That was nice of you to talk to the kids, I could see you being great at that, the kids could really relate to you. How awesome having a wedge tailed eagle nest, majestic birds. Saw one recently on a holiday to outback Qld, it was feeding on a kangaroo carcass in the middle of the road. It was massive.

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it was a great opportunity and something that I loved doing! They are massive birds!

Loved the drone footage, especially going around those three trees, that looked so good 🌳 from an eagles eye view. Great video Mark......🌳 🌳

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate!! Yep those are the 3 best placed trees on the farm!

Great vids mate. I’ve been watching a few and loving it 🤙🏼

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Mate!! Really appreciate it! I’m a big fan of yours! I’ve been following along for a couple years, loving the videos at the new place!

@LawnTips

2 жыл бұрын

@@merrettcontracting-austral7070 no worries mate!! Legend! P.s. love the Hillsong drum cover man 🤙🏼

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben! It’s one of my favourites too gotta love a random creative outburst!

Hi Mark, Zoom took me a little while to understand. Every Wednesday I have a zoom meeting with AUSOM group. The type of people Apple computers as you and I do. The meeting I go to on these days is called AAA (Ask AUSOM Anything). Where one chap had over 4500 emails in his inbox, his question how can I delete a bulk of emails in 1 go. I had the answer with the emails selected then hold the Shift key down, the with the right click of the mouse find Delete, they will be gone off the list. I also give the ones I want a flag to keep them.

Good on you for taking the time to educate kids.

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it’s where the most impact is made on perception of agriculture

You have excelled again mate. Another great video.

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate! Really appreciate your comments!

Great Video Legend! Thanks for the vid!

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate! Glad you enjoyed it!

How fun, going/zooming to the schools!

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

It was very cool! I really loved it!

Mark....really enjoyed this video and especially the music....and the bin safety reminder near the start! Is the lucerne fragrant at all....asking because it looks like lavender a bit? I hope it gets the water you're expecting soon and provides the healthy crop you need....all under the watchful eyes of "drone eagle" beagle....lol....I hope the tine repair was easy enough...and as always...Thank ya'll for farmin' and feedin'.....🚜🚛👍👀😎

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark! There is no notable fragrance but it does look nice in full flower!

As for your sparying theory, makes sense. And remember it's only stupid if it doesn't work..

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

That is a very good point!

Many people who are not farmers, do not realise that Farming is one of the most dangerous occupation's there is on the Planet. Good old Wickham Farmers Co. WedgeTail Eagle's are awesome bird's, I'v seen some birds with a wingspan of around 3.5metre's.

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

It definitely has its risks just about carefully managing these! They’re huge birds!!

Great video mate How’s chels and Alex

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate! They’re doing well! How’s things up your way?

@2brofarming833

2 жыл бұрын

@@merrettcontracting-austral7070 yeah good mate feeding a lot this year’s lambs some are 60 kg

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Wow they’re growing very well!

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Wow they’re growing very well!

@2brofarming833

2 жыл бұрын

@@merrettcontracting-austral7070 yeah we hope can go to the Abattoirs in Gundagai soon

For hay or to graze? What made you go for a 5 in aurora?

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Just for grazing. Dad chose that because it’s what they had in the shop, the rest had sold out haha

How many acres do you own. And how many do you crop

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

We’re farming about 7000 at the moment and this year we seeded about 2500 acres

What tractors on the bar?

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a John Deere 9400

@hazzawoithe

2 жыл бұрын

@@merrettcontracting-austral7070 I just one of the other vids and I worked it out👍 So you’ve gotta 9400 and 8410T?

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Yep that’s it mate you’re onto it!

How many years will you get out of your alfalfa???

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

I know of some plants that would be 20 years old

@tompreiss5010

2 жыл бұрын

@@merrettcontracting-austral7070 Wow, here in the US only about 3 to 4 years and every where that cotton was grown because of cotton root fungus it will eather not come up or only last a year at best.😳😳😞😞😞😞

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow that quite different! I know of an irrigated stand of Lucerne which is around 40years old

Concrete mixer does more than just concrete

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely does!

@kerriboon9789

2 жыл бұрын

@@merrettcontracting-austral7070 hey Mark, when seeding is there a set rpms and gear so you don’t have differences from you doing it to your dad working

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Great question! Yes there is. The rpm is set at one level and when we switch we just ask what gear the other was working in

@kerriboon9789

2 жыл бұрын

@@merrettcontracting-austral7070 👍😁thanks mark....... when you only put around six bags of lucerne into the seeder , does that cover a huge area , lol because I scratched my head and said that doesn’t seem enough ...

@merrettcontracting-austral7070

2 жыл бұрын

Another good question! Lucerne is around 500,000 seeds per kg, they’re very small seeds! So at a low seeding rate of 5kg to the hectare there is still a lot of seeds! Over both paddocks was around 50ha