I have been following with interest the ‘scandal’ regarding the importation of frozen berries which from which, it would appear, several people have contracted a strain of Hepatitis as you can see from the alert Berries recall due to hepatitis…
January 2015 wrap up – Here we go again…
Another year has gone with a new one beginning. For our farming program, being dry land winter cropping farmers, the calendar year also marks our production cycles. We hope to finish harvest before Christmas, take a deep breath over the…
Farmers, Banks, Politicians and the Drought Dance….. Part 1.
As I write this the rain is falling gently across the farm. When it stops, I will venture out to measure the amount, but at this point it looks like a good 20-30mm. The farm looks a picture at the…
Christmas 2014 wrap-up
Christmas time once again. Being a dry land, winter cropping business, Christmas for us coincides with the end of one farming cycle and the beginning of the next. Everything changes over the summer months. The sky has a different look…
Harvest 2014 wrap up
As I am writing this, it is raining. Perhaps raining is an understatement. Lighting strikes, thunder roars, gutters overflow – with hopefully some water making it to our water tanks. Last weekend, we finished harvest. A six week effort of…
Start of Harvest, 2014
Harvest is here. And it snuck up on us a little this year. We were all ready – header ready, bins in place, augers ready to go. But ‘normally’ we are struggling to find anything to harvest in late october…
Mid September, 2014
Ah yes, time is racing towards harvest now. I had mentioned previously that we have basically done everything we can for the crop. It has enough fertiliser and the weeds have been sprayed and now we just have to wait…
Early September, 2014
Parkes and Forbes shows have now come and gone. From here the year races to harvest. I had mentioned in a previous post just how crucial the weather conditions are at this time of year. For most farmers in this…
The Broadband Blues
There are things in life that just make you shake your head in disbelief and dealing with telephone marketers are one of those for me. However, when Telstra rang up with an offer of a new fast broadband connection we…
Mid August 2014
Well, whats happening on the farm at the moment? For those of us without livestock, things are actually slowing down. Our crops are sprayed and fertilised. Basically, we have done as much as we can – we now have to…