And so ends the financial year. I hope it was a good one for you.
The days are getting colder, wood cutting becomes the most important job to do on the list and the thought of a day spent in the office doing paperwork actually seems attractive. It must be winter. 🙂
Here is a little snap I took the other day with the phone and thought I would share it with you…
I am afraid that the colours in the photo are no where near what reality showed me, but it was impressive. Those short sharp winter showers are keeping the ground damp and the seedlings are growing well.
| And this is what they call the ‘money shot’. As much as I value our agricultural community, the privilege of living on the land and our family farming history – the bottom line is that our business is no different to any other. We need to produce quality products to survive. In our case, grain – and this crop of Hindmarsh feed barley is well on its way to meeting that goal. We like to ensure all our crops are supplied with ample amounts of both phosphorus and nitrogen to ensure that they leap out of the ground and form a good root system before the onset of spring. This paddock show good vigour and colour. |  |
Of course, in farming, Spring can make or break a crop. The weather forecasters are still forecasting a range of weather predictions which vary from bad to worse with the development of El Nino. El Nino has been linked with many of the worst droughts in Eastern Australia, so our ‘doom and gloom’ media has latched on to the development of this latest one with some glee.
But for us, the die is cast. Our crops are sown, fertiliser spreading and spray plans are underway. So I just have to wait and see what spring will bring. Our ‘insurance’ against a tough spring is that we have a full profile of moisture and that our crops are mostly up and away. But in the end, who knows? I have been farming long enough to have seen both boom and bust eventuate for a crop from this position. Read this blog in october and we will both know how spring turned out.
Anyway, I continue to farm each day in faith – trusting in the creator more than in weather forecasts and always mindful of those still in drought.
Cheers,
NeilK