Ralphs Ranch’ is located 32 km from the city of Armidale, NSW, a town known for their quality grazing land and prime merino wool. Armidale is a great location as it near an abattoir along with sale yards and rural agribusiness companies. Ralphs Ranch is a 1084 ha farm with 11 natural dams, is split into 13 paddocks and has 2 creeks flowing conveniently through the farm. There is an average rainfall of 24 inches annually and
Ralphs ranch has 404 ha of arable land and 688 ha of timbered country (paddocks 10, 11, 12 and 13). The soil type is nutrient rich basalt and granite because of the Great Dividing Range, this soil is high in nutrients and has good drainage as granite is made up of bigger particles. We will utilise this land by growing …show more content…
There are 11 dams and two creeks running through the eastern side of the farm. We only have to place 3 troughs’ as these paddocks have little or no access to the creek or to a dam. To conserve and protect some of the creek, in concern of drying out the creek and wrecking the natural vegetation, we are going to fence of creek access from paddocks 6 & 7. We are also going to revegetate parts of the creek as trees aerate the water and reduce the severity of erosion on the banks of the creek. To get the water to the troughs we are laying pipes underneath the ground. The water will come from the closest dam or creek and will be recirculated.
Our farm has a north-westerly blowing wind meaning it is flowing in the direction of our pastures. To conserve our pastures and in hope to stop our crop being taken with the wind, we intend to plant a tree windbreak along the southwest border of our farm. This will be a long-term project that won’t take off straight away but in the long run it will become very beneficial to the …show more content…
Along with a reliable machinery shed to ensure the safety and to care for the wellbeing of our equipment. A shearing shed and an implement shed will be made of. We will also have to buy five 100t silo to store our lupins in. These will all be located near the house and around paddock 1. We will also need a feed cart to feed our lupins out in the summer. We will need a tractor to lift the silage and a trailer to put it on. We will also need a work ute and probably a two-wheeled motor bike so we can muster the stock in the timbered country. We are not going to invest in machinery like a harvester or a seeder, we will just hire someone to do it for us. This is because we are not in the financial state to buy something like this and we won't find much value in it as we only have limited cropping
Ralphs ranch has 404 ha of arable land and 688 ha of timbered country (paddocks 10, 11, 12 and 13). The soil type is nutrient rich basalt and granite because of the Great Dividing Range, this soil is high in nutrients and has good drainage as granite is made up of bigger particles. We will utilise this land by growing …show more content…
There are 11 dams and two creeks running through the eastern side of the farm. We only have to place 3 troughs’ as these paddocks have little or no access to the creek or to a dam. To conserve and protect some of the creek, in concern of drying out the creek and wrecking the natural vegetation, we are going to fence of creek access from paddocks 6 & 7. We are also going to revegetate parts of the creek as trees aerate the water and reduce the severity of erosion on the banks of the creek. To get the water to the troughs we are laying pipes underneath the ground. The water will come from the closest dam or creek and will be recirculated.
Our farm has a north-westerly blowing wind meaning it is flowing in the direction of our pastures. To conserve our pastures and in hope to stop our crop being taken with the wind, we intend to plant a tree windbreak along the southwest border of our farm. This will be a long-term project that won’t take off straight away but in the long run it will become very beneficial to the …show more content…
Along with a reliable machinery shed to ensure the safety and to care for the wellbeing of our equipment. A shearing shed and an implement shed will be made of. We will also have to buy five 100t silo to store our lupins in. These will all be located near the house and around paddock 1. We will also need a feed cart to feed our lupins out in the summer. We will need a tractor to lift the silage and a trailer to put it on. We will also need a work ute and probably a two-wheeled motor bike so we can muster the stock in the timbered country. We are not going to invest in machinery like a harvester or a seeder, we will just hire someone to do it for us. This is because we are not in the financial state to buy something like this and we won't find much value in it as we only have limited cropping