Wonder Horse Inglewood

04/04/2024

Today a young woman, called me a murderer, because my husband and I keep cattle, on our farm.
Without even listening to our story- she decided- because she chooses to be a vegan- that we are bad and murderers. This is the second time this has happened in the past two weeks- and both of these people refused to listen to our story OR even consider the farmers perspective of animal husbandry and land stewardship.

And so- I’d like to offer my perspective (much I’ve learned from Dave And the direct experience of watching myself And our land heal and evolve)
Story time- I was a vegan for over 10 years. I did this because I thought it would save the earth- that it was a wise environmental choice… and “healthy”.
At a certain point I realized veganism was not supporting my autoimmune condition, the way dense, pasture raised meats could.
Dave and I were just beginning to welcome cows onto our land at this point.

Fact time- Pasture raised, rotationally grazed, large ruminants; like cows; is the best way to restore grasslands, build soil and store carbon. (Did you know the roots of grass pull carbon back down into the earth, where it is no longer destructive?!)
We love our cows. Dave wakes up at night and thinks about the cows… how to make them happier, healthier… scratching posts to build, trees and shelters for shade… the list goes on. He’s obsessed with their welfare!
And I think if you talked to most farmers; employing similar practices… they also love and care for their animals; like you would your pets.
It is true that the farmer has to play the wolf. And that is a hard day.
We harvested our first cow this past fall on the farm, and it was very sad to say the least. We cried…a lot. The other cows mourned. It was a terribly difficult day.
And we are beyond grateful for the food and resources this animal has provided our family (at least a years worth of protein)
To me this is sustainable, it’s environmental, it’s caring, and it’s being part of the life cycle… that maybe you can only truly understand on a farm.

And vegans, I get it. You love all animals and never want to see any mistreated.
SAME!!
Now, when I was a vegan three things were happening that I was unaware of… or unwilling to see.

1. My food was NOT local. Vegan staples like avocados, coconuts, nuts, out of season fruits and veg… Are being shipped long distances. (Carbon footprint?)
2. AND who is doing the growing? Who is working at these places? Are the farmers and their workers, the exporters, the drivers being cared for and compensated fairly… Unfortunately usually not…
3. Large scale agriculture (wheat, corn, soy, and all of those foods named above) need mass amounts of space to meet demand and so forests have been cut down, animal habitat destroyed, and stress put on the land… demanding more than the land is capable of giving… So in march the fertilizers and pest control sprays… see where I’m going?
Can you imagine the life that a 36 foot combine destroys while harvesting. (Mice, bunnies, baby dear, duck, ground nesting birds)
Not eating meat does not equate to all living things being taken care of, as your food is grown.

I say all of this- not to “convert vegans” but to offer perspective.
To open a conversation.
And to ask YOU to stop and think about who you buy your food from, AND how that food was grown, raised and harvested.
And also know that farmers like Us Love and care for our domesticated animals and the wild that shares this land with us.

🐮this post is gaining more traction then we could have ever imagined! To continue conversations like these follow us! The Luna Homestead
We will also be hosting in person solution building discussions at our farm! 🐮

🌱this post is not meant to cast shade on vegan folks (I have nothing but respect for your big beautiful animal loving hearts) but rather to begin a conversation from my own experiences- on my farm and naighboring farms- observed with my own eyes, felt by my own heart or measured by my own hands.🌱

✨please keep your comments kind. This is how change is made! Hate is not welcome here✨

08/03/2024

08/01/2024

THE BENEFITS OF ANIMAL SUPPLEMENTATION

The use of synthetic fertilisers and chemicals has lead to soil imbalance and reduced nutrition in animal feeds. This results in mineral deficiencies in animal diets.

Improving soil health and providing natural mineral supplements, as in Westminster Pastoral Company: Mighty Min for ruminants and Wonder Horse for monogastric animals, the animals can be protected from disease, parasites and other health issues.

These minerals assist the digestive and immune systems as well the reproductive cycle. The minerals are totally digested by the animal, are very effective and economical. The potential of the minerals is slightly altered, so as to allow them to pass through the intestinal wall in to the blood stream much more readily. The minerals are released in a sequence. The small molecular weight of the organically chelated lignin elements as compared to synthetic elements prevents them from inter acting with each other or other substances in the animal’s gut.

Many soils are dead due to the use of toxic chemicals to control weeds and pests. Stock may not be able to obtain sufficient nutrition from pastures, hay or silage. An unhealthy soil is the common reason for these causes. This causes soil acidity. Compacted soils reduce biological activity in soils due to lack of oxygen, water and a food source. Microbes pass on nutrients to the plant which in return give sugars to the microbes and this process will be severely restricted. Due to the lack of trace elements, animal health will be affected by animals grazing of these soils. Without these minerals and trace elements, animals are prone to metabolic and other diseases. This lack is particularly damaging to young stock and high producing animals, such as dairy cows.

Indicators for supplements requires are: poor weight gain, excessive worm burden. pinkeye, foot rot, staggers, scours, low productivity or transport stress. Sometimes it is too late to administer the supplements such as when birthing or joining animals.

This information originates from the Soil Learning Centre, Dandenong VIC with Pat Colby: supplement specialist

Peter Harrick-Dip of Sustainable Ag

08/01/2024

COMPARISON OF LIGNO SULPHONATES V SYNTHETICS

Westminster Pastoral Company employs the unique Lignin form of element in both the fertiliser range and the animal supplement products.

