"Sadly in August 2018, during a continuing, crippling drought, my wife and I made one of the toughest decisions of our life... to sell our herd of cattle that we have bred over the last 20 years here on our farm on the Southern Tablelands of NSW, Australia. With no end in sight for the drought, and the diminishing supply and price of hay... there was no alternative but sell our core herd of beautiful cows and their new born calves. What we're left with, that we were able to hang on to... is some young heifers, a few first time calvers and a couple of old cows that are part of the family. We also have a hat full of sheep and their lambs... and our Appaloosa horses. If we can keep those remaining cattle until the drought breaks, we will be in the position to start again. It's going to be a long haul before we can even contemplate being in this position. Right now we are facing the next few years with no income from the farm. In purchasing this CD you're helping not only keeping cows alive, but saving a breed line and contributing towards the future of a property that's been in the family for over 100 years"
**UPDATE**
It's now nearly the end of 2019... and the drought continues. We have been able to hang on to the livestock we held back from sale. A huge, surprise dump of snow gave us a small kick to Spring. Summer is coming fast and it's already showing. Thankfully our cattle are good order for now with new calves at foot. That's the good news! The bad news is we've had zero income from the farm this year. The money we set aside from the sale of our breeding herd, that we were going to use to try and buy more cattle when the drought breaks, has been used up in paying rates and insurances. The campaign we ran last year was a great help and we are very thankful for everyone's support. We still have a couple of boxes of CD's left. Christmas is just around the corner. If you're looking for a gift idea... or you'd just like to help out an Aussie farming family in tough times... your support would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
**UPDATE**
It's now nearly the end of 2019... and the drought continues. We have been able to hang on to the livestock we held back from sale. A huge, surprise dump of snow gave us a small kick to Spring. Summer is coming fast and it's already showing. Thankfully our cattle are good order for now with new calves at foot. That's the good news! The bad news is we've had zero income from the farm this year. The money we set aside from the sale of our breeding herd, that we were going to use to try and buy more cattle when the drought breaks, has been used up in paying rates and insurances. The campaign we ran last year was a great help and we are very thankful for everyone's support. We still have a couple of boxes of CD's left. Christmas is just around the corner. If you're looking for a gift idea... or you'd just like to help out an Aussie farming family in tough times... your support would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
