Adelaide Hills & Fleurieu Farmcast

Welcome to the Adelaide Hills & Fleurieu Farmcast – the monthly podcast where we let you know what we’ve been up to on our farm and on our clients' farms to help inspire and guide you on what makes sense for you to be doing on your farm or lifestyle property.

In this episode we reflect on our Farm Fencing Demo Days that were held on May 12 and 13, right after our Tractoring For Women course on May 11, 2023.

Our special guests f...

Welcome to the Adelaide Hills & Fleurieu Farmcast – the monthly podcast where we let you know what we’ve been up to on our farm and on our clients' farms to help inspire and guide you on what makes sense for you to be doing on your farm or lifestyle property.

In this episode we dive deeper into our Farm Fencing Demo Days to be held on May 12 and 13, right after our Tractoring For Women course on May 11, 2023.

Our special guest ...

Welcome to the Adelaide Hills & Fleurieu Farmcast – the monthly podcast where we let you know what we’ve been up to on farm and for our clients and what makes sense for you to be doing on your farm or lifestyle property.

In this episode we lead off with our big news. We're announcing Farm Fencing Demo Days to be held between 11 and 13 May, 2023.

Plus we have other on-farm insights and two interviews: Emma Gilbert and John Picka...

Welcome to the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Farmcast – the monthly podcast where we let you know what we’ve been up to on farm and what makes sense for you to be doing on your farm or lifestyle property.

Over the past 12 months we’ve run through an almanac of farm management tasks to do every month but now we’re going to take a broader view.

Also, we have some guest interviews to take us deeper into some very timely topics.

So, join...

Welcome to this month’s Adelaide Hills Farmcast or should I say Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Farmcast!

In this episode of the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Farmcast, I go through our monthly almanac – a list of things to consider doing on your small acreage property and I talk with Paul Clifford from Raine and Horne Rural SA, based in Strathalbyn, about selling rural properties and what potential buyers are looking for.

Also, this epi...

This month, our Adelaide Hills Farmcast is a joint recording with Steve Davis from The Adelaide Show Podcast.

We still cover our monthly almanac of things to focus on during the upcoming 4-6 weeks on your property but Steve also gets us to reflect on what it's like to be farmers for his city-based audience.

The almanac has been structured into five things to think about over the summer break.

Plus we also announce that we've moved ...

This month, our Adelaide Hills Farmcast spans topics from goats to Salvation Jane to horse racing.

To be more specific about horse racing, we shine a spotlight on turf preparation at the Oakbank Racing Club, with Pods taking some time to talk with Oakbank CEO, Shane Collins, about what it takes to get the track ready for summer racing.

I also sit down with the lovely Megan Miller. Megan has several breeds of goats including dairy g...

This month, our Adelaide Hills Farmcast is focussed on hay.

It's been a very long and wet season and we need to consider the implications for fodder availability in the new year.

I rang my good friend, James Stacey from Bremer River Fodder and chatted to him about what it all means.

Unfortunately there is no good news however there are ways that you can mitigate the risks if you rely on hay to feed your stock so we've covered that ...

This month’s Farmcast is a cracker! I had Pods in the studio (aka – cramped home office) because the rain had stopped work outside again.

So I had his help in recording the Almanac and it was good to get some information about what weeds can be sprayed this time of year directly from him.

We went to the Small Acreage Field Day in late September and recorded a number of interviews. We’ve included three of them here; Arnd from Mobish...

In this month's Farmcast, Belle Baker from Adelaide Hills Farm Services talks about the upcoming sheep or ram sales season and where you can get some more information. She also talks about what you can do to prevent blowfly strike in your sheep - and did you know it's fox mating season right now?

Pods chats to Richard Pascoe the Adelaide Tech Guy about the unlikely yet possible risk of your ag-tech equipment submitting to a harmful...

In the Adelaide Hills Farmcast August Edition, Belle Baker looks at farming jobs Adelaide Hills lifestyle farmers should be planning for in the coming months.

Also, remember that each episode has chapter markers, so when you're playing, you can skip to the next section easily.

00:30 Adelaide Hills Farmcast August Edition

Introduction

02:19 Adelaide Hills Farm Almanac / Farm Calendar

Livestock

• Even shedding sheep can benefit fr...

In the Adelaide Hills Farmcast July Edition, Belle Baker looks at farming jobs Adelaide Hills lifestyle farmers should be planning for in the coming months. We’ll cover weaning your lambs and calves and how to avoid grass Tetney. This episode was recorded with Alex Thomas from #plantaseedforsafety – a rural social change initiative that puts health, safety and wellbeing front of mind.

And Pods talks with Ashley Davidson from Woodsh...

In the Adelaide Hills Farmcast June Edition, Belle Baker looks at farming jobs Adelaide Hills lifestyle farmers should be planning for in the coming months. We'll cover topics such as calf marking and lamb marking, and what other animal husbandry tasks can be done whilst you've got them in the yards.

This episode was recorded near Woodside at the property of Jo and Sandy Gunter. Sandy talks to me about their recovery from the Cudle...

In the Adelaide Hills Farmcast April Edition, Belle Baker looks at farming jobs Adelaide Hills lifestyle farmers should be planning for in May. We'll cover topics such as getting a PIC number, the mating habits of Alpacas and when to look out for red-legged earth mites.

This episode was recorded on the outskirts of Littlehampton at The Littlewood Agapanthus Farm. My generous hosts Tracey and John Cook have been here 6 year and in h...

In the Adelaide Hills Farmcast April Edition, Belle Baker looks at farming jobs Adelaide Hills lifestyle farmers should be planning for in April. We'll cover everything from fecal egg counts in sheep,  drenching programs, and snails.

In the Adelaide Hills Farmcast March Edition, Belle Baker looks at farming jobs Adelaide Hills lifestyle farmers should be planning for during March and April. We’ll cover everything from yard maintenance before the winter rain sets in, lamb vaccinations, and even Bott Eggs to keep your horses in top condition.