Shearing a Merino - "Sheep Station NZ" taster 09

prices of DVD £19.95 in the UK ..... 22.95 euros ..... $ 34.95 US dollars ...... $27.95 Aus dollars.... from here

http://www.herding-dog-training-border-collie-sheepdog-dvd.com/dvd-sheep-stat...


Amazon will also be selling it and more info here


http://rogergsmith.typepad.co.uk/publishing_days/2009/07/sheeo-farming-nz-dvd...

Sheep Station NZ is a new double-disc DVD by Dylan Winter running for 3 hours plus overs. Available end October from Old Pond at £19.95 (inc VAT).

Dylan spent three months in New Zealand recording a wide range of sheep farms and the background to them. Most of New Zealand gets plenty of rain its a good place to grow grass. Where you can grow grass you can grow sheep, and on one station in this DVD they run 40,000 ewes on 68,000 hectares, not to mention 1,500 cows and 4,000 deer hinds.

The breed names will be familiar to British viewers Romneys, Merinos and the Romney x Cheviots known as Perendales. Some of the sheep management will be less familiar, with mustering by huntaways or helicopter, fast-moving tailing crews and a complete lack of lambing sheds.

Dylan digs under the colourful surface of a variety of sheep enterprises from all parts of New Zealand. He explores the change in the meat/wool price, the part cattle play on sheep farms, the continuing importance of the UK Christmas lamb market and how the Kiwis have coped with the ending of their special relationship.

Dylan sets the farming scene in its context with some of the most wonderful scenery you will ever see, and includes features on livestock markets and transport, threats to indigenous flora and wildlife, how to trim 60 ft hedges, the NZ Royal Show and the high-energy lifestyle of New Zealand shepherds. His interviewees include recent farming immigrants from Scotland who compare their experiences.

This is Gods own country with a strong work ethic where the shearing gang and the grader are kings. A great place to grow sheep. There's a video taster linked to the blog of 19 February.

Contents:
DISC ONE
Introduction
Coronet Peak
Plant Invaders
Alastair Macdonald
Hedging
Glenaray
Ferry
Tim Grieve
Farmers Transport
Leicester Grey
Feilding Livestock Market
Hunterville Shemozzle
Extra: Silage making

DISC TWO
Otiwhiti training farm
Royal Show
Livesey Brothers
Dan Steels pig hunt
Bendigo
Story of Shrek
Ben Innes
Irrigation
Mike Salvesen
The story of the 100 year old fence

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• station
• NZ
• Dylan
• Winter
• South
• Island
• sheep
• dog
• shearing

[jezzabelle75]

OMG is that Addy as in Brian ? cant remember his last name ... I used to work with him in Narembeen Westropp shearing .... cant believe your still doing that Brian ,,, Its me Frank and I'm a nurse now ... last time I went and rousied frickin near killed me ,,,, can honestly say stuff that job ,,,, and your still listening to pissy sounds!

[pineapplechunkman]

badabamlamm ...... the sheep are so calm beacuse there is various pressure points that u use and the way that you cradle them with your legs you also have to be fast enough to beat there thinking process so they dont have time to realise that they dont like that much

[MrSeanodwyer140]

well  done Lad.

[Samodrei]

total shearing music

[MsCrazytoo]

Anyone who can shear can be very proud.

it is a real gift .

[TweedleDedeedee]

@NaomiChambers NO! what can really hurt a sheep is never being sheared, that can be a sad sight.

[ashkissee]

Impressive that it came off in one peice

[TheHorseCrazin]

@NaomiChambers

no it does not hurt them its good for them and every once in a wile if ones really freaking out he might bruse himself up but other wise no...

[mallarchy]

oh look, it's like a sheep only smaller! New zealand sheep really are crap aren't they!!

[badabamlamm]

Are the sheep always this calm?