Australia burns , what effect is it having on national stock / crop levels

[TelesnaAg]

The blame game has gotten out of control.

Thr Australian climate was a challenge for the aborigines for 60,000 odd years.

It was a challenge for the first white settlers

Its still a challenge today

Its a challenge when it burns, floods, blows...its a challenge to.make money when weather is good across whole nation.

If you dont like challenges, this aint the land for you.

If blaming and crying is your thing, maybe California or Baltimore is an ideal location for resettlement.

Ant....

 

[andybk]

Is cyclone "Blake" going to help or hinder ? strong winds and hopfully some wet for some

 

[Chasingmytail]

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...2-years-as-drought-eats-into-grain-production

 

[Honest john]

The blame game has gotten out of control.

Thr Australian climate was a challenge for the aborigines for 60,000 odd years.

It was a challenge for the first white settlers

Its still a challenge today

Its a challenge when it burns, floods, blows...its a challenge to.make money when weather is good across whole nation.

If you dont like challenges, this aint the land for you.

If blaming and crying is your thing, maybe California or Baltimore is an ideal location for resettlement.

Ant....

The weather has always been a challenge. So what’s happening, the Internet that’s what.

We all know so much more than in centuries past.
Australia burns it’s mans fault. O right nothing to do with Sun spots, or planetary circles.

renewables won’t even keep up with The 2% energy growth per annum.

 

[kiwi pom]

Seems some were better prepared than others.
Although having a ton of money might help.

The billionaire whose plan helped save a town from bushfire

Equine centre owner Terry Snow was well-prepared when the fires swept through his South Coast premises.

www.smh.com.au

 

[TelesnaAg]

Seems some were better prepared than others.
Although having a ton of money might help.

The billionaire whose plan helped save a town from bushfire

Equine centre owner Terry Snow was well-prepared when the fires swept through his South Coast premises.

www.smh.com.au

With everything so cheap frrom china there is no excuse for 90% of cases.

Google mallacooota township amd you will see what i mean.

Ant....

 

[TelesnaAg]

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www.theaustralian.com.au

Ant....

 

[Pond digger]

Seems some were better prepared than others.
Although having a ton of money might help.

The billionaire whose plan helped save a town from bushfire

Equine centre owner Terry Snow was well-prepared when the fires swept through his South Coast premises.

www.smh.com.au

Pity all that flammable material couldn’t have been burnt in a power station, instead of being left on the floor. Would that be completely impractical?

 

[TelesnaAg]

More climate change....this will put a dampner on fires or whats left. More on the way.

Week of wet weather for sth west vic coming. Will keep some green around.

Ant...

 

[TelesnaAg]

And now worry about flood...pretty sure can cope...

Rain could cause more issues on fire grounds

Fire affected areas across NSW and parts of Victoria are expected to see some much-needed rainfall starting from today, but experts have warned the change in weather could present new dangers.

www.news.com.au

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Glad to see it fell where it's most needed. Certainly helped break the drought and put out the fires...... in Melbourne . Had 2mm on one block and 3.5mm at dairy. Just enough that I can stop carting water to the spider in the bottom of the rain gauge for a few days......just a few....

 

[Jim bean]

Missed me only got 1mm, still monday looks promising for a large area.

 

[TelesnaAg]

As the thread covers national stock levels, any rain in sthn vic is important as alot of stock is stashed in this location at present.

Ant....

 

[TelesnaAg]

Theres defo some rainfall action around for next few days which is nice, some in or near fire affected regions.

Every drop welcomed imo, rain breeds rain.

Got a few farmers working at mine atm who sweating on some rain so hopefully they get a drink and keep breeding stock.

Ant....

 

[farmerm]

err, just for the record - we don't tend to "feed" wheat, unless it is down graded due to low protein / sprouting etc etc

most wheat grown is with the intention of milling. Largely for EXPORT markets. High protein bread wheats / durum / soft noodles etc

feed grains ( barley & sorghum predominantly ) mainly go into cattle feedlots or chickens. There is still huge demand for feed grains for these industries

otherwise, most cattle & sheep tend to be pasture / grass grown, without extra feeding

Off on a tangent... but how do you get most of your wheat to high enough proteins? We don't intentionally grow for milling here as there is a good feed market around us, I do grow 2 milling varieties at present as their yield and disease packages are currently as good if not better than the feed varieties, but my grain is well below spec on our required protein levels for milling. Do you have to throw significant amount of late Nitrogen at the crop or are the protein levels naturally higher due to variety, lower yields and climatic factors?

 

[farmerm]

The weather has always been a challenge. So what’s happening, the Internet that’s what.

We all know so much more than in centuries past.
Australia burns it’s mans fault. O right nothing to do with Sun spots, or planetary circles.

renewables won’t even keep up with The 2% energy growth per annum.

We are in a solar minimum at present, Sun spot activity is currently very low yet the planet is heating, it will be a lot worse when the sun wakes up again!

 

[Brisel]

Protein is made by sunlight. We dilute it with yield. Never had an issue with protein in northern NSW regardless of yield as long as the crop didn’t drought out too badly and have low specific weight.

 

[TelesnaAg]

Some more rain around, some will hit fire affected areas for sure, hopefully start to get some ground cover going, be interesting to see what seeds been danaged by fire and drought.

Been a few happy campers around, in nsw and qld with some decent falls, as long as it keeps coming and doesnt need to be excessive to have positive effect.

Some will still whine but they always whine.

Ant...

 

[TelesnaAg]

Some more rain around, some will hit fire affected areas for sure, hopefully start to get some ground cover going, be interesting to see what seeds been danaged by fire and drought.

Been a few happy campers around, in nsw and qld with some decent falls, as long as it keeps coming and doesnt need to be excessive to have positive effect.

Some will still whine but they always whine.

Ant...

 

[TelesnaAg]

Some more rain around, some will hit fire affected areas for sure, hopefully start to get some ground cover going, be interesting to see what seeds been danaged by fire and drought.

Been a few happy campers around, in nsw and qld with some decent falls, as long as it keeps coming and doesnt need to be excessive to have positive effect.

Some will still whine but they always whine.

Ant...