While it certainly didn’t feel very summery outside, inside the mood was a lot warmer as we got together over a cuppa and a yarn to swap notes & strategies on how to tackle the warmer months ahead & our closed season plans.

Notes & main themes from our muster.

• Many of us experienced a short spring growing season. Barley and oat grass is now seeding off across the region with those to the west (Eugowra) significantly further along than those of us further east (Woodstock & Mandurama).
• Summer rain is not a waste in diverse paddocks. Many native grasses are summer active including Kangaroo & Wallaby grass, microlaena and red grass.
• Plan stocking rates & movements based on soil moisture levels

Dairy Park

Grant & Lizzy Molloy’s ‘Dairy Park’ is a 700Ha mixed grazing business which consists of cattle breeding, cattle trading, Merino sheep and backgrounding. Their property is in Mandurama, Central Tablelands of NSW.

Grant and Lizzie have diversified their income stream through ecotourism and spot trading their solar energy. They are also currently using and trialling technology from ‘Sense My Farm Pty Ltd’ Lucknow which are helping with monitoring livestock and water on Dairy Park.

We took a drive around to see the stock, paddocks, dung beetles & solar systems were fairing.