I'm the same as the last 2 comments this government just can't leave the farmers alone they sure are out to ruin this country great video thanks Alistair
Great vid Alistair. I just hope the farmers don’t suffer like the fishermen have with stats being bandied around that never had to be proved. Fishermen always had to prove themselves but the stats were never backed up. Like farmers, most kiwi fishermen didn’t want to destroy their own livelihood or planet. Didn’t matter how proactive they were, no one was ever satisfied.
The hills, the hills never fail to amaze me . . . I follow life of a bushman too and again it's the hills. The second thing that I like to inquire about are the tall hedges that surround the paddocks, quite amazing. In regard to the government policy . . . they are mad right now in every country. Cheers.
First great video, keep up the good work. I think you doing a video on the farm emissions tax would be cool and maybe have some other people input like how would your sponsors survive, or the local community be at risk.
Hi Alistair. Would definitely like to hear what your gov is planning. Here in Scotland it has started with bigger farms having to apply slurry with dribble bar etc from the beginning of next year.
Hi Alistair It would be great to see a video on how the proposed emissions tax is going to be worked out. As I am very interested on how it's going to work be out or what has been proposed. Zach 17yr old beef farmer entering the industry.
Good video again Alistair. Just rang my friend in Whangarei who has a dairy farm to talk about the methane tax and how it would effect everything. He was telling me there are 17 farmers ready to sell out in the North area. He also said there are no end of blocks going into trees so that it can offset the CO2 for foreign investors. Those blocks will probably never come back into Arable/ grassland farming. This is bloody madness. I just had a couple of letters printed in the Farmers Weekly (uk) about climate change and about the disconnection between government policy and us lot who are trying to feed the world. They seem determined to change the whole system when we have never had more hungry people to feed . It’s strange Is that why you looking at blackcurrants?
We have been looking at alternative land use options for a while now, so blackcurrants was just one of them. With the average age of farmers here in their 50s no wonder they are wanting to cash up.
Would be very interested to hear what you are up against in the way of emissions regulation. I guess its only a matter of time before we get something similar here in Australia
Alistair Do you feed all your weaned lambs muesli or barley or just the ones you hope to market early.? I would also like to hear more about the new NZ govt program on livestock emissions. In Canada the current concern is on changes to emissions from fertilizer. Great video..Max
The barley is not a normal practice for us, we fed muesli to the shed lambs but it's expensive so decided swap to barley to try and keep them moving along.
Keen on the methane/co2 tax. Particularly how it's not possible to pass on the overhead cost to the the buyer. Unlike UTE tax, where the consumer is taxed, this tax is solely on the farmer. We can't say ohh yeah, 3.50kg plus fart tax.. to works etc...
Hi Alistair, thanks for the video. Mate do we know what these tax prices are going to be? Surely it can be so significant that farmers have to walk off their farms? Or have to change operation to alternatives?
Hi brother, good morning. I love farming. If I would have worked along with you on your farm for 1 year, I would have learned a lot. But unfortunately, I am in India and no one to offer me work permit from New Zealand
Yes would like your views. Here in Ireland we have to lower farm emissions by 25% by 2030. To achieve that there is a big push for organic farming there's more support payments for organic now. Also reducing the age of first calving to 2 years old. Reducing age of slaugther of cattle. Incorporating more clover. Slurry spreading will be all by LESS low emission slurry spreading by 2025. Ammonia nitrate nitrogen looks like it's going to be banned all protected urea. That's only a few there's a lot more the government haven't said it but the way to meet the 25% reduction would be a national cull it's why there's a push for organic lower stocking rate no chemical fertiliser national cull could be avoided there talking about opening markets for organic food people are getting hard to afford conventional foods it's all bullshit. I would love to know how much carbon dioxide it takes to grow a tonne of DM of grass then we could get some honest info farming impact on global warming.
As a South African, I feel your pain. Each country seems to get crazier with every government coming to power. In South Africa as yet, we do not have a law on climate change taxes but we have to deal with a new law: Expropriation Without Compensation (EWC) passed whereby your property e.g. farm, house, investments, bank accounts, pension fund can be confiscated by the government without receiving any compensation or fair compensation. We also need to deal with another law called Broad Base Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) which completely corrupted any government dealings. It seems that you in NZ may head in the same direction as South Africa with the preference received from government by the Maori community. Stay strong and fright this as if you don't, you will loose more than you know.
Better do a clip on the methane tax as we will have to follow suit here in Australia. We wouldn’t want to stand alone on this touchy subject would we?!
