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This labour government has decided taxing imaginary things is a good idea. But, if they get away with it and pass this law, they won't stop at taxing unrealised capital gains in superfunds over $3 million. Their insane tax programme will be expanded. This new cook-up is just a Trojan horse. It just attacks a very small and obscure area of the financial world. They expect very little resistance form the public, and very little opposition from the people paid to provide opposition. Similar things have been done in the UK, and it has caused chaos. Millionaires, business people, entrepreneurs and productive people are leaving the country in droves. They’re running to places where they feel more welcome. They take opportunity with them. There are many areas where this dangerous new tax on a concept rather than actual money will have deep impact. It hits the stock market, as well as property market which will in fact impact everyone’s super not just the wealthy. Most importantly this will impact food production. Big chunks of land tend to appreciate in value. The value increase has been accelerating as the value of the dollar declines. This means family farms, held in super accounts, will be taxed heavily.  Because value is relative and imaginary, there is no clear formula or predictability to the scale and timing of capital gains. Somebody will have to pay the cash tax, on an asset not sold. The imagined gain. Ludicrous. There are two ways this can be achieved, through using profits from operating the farm, or selling the farm. So many family farms invest everything they have into fences, feed, seed, fuel and equipment. When conditions are good, there is some money to be made, when the two major supermarkets are not busy pummelling them. There is even the odd export dollar. But it is not as if it isn’t already hard enough for family farmers here in Australia. Between the droughts and flooding rain,  they fight to keep their farm lands free of power lines and electricity windmills. Fighting pests and regulations. Fighting to pay the energy bills. Fighting for access to water. Now they will be fighting to pay for imagined gains with real cash. This means an increase in the cost of food for the rest of us. That, and more corporatism in the farming sector, as more family farms are gobbled up by foreign corporations and big capital. Bad leaders can cause shortages where there was once effortless abundance. Albanese, Chalmers and friends are bad leaders. Short sighted and greedy. Playing divisive politics, as they seemingly tax the rich to give to the poor. The reality is they will just destroy more decent Aussie family farms, and everything that goes with it.  The rest of us will pay more for our food. Australia can’t afford three years of this nonsense. No farmers, no food. I just want Australia back.

GRDC stubble height trial 3rd year results were very interesting: strip disc 4.22t/ha, draper disc 3.83t/ha, draper tyne 3.77t/ha. A warm year with summer rain and a dry finish with no frosts all worked in favour of stripper stubble this year. We have found the strip disc niche.

A post from mid year but still a very relevant and illuminating article.

We have two farms (about 75% of our land) in projects producing carbon credits and food. We will probably sign the last farm up too. I have already banked carbon, I think it’s important to get a base line early for a starting point.

Liquifying urea continues for foliar applications. Manual agitation definitely speeds up the process in the colder periods of the year.

Meanwhile, in Italy 🇮🇹 Italy bans ground-mounted solar panels on agricultural land. Ed Miliband take note.

Many ask, so here’s how it’s done. This is the simple bit to greatly reduce #rotorloss in CR @NewHollandAG This is one part of the improvement list. Basic setup & much better concaves are other parts. @harvestaire_pty

Fascinating discussion about the relationships between vitamins, minerals, nutrition and early menopause, premature births, and insulin levels.

I’ve been using Incyt inversion tower for a few yrs now. They also have a spray planner that is similar to (and better) than this imo.

Has anyone out there sown Persian, white or red clover with milling oats for grain, then let the clover grow after grain harvest for either grazing or termination?

Feed grade pulses still available if anyone is looking for feed grains.

Awesome result for the @cropscan team! Thanks to all the growers who have been on the journey of adopting the CropScan Grain Analyser and now taking the data beyond harvest, into improving approach to VR crop management. #measure #manage #grow

Finally got finished sowing after some help from Muz at Claas Harvest Centre Wagga with a demo of a Xerion after the old girl had a heart attack. Very impressive machine, pulls hard on the big singles and very good on fuel, almost half of what we were using previously.

The difference in the soil architecture down a soil core pre & post ploughing. Pore spaces are a key measure of soil health & resilience. #soilhealth #regenAg @Rothamsted @TheGreenFarmCo1 @SoilAssociation

If you can’t get your head around the fact that giving farmers and miners back a road users tax on fuel that’s used on farms or mine sites then you shouldn’t be in parliament, your time might be better spent back in the hospital where we have critical shortages of doctors and nurses.

He anyone put an electric actuator on a cab door before? Old man can’t shut the tractor door anymore from the ground.

Living proof that you don't need (much) fancy, space-age kit to notill into residue.

Just got the electricity bill @AlboMP . I thought that given you and @Bowenchris have now been in office for 2 years (and were supposedly keen to reduce my power bill) that you would like a progress report. From my bills (same retailer): May 2022 - 28 cents per kwhr (incl GST) May 2024 - 48.9 cents per kwhr (incl GST) 74.6% increase in 2 years. This really isn't working out too well is it?

1. Harvest capacity with smaller classed headers 🚀 2. No chopped chaff to deal with on the surface 3. Exclusion of sun and wind from soil surface 4. MUCH cooler soil surface through summer 5. Higher fallow efficiency. 6. Less summer weeds.

Sending all our love to you @parker419 - you have VicNoTills unwavering support. You truly are a wonderful human being with so much still to offer this world, we are cheering you on from the sidelines 👏