The days of being a butcher or teacher or soldier or railway worker with no farming background and no financial backing and taking out a loan to own a farm, to work all the hours in a day and then some seven days a week using family as labour to build a successful business are gone. My father was a self made man. He worked hard, very hard. But we had a good life-a life I do not regret and a life I would have loved for family if I had been blessed that way. Farming is the ultimate gamble against all the world can throw at you. It can be pure heaven as long as you can ride the waves and endure the lows.

You have a beautiful farm!! It was great to see the rams enjoying the new grass!!! They looked so happy grazing!!! I agree with everything you said about farming!!! I grew up on a dairy farm and besides the corn and hay we grew thousands of pounds of tobacco every year. I learned so much at a young age about growing, harvesting and just being responsible for something other than myself. All things that I so wish my two boys could have the experiences of but just wasn't possible. Due to health problems we left dairy farming and tobacco farming is all but nonexistent anymore. Family farms have fed the world for generations and it's so sad to see what the changes have created!!! I guess that's one of the reasons I enjoy your channel so much. You guys are continuing to live and work on a successful farm and reaping a rewarding life with your hard work and dedication!!!! Thanks for allowing us to be a part of your journey!!! Stay safe!!

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting us learn about your background as well! It is sad how the family farms are slowly disappearing. Unfortunately in farming today, you need to be large to move ahead.

You guys do a great job. Your flock is amazing and look really nice based on other channels I watch. Your lambs look so good. GREAT JOB ON YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS.

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! After all, it is not so much about us as about the sheep1

Good morning and wonderful video. I grew up on family farm as well. As you mentioned it's always a gamble each year especially with Mother Nature. Prices vary with supply and demand. When prices were higher usually because crop yield was down. Farming is one business where all your supplies, equipment, etc you purchase at retail and you sell your products at wholesale. I grew up in Indiana and most farmers now have off farm job in addition to Farming. I retired last December and I always said I wanted to have a sheep farm when I retired. I raised sheep on very small scale growing up but they were more lawn mowers around the barn lots 😉. I want to do it right this time. So, we are getting the land ready with barn and fencing, etc and the sheep arrive next June. We will have white Dorpers and a few Kiko goats as well. Our goal is to be profitable. We are exploring solar grazing opportunities (solar farms pay you for vegetation control Good opportunity for additional grazing land). In the meantime I continue to get my sheep "fix" through your channel and a few others. Thanks again for another interesting vlog. Stay safe.

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

So true about farming! Good luck with your farm! Dorpers ate very easy keepers I found from having them in the past. I know quite a few people around here who do solar grazing and swear by it. I think with good management and reasonable expectations, you can make anything work!

awww Glad, he looks so awesome!

wonderful sheep farming i like it to much your farm is truely good

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You guys are definitely going to be my go-to consultants, I just love it

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

So true about farming It's very hard to make it sometimes.You really have to love it. And I do 🥰

Beautiful your farm. I can't believe how green your grass is already. Here in Manitoba we still have snow on the ground. It will take at least three more weeks until we can work our fields. Your sheep look great!!

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Monika. Our grass is not growing tall yet but it certainly is green. I see your temperatures out there and I don't know how you do it sometimes. It sure can be brutal. But I suppose spring will eventually even show up in Manitoba! Lol! Fingers crossed it comes soon

Love how you care for them lambs!

@EwetopiaFarms

8 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

Thanks

Do you ever graze your grain crops? I know here some farmers will plant wheat in the fall and the graze it once in spring before letting it go to grain for harvest. They also sometimes graze stubble after harvest.

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

No, we never do. We have lots of pasture so don't need to.

🇨🇦I just found you channel. I enjoy the quiet on your farm. It’s neat and tidy and looks great. I will be subscribing, to check in on you again. Do the rams ever fight in the large group? Do they have a seniority ?

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome! I find it funny when you say it's quiet here when we are so busy, it can be overwhelming some days lol! Funny how perspective makes all the difference!🙂 Rams tend to get along better in large groups so there is never fighting going on except when we reintroduce them together after breeding. Then they have to reestablish their pecking order again.

@heatherd212

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha when I said quiet I meant in a volume sort of way, peaceful , I know farming is never quiet, as in not busy 😊

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

@@heatherd212 so true!😁

Oh I do similar gradual increase on spring grass my horses. They are on hay all winter, currently transitioning they are still just on pasture for only 4 hours per day.

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I think it is a wise thing to do with most grazing animals!

Great start to the day! How many ewes per ram do you have in your breeding groups?

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

We usually have between 30-35 ewes/ram

Nice farem

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

How were the rams today? Could they tolerate the grass? Hopefully so.

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Rams were just fine. Not enough grass in that paddock to cause bloat.

We are thinking of starting a goat, sheep, and bird farm (and bees, orchard, produce +flowers overtime) in Ontario. Where do you find your livestock? How do you rotate the breeding males? Thanks!!

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

We've been in it so long that we know most of the breeders by now. Check farm magazines, online searches, Canadian Livestock Records Corporation (CLRC)

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

We use unrelated males in each breeding group

Very nice. Is there room to work on your farm? I love working on farms

@EwetopiaFarms

8 ай бұрын

No, sorry

Why did you have to pay above market value?? And how are you making up the difference? What steps do you take to save on costs?

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

We paid above market value due to a dispute with Arnie's parents. We have another video you may be interested in which describes the "14 things you need to start your own sheep farm". I think it will answer all your questions.

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

Here's the link kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKRslbRpnbynm9Y.html

Let’s see, you have 3 right ear spotted sheep with similar temperaments named Angel, Big Betty and… how about a ‘C’ name like Cutie or Cindy? She’s so very sweet, I figure she needs a name. Just a suggestion, of course.

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

She is a cutie of course but because she is a registered ewe, we need an "F" name for her!

I want to work with us!

My advice to anyone wanting to start up and buy a farm is, do’t do it if it involves mortgages and loans.

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

It's all mortgages and loans if it is not passed down - which you'd think families would do. But greed plays a big part in that nowadays too. I always think that if you had several million dollars, why would you farm when you could do something much easier and more appreciated.

👋 How’s Angel? Tell me what’s going up with her? 😃 Is she a mother now?

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, we did a video awhile ago with her in it. She had a beautiful ram lamb who will probably end up in the keeper group!

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh this is the how much one piece please tell me

@EwetopiaFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Assalamu alaikum! Pricing is all different. We only sell in Canada

Just remembered another “F” name. Flag… like in the movie”the yearling.

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

This is the L-year now 🙂

🇨🇦👍👍👍OK🇺🇸

Hello..I'm beginer for lambing. I say hi from Indonesia

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

Hi from Canada to Indonesia!

Hello sister I am Bangladesh people input impossible

Can u export ewes to india

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

No

I need job I am interested in this job good job I have good experience in this job good job plz send me details

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

we have no jobs available

Do you need a worker ma'am?

@EwetopiaFarms

Жыл бұрын

No we don't