It would be interesting to hear your opinion it looks like a lot of farm owners are trying to cut and run before it all turns to shit I guess ultimately it's all going to depend if national get in or if the Morronsville Moron
You mean print more money ? Look what has just happened in the UK.History say’s thing’s will get worst before it get’s better ie people go hungry before they appreciate what farmers are trying to do
@@jeffreygeorge3942 That's just the semantics of how it's done I have been saying that for over 2 1/2 yrs that at some point the ferryman will have to be payed
@@kiwifarmernz are you aware there is a lot of study going into the health problems this might cause people. I’m not causing problems, I’m just trying to find animals I don’t need to feed grains too for when I start farming for me and my family.
Thanks for your comment Ellie. Have you watched any of my previous videos on working cows and calves in the yards? You will see that normally the stock are quite and handled very carefully. This was a tense situation with big cattle in portable yards with no forcing pen.
@@kiwifarmernz Thank you for explaining, I grew up on a dairy farm and know how big cows can be and sometimes have a mind of their own. I am sorry for the comment, I know you knew what you were doing.
Amazing how steady that drone is. Be good to get your take on govt sh$t tax. What slush fund do they intend tipping that lot into anyway? Top 100 poluters are overseas industrial . Rural NZ contribution = net zero.
I'm the same as the last 2 comments this government just can't leave the farmers alone they sure are out to ruin this country great video thanks Alistair
Great vid Alistair. I just hope the farmers don’t suffer like the fishermen have with stats being bandied around that never had to be proved. Fishermen always had to prove themselves but the stats were never backed up. Like farmers, most kiwi fishermen didn’t want to destroy their own livelihood or planet. Didn’t matter how proactive they were, no one was ever satisfied.
The hills, the hills never fail to amaze me . . . I follow life of a bushman too and again it's the hills. The second thing that I like to inquire about are the tall hedges that surround the paddocks, quite amazing. In regard to the government policy . . . they are mad right now in every country. Cheers.
The shelterbelts are quite important in Canterbury, to protect against the southerly and the Norwest winds.
I'd definitely be keen on your input on the greenhouse gas!
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Thanks 😊
First great video, keep up the good work. I think you doing a video on the farm emissions tax would be cool and maybe have some other people input like how would your sponsors survive, or the local community be at risk.
Nice drone work 😃
Hi Alistair. Would definitely like to hear what your gov is planning. Here in Scotland it has started with bigger farms having to apply slurry with dribble bar etc from the beginning of next year.
Well done on another great video
Hi Alistair
It would be great to see a video on how the proposed emissions tax is going to be worked out. As I am very interested on how it's going to work be out or what has been proposed.
Zach 17yr old beef farmer entering the industry.
Good video again Alistair. Just rang my friend in Whangarei who has a dairy farm to talk about the methane tax and how it would effect everything. He was telling me there are 17 farmers ready to sell out in the North area. He also said there are no end of blocks going into trees so that it can offset the CO2 for foreign investors. Those blocks will probably never come back into Arable/ grassland farming.
This is bloody madness.
I just had a couple of letters printed in the Farmers Weekly (uk) about climate change and about the disconnection between government policy and us lot who are trying to feed the world.
They seem determined to change the whole system when we have never had more hungry people to feed . It’s strange
Is that why you looking at blackcurrants?
We have been looking at alternative land use options for a while now, so blackcurrants was just one of them. With the average age of farmers here in their 50s no wonder they are wanting to cash up.
Another great video really enjoyed it very informative well done
Thanks Ellen
Would really like to see your take on this new proposed green house omissions tax
Facing the same issues in Ireland, very interested in the approach the NZ government are taking
Has Ireland got a timeframe for rollout (i.e. ours is 2025) ?
Would be very interested to hear what you are up against in the way of emissions regulation. I guess its only a matter of time before we get something similar here in Australia
Alistair
Do you feed all your weaned lambs muesli or barley or just the ones you hope to market early.? I would also like to hear more about the new NZ govt program on livestock emissions. In Canada the current concern is on changes to emissions from fertilizer. Great video..Max
The barley is not a normal practice for us, we fed muesli to the shed lambs but it's expensive so decided swap to barley to try and keep them moving along.
Yes agreed - would be great to get your insights
hi, can you do one about HWEN as well as GHG please. thanks
Keen on the methane/co2 tax. Particularly how it's not possible to pass on the overhead cost to the the buyer. Unlike UTE tax, where the consumer is taxed, this tax is solely on the farmer. We can't say ohh yeah, 3.50kg plus fart tax.. to works etc...
Great video. You not find the barley will just go through the lambs being left whole not rolled or bruised ? We only feed oats whole.
some of the barley will go through whole, they will utilize some of the grain.
