Orroroo: John Nicholas

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The Drought Resilience Podcast

Northern and Yorke Landscape Board

7 episodes

6 days ago

Listen to honest accounts of the drought from farming families in Orroroo, Eudunda and Keyneton. This podcast, produced in partnership with Talking Livestock and Voice it, features four South Australian sheep producers who have battled consecutive years of drought. Each interview reveals how they navigated their businesses and families through the financial and mental hardships, including practical coping strategies such as containment feeding. The Drought Resilience Podcast is supported by the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board, through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought

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Orroroo: John Nicholas

The Drought Resilience Podcast

20 minutes 37 seconds

9 months ago

Orroroo: John Nicholas

You’ve got your financial bank, you’ve got your moisture bank, and then you’ve got your grass bank. If you don’t have your moisture and grass bank, there won’t be any bank…or the bank will be chasing us.” John Nicholas

In this episode you’ll meet 34-year-old John Nicholas from Orroroo, who owns a 7000-hectare mixed farming operation in the upper north of South Australia.

Like many farmers in the area, he’s battled five years of below average conditions from 2017 to 2021.

John’s been farming for 10 years and has big plans, but the drought has made it difficult to move forward.

However, he’s still optimistic and during the next 20 minutes you’ll hear about his adventures with breeding Dorpers, moving back to Merino sheep and his plans to crack into the EU market.

This program is supported by the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board, through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund and National Landcare Program.

Links:

Northern and Yorke Landscape Board - https://www.landscape.sa.gov.au/ny

Landcare: https://landcareaustralia.org.au/

Future Drought Fund - https://www.awe.gov.au/agriculture-land/farm-food-drought/drought/future-drought-fund

Talking Livestock - https://www.facebook.com/talkinglivestock/