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

Have you ever wondered who the real pioneers of direct-drilling were in WA? My clever friend @JoFulwood recently earned her PhD looking into this topic. It’s worth a read. researchportal.murdoch.edu.a…

If you crushed 500 tonnes canola to get around 200,000L oil then farms could become fuel self efficient, ingredients oil methanol and caustic soda and you have biodiesel. @logue_phil and some glycerine by product

Taking offers, no low balls

According to the vessel tracker which I use, this is a comparison of the volume of diesel imported in the first quarter to last year. 18% higher than last year.

Below are two graphs looking at the change in lime requirement with soil texture, nitrogen application and grain removal in a 325-450 mm rainfall environment. Further information can be found here – Estimating maintenance lime rates: soilqualityknowledgebase.org…

Tell me you have a small conical snail problem without telling me #snail #biologicalcontrol

Cool Beans #wholecropsilage

Hayfever anyone? Oat pollen

Got to have the annual #bestbits photo with a speccy backdrop be nice if the whole paddock came up at the same time this area did #fababeans @tristan_stanich @bridget_smithy

Decile 9 rainfall for July has finally filled the soil profile #wetdrought

Do we have the first faba bean flowers for the season. Been a bit warm north of the Stirlings so bean a bit confused/stressed. Hopefully winter finally starts now its June #Legume

Now as you are demonstrating your democratic right today keep in mind what is really important #DemocracySausage democracysausage.org/federal…

Hi All, I have signed up to world’s greatest shave to raise money for blood cancer so do the right thing and jump onto the link to donate. Will be shaving the lot so the kids can see what i look like without a beard. worldsgreatestshave.com/fund…

Excited to see RGT Atlantis Barley at South Stirlings NVT. The first water-logging tolerant Barley variety, thanks to @RAGTAU & @UTAS_ Outyielding RGT Planet by 20% under waterlogged conditions. Disease resistance similar to Maximus. @Peakey76

Do you love the idea that the fix for the Crowdstrike IT outage is to turn the computers off and then on again

NVT trials at Sth Stirlings looking the goods so far this year. Surrounding paddocks looking good too @ScottSm04233976 @Living_Farm

This has to always be the last biccy left in tin always

Now is the time to patch bait snails in southern WA. Read about the latest findings from snail dissections in the #PestFactsWA newsletter agric.wa.gov.au/newsletters/…

We will have 4 drones working south of the stirlings in 2 weeks time if anyone needs mouse or snail baits chucked out 🐁🐌