Hi Alistair, thanks for the video. Mate do we know what these tax prices are going to be? Surely it can be so significant that farmers have to walk off their farms? Or have to change operation to alternatives?
Its all very changeable at the moment. I will run through that in the GHG video.
Hi brother, good morning. I love farming. If I would have worked along with you on your farm for 1 year, I would have learned a lot. But unfortunately, I am in India and no one to offer me work permit from New Zealand
Hey Ram. That's a shame. Just keep watching the videos, I'm sure you will still learn something.
@@kiwifarmernz sure brother. Will follow ur words
Yes would like your views. Here in Ireland we have to lower farm emissions by 25% by 2030.
To achieve that there is a big push for organic farming there's more support payments for organic now.
Also reducing the age of first calving to 2 years old.
Reducing age of slaugther of cattle.
Incorporating more clover.
Slurry spreading will be all by LESS low emission slurry spreading by 2025.
Ammonia nitrate nitrogen looks like it's going to be banned all protected urea.
That's only a few there's a lot more the government haven't said it but the way to meet the 25% reduction would be a national cull it's why there's a push for organic lower stocking rate no chemical fertiliser national cull could be avoided there talking about opening markets for organic food people are getting hard to afford conventional foods it's all bullshit.
I would love to know how much carbon dioxide it takes to grow a tonne of DM of grass then we could get some honest info farming impact on global warming.
Its going to be tough for a while, how do you feed the population on organic produce?
The government is making it harder for food and fibre producers to make a living. Another video about the new regulations would be good
Yea be keen to here about the greenhouse gas tax!
Why do you want to hear from a group of liars about there next scam?
To see how it will impact farmers ?
As a South African, I feel your pain. Each country seems to get crazier with every government coming to power.
In South Africa as yet, we do not have a law on climate change taxes but we have to deal with a new law: Expropriation Without Compensation (EWC) passed whereby your property e.g. farm, house, investments, bank accounts, pension fund can be confiscated by the government without receiving any compensation or fair compensation.
We also need to deal with another law called Broad Base Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) which completely corrupted any government dealings. It seems that you in NZ may head in the same direction as South Africa with the preference received from government by the Maori community.
Stay strong and fright this as if you don't, you will loose more than you know.
Wow, that is hardcore. We have nothing like that yet but feel it could be on its way. The world is defiantly mad at the moment.
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You Shouldn’t have too pay it Alistair your paying enough all ready really
Better do a clip on the methane tax as we will have to follow suit here in Australia. We wouldn’t want to stand alone on this touchy subject would we?!
Any deer on the lease block?
Na none. Too close to Oxford.
It would be interesting to hear your opinion it looks like a lot of farm owners are trying to cut and run before it all turns to shit I guess ultimately it's all going to depend if national get in or if the Morronsville Moron
Get back in by throwing cash around
You mean print more money ? Look what has just happened in the UK.History say’s thing’s will get worst before it get’s better ie people go hungry before they appreciate what farmers are trying to do
@@jeffreygeorge3942 That's just the semantics of how it's done I have been saying that for over 2 1/2 yrs that at some point the ferryman will have to be payed
Remember Luxon trained at the same school under Klaus as Cindy... He'll be doing the exact same thing
@@Connor6569 Who's Cindy?
Why are you feeding them grains?
To make sure they grow as fast as possible.
@@kiwifarmernz are you aware there is a lot of study going into the health problems this might cause people. I’m not causing problems, I’m just trying to find animals I don’t need to feed grains too for when I start farming for me and my family.
@@Damudean it can cause acidosis if the transition is not correct.
@@kiwifarmernz thank you. I did hope you didn’t take it as an attack.
@@Damudean not at all.
If the government is doing it. It will cost you unfortunately.
You are sure quick to start poking the cattle even when they are moving. Only one cow at a time can go up that shoot.
Thanks for your comment Ellie. Have you watched any of my previous videos on working cows and calves in the yards? You will see that normally the stock are quite and handled very carefully. This was a tense situation with big cattle in portable yards with no forcing pen.
@@kiwifarmernz Thank you for explaining, I grew up on a dairy farm and know how big cows can be and sometimes have a mind of their own. I am sorry for the comment, I know you knew what you were doing.
I have watched your videos and love the beautiful country side of your area.
@@kiwifarmernz Looked to me it was the driver that was a little tense.
Amazing how steady that drone is. Be good to get your take on govt sh$t tax. What slush fund do they intend tipping that lot into anyway? Top 100 poluters are overseas industrial . Rural NZ contribution = net zero.