These elements are extracted from poplar trees via heat process and they are protected individually through a chelating process. This prevents them from interacting with each other or with other substances in the soil or gut.

Lignin elements are the smallest molecular weight of any of element and are easily taken up by plants or digested by animals. Known as Ligno Sulphonates, they have a molecular weight between 200 – 700 microns depending on the element and are 85-95 % efficient. Because of this fact, only a small volume is required.

The manufacturer slightly changes the polarity of the elements so as they can slip through the intestinal wall in to the blood stream much more readily.

Fertilisers are slow release and the dose is governed by the plant and soil CEC as to how much is required. This system feeds the microbes which in turn feeds the plant, as required by the plant

The synthetic elements are the opposite to the lignin elements. They have a large molecular weight, thousands of times larger. Because of this fact they are more difficult to break down and digest in the gut. In the soil the bacteria have to expend are lot of energy to break them down. Because of this fact, the elements tend to tie each other up and interact with other substances, both in the soil and the gut. As a result they are 4-25% efficient, depending on the element.

03/10/2023

03/10/2023

A great result with a very sick horse





Testimonial from Dale Eastman

Marong



My poor little chestnut mare arrived home from a stud in a badly emaciated condition, I was very worried whether she would ever recover.



I immediately wormed her and started her on Wonder Horse at the recommendation of Peter Harrick whom I had known for some time. When starting a horse on a new supplement I am always sceptical, but what I witnessed over the next 6 weeks was nothing short of amazing. Her coat quickly improved, she put a lot of weight back on, and her eyes went from being dull to bright as a button. The mare has made a full recovery and is bouncing around her paddock, thanks Wonder Horse, truly remarkable.



Regards,

Dale Eastman | Director Eastman Safety

24/03/2023

Available from HORSE WORLD in INGLEWOOD Vic.

15/02/2022

More info re clean water.
Using Mighty Min/Wonder Horse in water troughs takes the slime out because of the copper in the product

Not only copper, many of the minerals are anti microbial, anti lichens etc. Note that lichens never grows on a galv roof but always grows on painted roof.
Minerals in conc. Antimicrobial small quantities feed stock for microbes. I have proved it with experimentation with brewing compost teas and add a drop of wonder horse to a bottle of ginger beer it goes ballistic!
from Geoff Robertson Tasmania WPC distributor.

Available from HORSE WORLD in INGLEWOOD

17/02/2021

Available from HORSE WORLD
50 Brooke St INGLEWOOD Vic.

02/10/2020

Mighty Min
is available from
HORSE WORLD
In Inglewood
0413 743 870

Subject: Badalia Cattle



Hi Bill



Thankyou for the conversation the other day very much appreciate your time and straight thoughts. Sending down some pictures of my cattle I run out here we have a good half a season only 6 inches here mainly early in the year.



I will start putting out that drum of minerals for the cattle here today it has a bit of a reddish label and say 9.5 on the drum I can’t see it say outback anywhere on it but that is what it must be.



I have been using Beachport minerals here on and off for 4 years after it was recommend to give it a try and thought that it was a good product and I could see it was of some benefit to feed to my stock, so I was already a believer in liquid minerals. I was talking to bloke about Mightymin products and he convinced me to give it a go, just to see what I thought of it and do a bit of comparison, well for the sake of buying and giving 1 20l drum a go it was unreal. By the end of 1 month of using Mightymin I rang up an ordered a big 200l drum of it I though that much of it, it blew that other stuff clean out of the park without a doubt.

My cattle had shinier coats, fuller belly’s, fatter and quieter it was terrific to see. I was treating my weaners straight of mum in the yards from the first day of weaning by putting it in there water and they just done well healthy shinny skins and it help quieten them down for the transition of diet and life without mum easier, when tailing them out in the paddock and watching them over the next few weeks they were just healthy and feeling good always happy and content, sounds silly but they must have been feeling good as they were mounting each other all the time, weather the heifers were cycling I wouldn’t have thought so as they were too young but they were definitely feeling good as it was a noticeable different behaviour than normal in my weaners.



It is hard to do trials to back it up with figures and numbers but I sent a load of cattle to sale 850km and the few I had weighed to trial only lost 5% in body weight from farm to pay weight. I don’t know what I would normally lose in % wise but I think it would be more than that I helped my neighbour send a load of cattle away they only went 420km and lost 8% cattle type quality and management would play a hand in this figure but I put a couple of % straight to MM and still there is a huge difference in % let alone the km sent to sale.



So take the km out of the equation and you have 3% less pay weight over 6 deck of cattle at 11 000 tonne per deck loaded for sale regardless of class of stock just on weight 11 000kg x 3% = 330kg x 6 deck of cattle = 1980kg mulitiply that by a cheap $3 per kg = $5940 extra income than my neighbour just on shrinkage for the price of a few litters out of a $400 drum of MightyMin. I have money to burn as it well and truly pays it way in my eyes, let alone the flow on benefit to healthier cattle, most likely better weight gain higher fertility and happier stock it just makes sense to me I and I have bought in 100% to Mightymin I don’t need numbers and data to prove it I can see it and I believe it that’s what counts to me.



Not sure how to give reviews and stuff there Bill and will be some mistakes in there that might need some better editing but I am not a noted scholar.



Kind regards Brook

19/08/2020

On Sunday 16th August, Simon ploughed the paddock in order to spread our soil blend and the beginning of our paddock rejuvenation.