Richard French

Sheep and Beef Farmer, ex Young Farmer.

[Richard French @richidfrench]

@timgortonz @BenDooley8 @NzFubar Hawke’s Bay is full of them. And some are mcpa resistant. We don’t get them here though.

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@PaulBMcGill @BenDooley8 @AdamCoffeyNT Think his name was Patrick barber. Just owned the house across the road from me. Worked for Carterton council.

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@HoraceSmith1945 @BenDooley8 You’d be surprised how quickly the toppings break down. As a good regenerative farmer Ben is just returning organic matter to the soil.

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@BenDooley8 Went three earlier in the year to look at their irrigation. The hills definitely weren’t that colour in February!

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@BenDooley8 I remember one year the scanner marked the singles blue, and the lates….. blue! Had some lamb in the yards!

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@duncanyzf20 @BenDooley8 I’ve had on the back of the drill with a paint brush to move plantain seed around before.

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@JerryMoloney1 @DarraghScott @2pintpaddy 449 in 2022 apparently. This article doesn’t even seem to mention other reasons for going once a day such as dry conditions or better reproduction.

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@timgortonz Yeah, slow start due to late sowing. Grazed them as late as possible to get a worthwhile yield.

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Thought I’d better show some proof we did plant @timgortonz oats before they’re finished.

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@BenDooley8 Yeah,’ Hannah’s old 2011 is nice to drive. All mine seem to like to eat oil after a couple of years. I have a 520 though, not 420.

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Last year’s pet lamb and this year’s.

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@ElbonPark @BenDooley8 I don’t think it’s going to hurt. I’ve got mine on some pretty good feed because they were behind in liveweight. Could get the odd bearing or stuck lamb, but you get that anyway with hoggets. And if it’s only a handful it’s not the end of the world.

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@BenDooley8 I’ve got some calves turning up today to get a few more cattle into the system

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@BenDooley8 Probably not going to get an issue from using it once a year. Our issues probably come from year round lamb finishing.

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@BenDooley8 Na, just that doubles and triples aren’t effective, probably started using them because singles weren’t. Pretty sure moxi is one of the easiest to get resistance to.

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@BenDooley8 Triples don’t work, so don’t think a single will.

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@grant_farquhar This confused me in the past, and my googling found that marsden point was set up before they discovered oil in NZ, it was set up for low quality imported sour oil, and NZ exports its high quality sweet oil. It would cost too much to convert the refineries.

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@1GarethWynJones @grady_mic @FarmersWeekly @LizWebsterSBF @SaveBritishFood @NoFarmsNoFoods @Nigelrefowens Isn’t our NZ lamb more affordable?