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Mother duck shows spring is here
Driving over the dam spillway this morning, I gave mother duck and her brood the fright of their lives and had to leap off the UTV very fast to snap their photo! In the last week or so, we’ve seen …...
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How well Australian dairy farmers are paid compared to those around the world
International Farmgate milk prices US$ per 100kg This graph kindly supplied by Dairy Australia (please click on the link to see it) shows that Australian dairy farmers are enjoying their best prices in...
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Can you guess what the most commonly shoplifted product in the world is?
A report has revealed the most commonly stolen food around the world, and you may be surprised to find it’s not bread, flour, milk, meat or other essential staples, but rather cheese. - Food Magazine...
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About raw milk products
Did you know there is such a thing as “Real Milk Activism”? These activists believe the only real milk is unpasteurised milk. Currently, it is illegal in Australia to sell unpasteurised “raw” milk but...
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Unless we learn to work together, the animals will be the losers
You know, something diabolical has happened to our sensibilities as we use animals to feed ourselves. We have lost something in the process. It’s called CONSCIENCE. I don’t know how dairy farmers can...
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Farming with a baby in the summer sun
Keeping a baby safe, cool and protected from the sun while doing farm work is something of a challenge. And we all know how farmers rise to a challenge, equipped with hay band, tape and either WD40 or...
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Look at my sick dairy cows
These cows look fine but they’re in the hospital paddock because they have mastitis. It’s an infection of the udder that can be caused by bugs out on the farm, stress or some form of “mechanical...
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Why are farmers so secretive? I’ll ask them at 9.30
“There is a dark side of dairying that is hidden from the average milk drinker.” – RSPCA “Do you want to know a secret?…next week Animals Australia is going to do some advertising of their own, only...
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Betting on a thunderstorm
Imagine a game where you wager thousands of dollars on the timing of a spring thunderstorm. Too stupid? Well, that’s what I’ve just done. Getting silage done this season has been…tricky. You need a...
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Our cows are so cool
Our cows are dignified ladies who like to keep their cool in more ways than one. Bred in cooler climes than Australia, Holstein Friesians start to feel the heat once the mercury climbs over 25 degrees...
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