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Green but dry continues

The dry summer continues, but the kikuyu continues to recover after each grazing. However, it is only giving a green pick to the sheep...

Weed control options & update

The dry continues. We're still green but there is not enough growth now for pregnant ewes (due to lamb in 4-weeks time) so we are...

Worm control and "refugia"

I strongly disagree with the idea of refugia for worm control in sheep. I've mentioned my thoughts on this a little here and there, but...

If you say yes to something, you are saying no to something else - feeding the kike.

Those who have followed me for a few decades know how I am against the philosophy of cut costs, cut costs. If you say yes to something,...

Let’s discuss mistakes. Grab a beverage.

A little background. In my work career, which started in the Department of Agriculture in Western Australia, my first research job was...

December and it is still spring? And proximity sensors.

We have had an amazingly good year. My sadness is we were not in a position to capitalise on it. We are in the building up numbers phase...