutrition.

It’s time we stop blaming meat for what fossil fuels are doing, don’t you think?

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@nig_michael Yea, Dad tried taking out my clothesline. Fortunately no damage past some stretched wire.

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@LambproHolbrook @consettfarming That's sad, sharing is one of the best things about our industry.

[Dr Shawn Baker 🥩 @SBakerMD]

Think red meat is bad for you?? Think again! New research shows that most of the previous research on red meat was garbage!

https://t.co/65v4YGdnTc

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@agvocate_au @DEECA_Vic This tour is on my wish list. Was there a lot of walking Lisette?

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@MrsJusak @livestockhub @james_ag_ @BradMclean90 Except you will always get 1 or 2 that don't read.

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@EmCharlotteAnn We start Monday 🙂

[Susan Holden @gluey33]

@techeweup Very lucky here, Dad rebuilt shed in 1989 and thought of most of that then. We plan on a couple more improvements, the mesh in the catching pens being a drag problem.