Mine is arriving in mid March ( hopefully) and I haven't been told that. I have been told that to order a 8r now you are looking at 12-14 month delivery times.
Farmer Roy,that is probably the best reply I have read in this whole discussion about bushfires and drought. I know that most of NSW is in drought but we never really are told of the personal cost in the way that you have just put it.
We have had "droughts" here but not like what is happening on...
I was diagnosed with non Hodgkin lymphoma in August 2009 while I was in hospital being treated for Ulcerative colitis.
After undergoing chemo for 2 months and numerous tests I was allowed to go home and carry on living and farming.
Several specialists also told me that non Hodgkin lymphoma is...
I have about 1100ha arable land( 900ha crop and 200ha pasture) and a further 400ha of bush(not allowed to clear) and salt affected land. Why can we get by without subs? Because we have to,plain and simple. We have had governments of both sides of the political spectrum who do not give money to...
I am a small farmer in the great southern area of Western Australia. I crop about 900ha of wheat, malt barley and canola which is all delivered direct from the harvester to port for export. It is all direct drilled which means I do all the work myself except mechanical repairs. I have 2 blocks...
Where did I tell the British how they should run their interests? All I did in the original post was show that Australian farmers receive the 2nd lowest rate of govt assistance in that group of countries.
"The Basic Payment Scheme acts as a safety net for farmers and crofters by supplementing their main business income.
To qualify for this support, you must actively farm your land.
Support under the Basic Payment Scheme is available to farmers who are allocated payment entitlements.
You can...
Ouch! " classified Australia in the developed world". Maybe thats why more kiwis are coming to Australia to live than Australians going to New Zealand to live, to improve their standard of living.
And to all the people who took that comment seriously get a life. What happens in Dunedin I don't...
From memory the Saudi sheep market has been going for over 20 years. The federal govt has spent a lot of taxpayers money pandering to the bleeding heart brigade in an effort to make the live sheep export market to the middle east more humane.But as we all know,if a sheep doesn't want to live,it...
My definition of the real world in agriculture is where the farmer is paid market price for what they produce/sell and receives no financial assistance from the government
Tony
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