i saw a very big insect amogst the green stuff on your land
better shot it incase it spreads
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i saw a very big insect amogst the green stuff on your land
better shot it incase it spreads
Don't worry about it, its only the ant wanting a little nibbleQuote:
Originally Posted by jarne
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Ahhh classic stuff props.
We will spray about 4 times for just one crop - bloody expensive as well :(
should be ahsamed of yourself
Why should I Nawty?
Should I just let the bugs eat it all then?
You can have a long term 30 years lease with the farm land and earn 100% profits out of that.
If you're going to post in a thread, read the fucking thing first, you twat.Quote:
Originally Posted by miniemina
You should do what I do.....just on a bigger scale. Very environmentally friendly and good for the soil and all that eat the crap you grow.
You know those electric mossie tennis bat zappers....I go out every morning and evening with it and swat the bugs eating my vegies....its fun for the whole family.
Yep, can really see me doing that with my 300 acres every night.
If the insects wouldn't eat it, would you?
Yes - just like you more then likely do Smithson on a daily basis.
18mm yesterday - looking great.
Another update, crop seems great but a few weed issues and the biggest issue of all..... price at time of sale!!
An email I just received...
MeMock, I took these pictures yesterday, it is a great crop so far!
There are three problems though.
1. There is a weed present in some patches called charlock and I think we should try and remove it before it seeds. it can grow to 2 meters and is a brassica type and may contaminate the paddock for canola production in the future. it cant be spayed out except in wheat. I may have to hand weed it. The crop is very difficult to walk through, I will find out some more options today.
2 The price of all grains including beans are still declining so am not sure what the future is. the current price is $220 per tonne. Rachel got $ 385 for theirs.
3 The fence lines should be sprayed as the weeds are as high as the fence and growing. spraying will help keep the paddocks clean of weeds in the future. I will have to make a sprayer and do it.
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Who is your manager ??
He does not sound that experienced.
send over some thai employees, they are good at hand weeding and cannot beat the daily wages you can pay them.
Looks good though.
At the mercy of market prices, sucks but thats farming.
I was looking at some farms in Vic the other day and then prices of properties in Darwin......holey crap is all I can say.
Remember this person is dumbing down their info to me as I am not a farmer, apart from that why do you think he doesn't sound that experienced?
lol.....that explains it. Thanks.
Just a couple of comments re 'try' and 'maybe' and 'think'. Most cockies have so much experience on the land, even as kids, they know how to combat simple weed problems and such.
No offence, just wondering what his experience level was after reading it.
Mind you I failed Ag college, so WTF do I know.
You failed Ag College?
Ya bloody galah.
I didn't even go
but spraying crops is not the way forward
there are many organic solutions that benefit the crops, local wildlife and the final price
Of course DrAndy, that's why everyone is still spraying right?
Actually everyone isn’t still spraying, but then you did know that, right.
and I guess you missed the bit about hand weeding, right?
I might be a fcuking galah....But i am proud to have been the first one EVER to have failed the particular Agricultural College that I wetn to for 2 years.
Anyway, I would like you to continue this thread with some of your profit related margins for the crops. Just interested to see how it turns out over 300 acres when you are not farming it yourself and paying someone else to do it.
Is there a house on this 300 acre or is it all just farming land ? Any livestock or all crop ?
Sheep are good......and cute....and warm.
Hi Nawty, that was my plan as I know a few of you are interested ( even the greenies ;) ) so will keep updated it from time to time when ever I get a report from the farm. It will be interesting to see what return I do end up getting.
No house, one tree, one bore, 3 tanks so can run some of those warm furry sheep on it over Summer if we need to, quite boring really!
latest email.....
Getting dry here, beans have got the potential to yield 5 tonne but if no more rain we will only get 3 tonne.
No rain forecast for the next week, we need it in the next 10 days
and another one...
"32degrees today and no sign of any rain in the next week!"
Still, 3 tonnes of beans should last you a while?