Admin | January 1, 2012
Farm consultants and agricultural advisers could hold the key to boosting the adoption of Controlled Traffic Farming beyond the 10 per cent of farmers currently using the technique. As seen on www.farmonline.com.au
Admin | November 19, 2011
Canadian backpacker, Erin Krindt, is now driving a header in central Queensland As seen on www.farmonline.com.au
Admin | November 10, 2011
Find out more about the rain impact in North Queensland at www.farmonline.com.au
Admin | September 8, 2011
Tell your congressional representatives to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund! Click here to take action: bit.ly
Admin | January 5, 2011
National Foods Limited Chinese and japanese sponsored big money are helping to destroy every Australian farm and food producer across Australia.This is what is happening now and whats about to happen on a larger scale. An actual account of how it hurts Australian regional and rural communities. The negative experience of the sell out to foreign national Kirin holdings of National Foods Australia and Berri Fruit Juice Experience. National Foods Australia lost it way after been acquired by overseas interests and is no longer answerable to anyone here in Australia. Purchased firstly by the Philippines San Miguel and finally by the Japanese Mitsubishi Corporation through its division called Kirin Holdings who then bought out National Foods Australia. Recent Years have seen National Foods gain market dominance through acquisitions of Heritage brands with a long history here in Australia. Since then have begun to centralize operations and by closing the rural operations that had helped make the various milk brands viable such as Pura Milk Coon Cheese dairy farmers and farmers union and also with various juice brands such as Berri Just Juice and daily squeeze turning them into profits that head offshore. This has left in its wake massive unemployment and little opportunities for those former workers and suppliers. Further to unemployment crisis they have also provided the environment for foreign nationals mainly Chinese and Asians to set their eyes on purchasing farms though out …
Admin | June 7, 2010
With water conservation such an important issue, it’s surprising that less than one in four commercial irrigators in Australia actually measure the amount of water in their soil. In this vodcast, Dr Richard Stirzaker from CSIRO Land and Water demonstrates how soil holds water much like a sponge, each day allowing plants to extract some of this water via their roots and transpire it through their leaves. Dr Stirzaker also explains that accurate irrigation is simply replacing the water thats been lost, a task achievable by monitoring soil water with one of the many commercial products available, such as the CSIRO FullStop wetting front detector. www.csiro.au www.fullstop.com.au
Admin | January 5, 2010
Two seperate regions of Australia are being ravaged by floods and wildfires. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com
Admin | November 25, 2009
Excellent Development supports community groups in semi-arid rural Kenya to improve their enviroment sustainably through soil and water conservation, improving food and water supply, health and incomes. The key activities are terracing land, building sand dams and planting trees. These three work together to significantly improve conservation of soil and water in this delicate environment.
Admin | July 4, 2009
hunterlandsailing.com Land Sailing mini-class Land Yachts down on “Danger Farm” Newcastle Valley NSW Australia. Queens Birthday June long Weekend 2008. Video by hunterlandsailing.com
