Archive for July, 2010
SHEEP producers are always looking at ways to run a more productive operation.
ON most farms in southern Australia July is a time for maintenance and checking.
GRAEME Davis, of Bayswater North, originally invented the Jackjaw to remove concrete formwork support pegs and prevent them from being driven fully into the ground.
Suspended hundreds of metres above the ground, an endless green canopy sprawled in all directions.
FENCES that don’t rot or splinter or fall to insect attack are winning friends in the Riverland, writes TERRY GANGE
THERE’S a power struggle going on in the Challicum hills and it’s got nothing to do with politics.
FARMING without synthetic fertilisers could lift the carbon content of Australia’s farming soils up to 6 per cent or more.
THE world’s pre-eminent herbicide, glyphosate, has become a victim of its own success, according to a leading researcher.
TO MILK a camel, you need warm hands, a gentle touch and quick timing – camels give milk only in 90-second bursts.
BACK in his youth, when Ted began grazing oats, the idea was to graze them right into the ground and then allow the crop to recover.