Central West Local Land Services

Seeds for Success

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Seeds for Success is a show where we have a good yarn about ag life with producers who are having a go. On the show, you'll hear from farmers in New South Wales who are out there battling the elements, making tough calls and getting the job done. You'll get a laugh out of some of their stories, and also pick-up some know-how along the way. Produced by Central West Local Land Services.

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Cracking the Morse code: Balancing recovery, production and profit in a cattle enterprise 28.09.2020 35:29

Today, we're in the paddock with James Morse (or “Morsey”). James and his wife Sally operate a family farming operation, “Wongalee”, near Molong. It's a 1,094 hectare cattle breeding and trading enterprise. Although, as you'll hear in this episode, they haven't ruled out branching out into other species, especially if their kids' goat breeding hobbies take off! In this epis...

Mac of all trades: How a cost-effective feedlot helped wean 7,000 lambs 14.09.2020 31:10

Today, we have a yarn with Kieran McHugh (or “Mac” to his mates). Mac is the manager of “Pier Pier”, a corporate-owned station 70 km north-west of Coonamble. They focus on merino sheep, dryland crops and also run trade and agistment cattle (when the season allows). In this episode, you’ll hear Mac’s unlikely story of how he ended up at Pier Pier, how he built a...