Thorpe Farm Produce

@herdyshepherd1 Let’s get the ball rolling!

In 2025 we are going to be taking breeding top livestock really really really seriously As opposed to just being really really serious about it - there is nothing cooler Tasmania and some new friends here with the same obsessions have reminded me how exciting this work is pic.twitter.com/0QXlI56lDT

Harry has been drawing to relax. He keeps up with dad and the farm via the Instagram stories and knew we had been cultivating with the big John Deer and Rubin discs (blue) at the little… instagram.com/p/BtsPPS5BiTX/…

Dry lightning bolts. Spectacular lunchtime show with choppers ripping around all day putting out spot fires. So glad the state has these resources to act quickly anywhere and hit these… instagram.com/p/BspNfQegACz/…

The Thorpe Farm homestead and surrounding buildings from above. Moving sheep off the river over the bridge. Summer in Tassie @ Thorpe Farm instagram.com/p/BsesKgQAW4x/…

A few poppy flower pics. Always pretty and gives you a boost for Xmas. instagram.com/p/BrhkozbAtPj/…

My brother had many odd sayings and DJ names but this time of year it was all about “being balls deep in alkaloid” or “up to your nuts in opium”. Bit of a common theme... either way I… instagram.com/p/BrMPUIfAM1_/…

It’s that time of year to do the tree thing. Kids and amylbignell are hyped. Harry has informed me how many days left and the advent calendar is cracked. instagram.com/p/Bq1MTS-AXO7/…

The impact of ForageMax on my poppies is pretty clear from here. ForageMax is a wonder chemical that’s very new to Australia and removes a couple of terrible weeds from our rape crops. It… instagram.com/p/Bqd1Vh5ARDE/…

Great germination in the rape. It’s needed to fatten some lambs after Xmas! Really happy with the drilling job and weed control. instagram.com/p/Bp-chgWAXCT/…

#Celeriac planting is on. On time and fully prepared this year. Last year was a write off with no heads bar a box to @massimomele007 That big pivot might have had something to do with it.… instagram.com/p/BpiyrHrnL5j/…

Poppies in Amy’s paddock rowing up nicely. Mixed soils and a battle to prepare but it’s coming up a treat. James poppies aren’t so flash. Lost around 30ha of poppies 😥 for various reasons.… instagram.com/p/BpdGSWanhJ8/…

@johnramsay43 @MgrDev @CoreyBlacksell @TasPiers @JockHughes1 Jesus. You’ve really thrown a spanner in the works now! Let’s hope it’s bang on, I like the idea of less internal fencing.

Results below if you can see it. It waas not the outcome we were expecting and has led me to change my production system and grazing practices, pull the fences up and set stock for max lamb profit/ha!! @MgrDev @Thorpe_Farm @CoreyBlacksell @TasPiers @JockHughes1

5 days later and we have the rape germinating. Love how we managed to inter-row sow it between the oats. Roundup a day before sowing and sheep off on Tuesday! instagram.com/p/BpWWriongOX/…

The black sheep of the family. amylbignell wants to keep it as a pet. Did you know black sheep eat less than white sheep? instagram.com/p/BpLjb3CHLKl/…

I love watching my valleyirrigation #Vriis variable rate irrigation work it’s magic. We use the drone and EM38 data to model and figure out the initial zones and then there is a little… instagram.com/p/Bo75xH4H6t_/…

Playing boats instagram.com/p/Bo2xVv1HoGZ/…

Bert the #kelpie #sheepdog on the job helping load some lambs onto the truck. #eatmorelamb @ Thorpe Farm instagram.com/p/BosW9zIn8P0/…

Bit of a fly today with kylegard in his searey. So good to mess around in planes again. instagram.com/p/BooSyvSnSJn/…

A familiar view instagram.com/p/BolVPe7nUTQ/…

The boys a few weeks ago at shearing. It will take about a year for that wool under their bums to make it to a shop in the best case scenario but more than likely it will be closer to two… instagram.com/p/BoeHJYgnUPn/…