Vicky Hempsell
@Sheep_n_Dust
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All things agriculture 🧡🐑💚 ~When I leave this industry I want it to be better than when I ventured into it~
Esperance, Western Australia
Joined January 2014
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Dear Employers, Not saying I'm pro or anti-vaxer but people don't respond well to threats, try offering incentives for vaxed employees before jab or FO. You're welcome, Vicky P.S $1000 bonus will cost you less in the long run ✌
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@Agrivetbusiness @camwallaclifton @EmCharlotteAnn @Fergenetics @sheepGeekCP @Lynleykoj @james_ag_ @MoojepinMerinos @paper_collar @techeweup @SamuelJHigham @Sheep_n_Dust @KellyPearce7 @kelly_gorter @a_macfarlane86 @GlenleaDohnes @AustVetAssoc Current “surgical” best practise if you have horns or wooly wrinkly bums is to dehorn or mules using pain relief. Current “genetic” best practise if you have horns or wooly wrinkly bums is to select for poll gene or assortment of clean smooth bum genes. “Best” practise 2050?
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With the shortage of backpackers for seeding there may be an opportunity for those being laid off in the hospitality industry to fill the gap! @WAFarmersGrains @WAFarmers
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Corona virus has gone too far when it starts affecting serious paddock standing days! #COVID19au #farming
The ASHEEP Autumn Field Day scheduled for 26th March 2020 has been cancelled. We will put together a digital resource on confinement feeding (the planned focus of the event) and distribute it to our members. Registration fees will be refunded in full.
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I've only been waiting for this course for almost a decade! Every time it came up it conflicted with another commitment. So this week I FINALLY attend a Low Stress Stock Handling course! The course lived up to its reputation!🙌 @ASHEEP_Inc
#livestock #farmers
#fortheloveofsheep
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Check out @techeweup Project providing "factual reassurance that we care..and we are trying to do the right thing" AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award 2019 Winner
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Mouthing Monday! Smile for the camera boys! Who can tell me what this fella is missing? ...sorry old boy but no more piggybacks for you this season, I don't like how your children smile. 😁😆😀 #suffolk #sheepingaround #forflocksake #sheep
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At the AWI state merino challenge ar the Perth royal show with the state Ag schools good to see the next generation working with sheep
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Lily with her #merino ram Sam attracting plenty of attention 👍#education #perthroyalshow @SheepCollective @woolinnovation
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Congratulations Manunda Poll Merino on winning 2019 Junior Champion #perthroyal #atlexyards @LButton5 @sbutton20
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We need to boost #maternalefficiency across the national flock. How could we do that? I’m hoping to find out practical on-farm solutions through my postgrad research.
“... over a third of our ewes nationally are glorified wethers...”
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Dear Royal Ag Society WA, it's Vicky the Esperance Ag School Livestock T.O here,I just got my hands on your farm skills outline for 2019, I think u accidentally sent me one from 1990s.Ram judging objective measurement...u couldn't think of ANY other objective way to assess a ram?
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Find it amazing that tonight’s episode of @60Mins shows footage of a tractor spraying a golf course or park with glyphosate. It would kill all the grass. You wonder if they can’t understand it’s basic use & show incorrect footage , how can they report on it correctly @NoTillBill
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Belinda Lay: "Artificial intelligence was created in 1940. Artificial insemination was created in 1780. They are a couple of hundred years behind. When you get this glazed look by a farmer when you mention AI...
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And that's a wrap! What an amazing two days of networking, knowledge sharing, incredible innovation and demos unpacking the future of farming in Australia. Thanks for having us Wagin & Katanning, we'll see you in 2021! #TECHSPO2019
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#TECHSPO2019 was amazing! Great job @DirtSouthern! Content was over whelming and it was an amazing opportunity to meet the forward thinkers of the industry. A big thanks to the amazingly generous @kelly_gorter for housing all the disorganised stragglers over the 2 days. 😉🐑
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FOR SHEEPS SAKE! she's at it again! @techeweup sharing the sheepy love at #TECHSPO2019 Updating y'all on her sheep Fitbit's and tech on her property #sheep #merino #feweture
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