- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Without seeing what you were discing it's all a guessing game really? Weeds like hogweed or bindi that need chopping if too big as they will plug the frame of the air seeder?? Other than that
Mrs HCF's travel challenge, I must go there one day rather than just going around BC!!!
Theres my one learned thing for the morningHaha, same down here.
Despite hearing how we can grow grass 10 months per year, even a tourist that spent a week in the south island would know better.
How this fact escaped ScotBoss and bung-eye escapes me, perhaps they didn't want to see it.
At least 50% won't grow grass any month of the year borage, thyme, tussocks, rosehips yes - grass, not a hope. Tussocks are about the closest thing to edible feed.
Ryegrass grows here 3 months of the year, though but I'm putting in brome, prairie grass and cocksfoot (orchard grass for our North American mates) for "hopefully" some more reliable growth.
It’s no use,it’s half a day out........
Theres my one learned thing for the morning
Wondered what orchard grass was dirty stinking old cocksfoot and yet they love it like maccas in the states
Ryegrass grows here 3 months of the year, though but I'm putting in brome, prairie grass and cocksfoot (orchard grass for our North American mates) for "hopefully" some more reliable growth.
Fairly similar, as I understand it. They're both bromes.Aren’t Brome and Prairie Grass kinda the same thing?
Had a look at a couple varieties in our trial plots this year. Don’t think we’ll be selling much of it![emoji57]
err, tighten the belt & sit it out . . .
ag is a long game here
haha - we talk in months or years here, not weeks
extremes are just part & parcel of being here & we have to manage it accordingly. Probably explains some of my comments / opinions on any & every "subs" or "bad weather" thread . . .
this is the harshest time ive ever experienced & yes, it does get you down
personally, I feel really connected to country & am grieving, watching it die . . .
you may have heard talk about all the drought aid our Govt had allocated ? Big press conferences, big headlines, lots of self congratulatory chest beating ?
Personally, I don't believe in drought handouts, for pretty much the same reasons I don't believe in subs.
Anyway, facing no income for a budgeted year at a minimum ( it is now looking like at least 2 years with no or minimal income ), I did investigate what was actually available. Most was transport subsidies of up to 50 % for transporting fodder in, or livestock out ( which wasn't relevant to me anyway ), but these had very tight requirements regarding distance etc, which meant a lot of people missed out. There was a much vaunted Household Allowance, which was effectively a dole payment of a few hundred dollars a fortnight to keep food on the table. I had a look at that but there were literally over a 100 pages of forms to fill out before I gave up looking. Because I am married there were another lot of forms. Because I owned the land but farmed it in another entity, a Private Company, there were more forms. Because my wife works, there were more forms. Because my land value was over a certain figure, I was ineligible anyway . . . This was all administrated by Centrelink, who do the dole, pensions, family support payments etc. Going by these forms, I have huge sympathy for people in genuine need of support in the general public - single mums, pensioners, unemployed, the homeless, carers, disabled, people with mental issues, trying to get any financial support. It is like the system is geared to make it as hard as possible. The Federal government boasted about an "extra" half a billion dollars of drought funding, but this was actually taken away from the NDIS ( national disability insurance scheme ) that the previous govt had set up - so, no extra money, just stealing it from other areas that needed it. Very little of that actual money has been spent anyway, because as I said, the system is designed to prevent people meeting the requirements.
About the only scheme I was eligible for was a Drought Loan, through the Regional Investment Corporation. This isn't a handout, but a "low interest" ( 3.85 %, I don't know what your commercial rates are, but that is about half / third of ours ) loan, purely to refinance a max of 50% of your existing debt ( with the agreement of your current bank of course ). I applied for this in August. It took 3 emails to send all the paperwork through as the total size was too great for my server . . . In late September received a phone call from a woman who had been contracted by the RIC to do the "pre approvals" to discuss some things - she said she was one of only FIVE people doing this work for the whole country . . . In November I received notice Id been approved. I have a letter dated 18 / 12 / 18 which was a "Indicative Proposal" for the loan, but now there is all the paperwork & legal documentation with security & mortgages etc, which will take weeks at this time of year. FFS - ive borrowed twice as much as this on previous occasions in just a week or two . . . As I said, the only reason I have applied for this is the low interest rate, it doesn't actually give me any money, just a little bit of interest relief on half my debt each month. Meanwhile, Ive still been paying the higher interest since August . . . It is still I debt I have to repay in 5 years
sorry for the rant, the frustration does set in some times
and then some cock posts about brexit or subs or it being unfair . . .
so, now my house is on the market & at 52 am facing being potentially homeless ( temporarily I hope )
https://www.hennessyrealestate.com.au/properties/house/gunnedah/178-stock-road/
and people think I drink a lot ?
Have you even seen a troll?haha - I very much doubt it, but maybe there is
I was being intentionally antagonistic I will admit
im happy to be a troll
Dunno, but I have been called one here a few timesHave you even seen a troll?
They say, in order to get a loan: first you must prove you don't need it...so, following on from my rant
guess who has a tax liability that is being paid off by a payment plan with the ATO, finalising in Dec 19, because I couldn't afford to pay it off ?
- Applicant(s) to prove they meet the Regional Investment Corporation's policy stating funds are not permitted to be used to clear tax arrears. Confirmation to be provided in the form of ATO ICAS statements that show any outstanding tax liability has been repaid in full prior to loan funding & settlement
FFS, nothing is ever easy is it
20 hours or so if your in CanadaIt’s no use,it’s half a day out........
@Karliboy am I right in remembering you are due a baby soon? How is that going? Mrs karliboy ok?