💰 Looking for a cheaper winter feed option? On a Vic farm, gibberellic acid grew extra pasture at just 3–8c/kg DM vs ~40c/kg DM for grain. ✅ Cut feed costs ✅ Boost winter growth ✅ Took the pressure off at lambing Read more bit.ly/4fndkM4 @meatlivestock #PastureManagement #Winterfeedgap

Decades of research said organic farming builds soil better. A study of 3,000 actual farms says: not so fast. It's not organic vs. conventional — it's about biomass inputs, nitrogen, and tillage. The practices matter, not the label. My latest...csanr.wsu.edu/what-actually-…

Organic vs. conventional farming, which builds soil better? A new study of 2,900 real farms found NO difference in soil organic matter. Why? Because the label doesn't matter — plant biomass inputs, nitrogen, rotation & tillage do. Focus on dominant drivers. csanr.wsu.edu/what-actually-…

15 years of trying to evaluate soil health and this is where we are: "...In other words, different commonly used soil health assessment methods yield strongly contrasting results when applied to the same dataset. Further we noticed that the objective and approach for soil health assessments are often poorly documented. We caution against the use of aggregated soil health or multifunctionality metrics, as these methods obscure important trade-offs between different soil functions." sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

1/ What is ABC Rural News trying to achieve here? This is disinformation… A summation of past studies has shown tenuous ink between paraquat & Parkinson’s Parkinson's disease experts warn watchdog as deadline looms on paraquat decision - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/n…

2/ Somehow ABC Rural News only reports from scientists with one view of paraquat… And disregards a recent huge meta analysis that concluded there was NO link… Disgusting disinformation! Parkinson's experts warn watchdog on paraquat decision - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/n…

Nathan Schachtman's publication, #IARCsPrecautionaryScience puts the cancer agency under the microscope. @zaruk reviews the book, the failed science, special interests, non-transparency and links to the US litigation industry. Conclusion: Shut IARC down. thefirebreak.org/p/putting-i…

@australian still waiting for retraction of that disgusting piece of disinformation that was published by you last week…

Here is the @WAFarmersGrains letter to the editor of the @australian regarding Ros Thomas’ article on paraquat. We have asked for the opportunity to respond in this weekend’s paper with our own op-ed on this important issue. @DavidPocock

It’s hard to understand in a well-developed economy like Australia, that we have so many more public sector workers than other countries, like France, USA and Spain…. One would have thought that with advanced IT systems that we’d be more efficient…

And people wonder why regional and outer metropolitan people are turning on major parties in Australia. Its not hard

The moment of one of today’s Russian strikes on Kyiv. I can see that fewer and fewer people are reading news from Ukraine. I understand that on a Sunday morning, people don’t want to read about war. They want to sleep a little longer, drink good coffee, and sit in the sun. I understand that. The algorithms on X limit content about war, destruction, and suffering. You have to make an effort to even see this information. All of this is understandable on a human level. But unfortunately, if you remove Putin and the war from your information feed, they do not disappear from reality. Putin is a sadist and a maniac. He is a threat to all of humanity. There needs to be active resistance. News from Ukraine needs to be shared. People need to keep their focus. Despite a sleepless night, I’m still here. And I’m grateful to everyone who continues to stand with us. One day, we’ll drink morning coffee together in a beautiful, peaceful Kyiv.

Natural doesn't always mean safer. Toxicity depends on dose, not on whether something is natural or synthetic. Even common substances like caffeine, vitamin D, and salt can be lethal at certain levels. Understanding toxicology is key to rational risk assessment.

Lachie Moloney trialled faba beans for the first time 2 years ago to add resilience to his family’s property near Tullamore, central NSW. @CSIRO @nswagriculture Read more bit.ly/4twofGN #GroundCoverOnline #FabaBeans #DiverseFarms #agriculture

PLANT-BASED TO SAVE THE CLIMATE? ✅ Plant-based diets lead to small gains With 0.2-0.8 t CO₂e saving/y, plant-based eating isn't the major climate solution some claim it to be. On a 9-15 t CO₂e footprint, this equals 1–6% reduction, depending on dietary restrictiveness.

How much does all livestock production in the West contribute to total man-made emissions globally? Forget the exaggerated numbers of 50% or more, the real impact is 2.6% (while still ignoring various ecological, nutritional & other system complexities). link.springer.com/article/10…

Just published "Arguments in support of [interventionist climate] policies tend to oversimplify the issue, ignoring regional variations, mitigation potential, and broader ecological and nutritional contexts" - here's why 👇 link.springer.com/article/10…

We have 10,000 years of experience with organic farming & 50 years of food security in the west because of scientific advances in agriculture👇🏽 When Belief Replaces Evidence, Consumers and Farmers Pay the Price — Carver Center for Agriculture & Nutrition carverfood.org/essays/when-b…

My neurodivergent friends who are scientists tell me with the number of neurodivergent scientists “it is far more likely autism causes vaccines”

William Lane's New Australia colony in Paraguay is one of history's most brutal examples of socialist fantasy meeting economic reality. In 1893, this Australian socialist convinced 238 followers to abandon their lives and trek to Paraguay's jungle to build a "pure communist utopia." Lane promised shared land, collective labor, and freedom from capitalism's supposed evils. Instead, he delivered authoritarian control that banned alcohol, enforced strict racial segregation, and prohibited interracial marriage. The collective owned everything. Individual property rights disappeared overnight. The experiment collapsed faster than a Venezuelan grocery store. Jungle diseases ravaged colonists who lacked individual incentives to maintain proper sanitation or food production. Without private ownership, nobody took responsibility for essential tasks. Morale plummeted as Lane's iron-fisted rules crushed basic human desires for autonomy, choice, and personal relationships. Mass defections began almost immediately. Lane himself abandoned his "perfect" society and fled to New Zealand by 1899. Paraguay revoked the cooperative's official status by 1897. The remaining settlers either died, scattered, or desperately tried forming a second colony called Cosme (which also failed spectacularly). Every element that destroyed New Australia validates core free market principles. Without property rights, you get the tragedy of the commons. Without individual incentives, productivity collapses. Without voluntary exchange, you need force to maintain the system. Without price signals, resources flow to the wrong places. Lane's colonists learned these lessons the hardest way possible. Socialist intellectuals refuse to study New Australia seriously because it demolishes their core assumptions about human nature and economic organization. They prefer theoretical models to actual evidence from people who staked their lives on collectivist promises. It doesn't matter if socialism is forced upon 200 or 200 million people; the results are always the same.