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…
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…
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…
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…
Media and Agriculture – What do farmers look like today?
What is your image of those involved in agriculture? Or more precisely, what image comes into your head when the term ‘farmer’ is mentioned? Perhaps a weathered man with a tattered hat driving an old truck, hand delivering his produce?…
End of sowing – May 2014
The posts to this blog have been a bit light on during May. Many apologies, but in my defence – it has been a busy time. We finished sowing on Friday evening, the 30th May 2014, around 8pm. This sowing…
Week 3 – Wrap up
Its been a busy week down here on the farm. Every week now is getting closer to sowing, which is our main focus at this time of the year. Two days were taken out seed grading. You can read about…
Week 2, Wrap-up
Its good to be done – its been a big week. I mentioned monday in an earlier post, so lets start with: Tuesday: We took delivery of our first loads of fertilizer for the year . Truck drivers are like…