farmerpj

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Gender	Male
Industry	Agriculture
Occupation	Farmer
Location	Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Introduction	I run our 1300ha farm with my wife and parents. Our main enterprises are cropping - wheat, barley, field peas and canola, and wool. We have a self replacing merino sheep flock of about 700 ewes (plus 250 whethers). We crop about 70% of the land, about 900ha, and the rest, about 400ha, is left for pasture for the sheep. We do run about 20 head of beef cattle as Well. . . . . . . . . . . . . This is a list of the machinery and equipment we use on the farm: Utes.. Ford Courier Dual cab 2005, Ford Courier tipper 1996, Toyota Hilux 1983. Tractors.. John Deere 8200, New Holland TM155, John Deere 4440, Belarus mtz90, David Brown 990. Headers.. New Holland TR88, New Holland TR85-now retired, Seeding.. Shearer Mk3 3T tbt air cart, John Deere 2400 bar, Cunningham 35' prickle chain, Shearer Mk3 3 row fieldspan, Shearer 4-150 cultivator, 3 sets of old harrows. Trucks.. Kenworth K120 prime mover, Tefco tri-axle tipper, Atkinson 1978 28' flat bed, Ford D1314 8tonne tipper, 4 wheel dog trailer, 8 wheel dog trailer. Other stuff... Hardi 4228b boom spray, 7" sherwell auger, heaslip elevator, Macdon 3000 series windrower, Loxton 10' slasher, Kozzats barley roller.