Family & farming, music & maths. Education & learning, science & facts. Respect all opinions, no place for spite. I drive on the left and think to the right

Joined November 2019
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On the hunt for 2 steel cable drum reels. Harder to find in WA. 2500mm x 2500mm. Prepared to travel but would make financial compensation to owner less attractive. Need to make a poly pipe recovery system. I have 13 rolls of poly pipe laying around 3 farms 150kms apart.
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We did a thing. 30 years too late but second best time is now🤣 #incalifts
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Yet another use for SupaGlue! Cat biscuit mouse bait stuck on tight.
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Chasing a hydraulic filter housing for 8R JD tractor. Bung thread stripped on a previous service by someone else😳 None in WA until Tuesday. Any wrecks around?
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Can we make the fucking canola seed fluro yellow please, pasture seed is so surely canola can be, all companies, the light purple is better than brown ones but just make it yellow please. PS happy sowing all. Rant over
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Seeding Illabo wheat for grazing May/June to spell the July/August lambing paddocks. Be gentle Narelle 🤞
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Pretty happy with that
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Agricultural businesses in the northern Ag region of WA are under serious threat. In my experience, label rates of registered baits are not enough to control a population that has gone exponential. Recent inspections of baited paddocks show significant removal of planted seeds despite recent baiting after seeding - in fine weather. Growers will need to apply baits more than once, which is costly. The common sense approach would be to have registered mouse baiting products that have a rate range on the label, where higher rates can be used for higher pressure. Emergency permits required asap. @APVMA @GRDCWest @theGRDC
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The question was asked at our WALFA day, what’s industries biggest challenge. It wasn’t markets, price, A$, diesel, or labour, but compliance and red tape. How did we get here so quickly where the office has taken over from productivity with our time ? #ALFA #MLA
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‘morning all
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Asking for help, liquids on airseeder playing up. JD 2000 Rate Controller. ARAG ‘magnetic’ flowmeter, controller etc. Voltages seem right. Can’t find resistance parameters to test flowmeter. #asktwitter #agtwitterr
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Be like our sheepdog and take some time out for yourself #6Bs
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URGENT! PGA President Digby Stretch is seeking feedback from members regarding the imminent FUEL CRISIS to inform a roundtable meeting with Premier Roger Cook, that has just been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Contact Digby now with your views on this critical situation.
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With so much noise and commentary circling the ag sector right now, here’s a chance to focus on something that advances both you and the wider industry. Applications are open for the 2027 Nuffield Scholarships nuffield.com.au/how-to-apply #PGAofwa#Nuffield#agriculture#foodsecurity
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The 'Supply Chain Capacity Program' results were released today. We weren't successful. If a business 100% reliant on live export doesn't make the cut, who does 🤔 only 40 WA producers apparently... 40! Is that building a sustainable sheep industry @AlboMP ?
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Digby Stretch retweeted
Chasing some info , after a remote monitoring solution for electric fences . Prefer something that can monitor any manufacturers energizer , assume no wifi connectivity
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ROAD TRAINS AUSTRALIA ARE NOW HIRING! RTA are currently seeking a Fleet Controller in Kalgoorlie, WA; a Livestock Manager in Muchea, WA; a Boiler/ Fabricator, Heavy Duty Mechanical Fitter and Road Train (MC Licenced) Drivers thourghout QLD, NT & WA... rfttejobs.com/company/1972/r…
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It might be ‘bank managers hour’ but that doesn’t mean we’re keeping the mulberry ourself #lovewhereilive
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Well that grammar proves that it wasn’t an AI post😂
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