Gus OBrien

@john_c0nner @Patrici46633494 @_davidlimbrick I looked at putting induction in my kitchen but it drew 30 amps. I live in the country on single phase power, with regular black outs. Gas is great.

@Patrici46633494 @_davidlimbrick Not true. Induction is awesome for everything except a wok.

Lots of people have been mystified by Victoria’s gas ban. It’s not popular, it likely won’t lower carbon emissions and anyone that uses a wok will hate them. It’s easy to understand really. Imagine you were starting a new energy business. Before you start that business, you had the power to prohibit an entire technology class that competed with you before you launch and ensure that every new customer was at least using the tech that you were spruiking. The state Government has that power. Hello state owned SEC - market manipulation on an epic scale. #springst

@mjgoodenco I don’t have the answer but I get the same effect with a trampoline on the lawn. Surely frost related.

Can anyone offer me an explanation as to why as shown in this picture the grass is growing more biomass, due to it being parked under a 70% shade cloth for the past 60 days? I thought we needed to maximise photosynthesis? Should we be aiming to have more tree cover?

@AMC_DirtDollars Too complex to explain on twitter Charlie, call me if you’re keen to discuss.

#ASKTWITTER Does anyone know a #sharefarming #cropping model that works? If so, please share broad details. I only hear of the ones that don’t work which is pretty valuable intel in its own right. #ausag #agchatoz #farming TIA

@GrainOrana @theGRDC @GRDCNorth @MaurieStreet @bennyob Yeah we are a bit from a chook farm unfortunately.

@GusOBrien5 @theGRDC @GRDCNorth @MaurieStreet @bennyob It is about 11t/ha wet from memory Gus- so a significant logistic effort and cost on a farm scale. This was also pure manure- not litter which has a significant proportion of bedding (eg. sawdust, rice hulls)

“Get a crack at this one”, watch what’s got Maurie excited in GOA’s Alternative P source trial with @theGRDC ……interesting stuff so far …👍🏼 @GRDCNorth @MaurieStreet @bennyob #phosphorus #canola

@LBushman25 Just wondering how i pull on an angle without the pull cable hitting the inner dual?

@GusOBrien5 Can’t fix stupid. Pull at a angle

Third strap for 2022 sowing, Should have had the day off.

@Redbank80Graeme That combination had done the job on worse bogs than that, but yes bigger is better. They seem to only have about 10-15 good pulls and they’ve had it.

@GusOBrien5 We broke a 30t ( I think it was ) and went to a 75t. 75t recommended for 300-400hp tow tractor and 100t for >400hp tow.

@WolterSteven I’m always the optimist.

@GusOBrien5 Unhook her boys. Pull bar on angle. Done this 6 times this year.

@Redbank80Graeme That was a 40 but had done a lot of hard work, when new it would had done the job. Just ordered a 60.

@GusOBrien5 What rating on snatch strap?

@QuigTony @dale_ndf @agandhire @byronjbirch @WolterSteven Would have been handy in the mud last week @dale_ndf and definitely next week after 45 mm, they take some popping out when bogged.

@dale_ndf @GusOBrien5 @agandhire @byronjbirch @WolterSteven What row spacings are they Dale?

@GusOBrien5 @agandhire @QuigTony @byronjbirch @WolterSteven INTRODUCING the NEW 2022 NDF 24m Disc Planter with new BIG WHEEL size, Optioned with patented NDF Auto Downforce and Contour Flex! At NDF factory now if anyone is interested in taking a look DM me.

@agrobaz Great discussion Baz, been pondering this myself. It seems retained F2 could be still better than OP, wishing I kept some. Could grading the F2 to >2mm help the vigour and uniformity of the retained seed?

Not common practice for our region for obvious reasons, but with certain hybrid seed shortages people may be tempted to sow retained non gm 2nd yr hybrid canola. Has anyone done multiple yrs replicated yield loss analysis in hybrids?

@Youanmi_Ajana Was an 8250 if anyone was chasing something.

@GusOBrien5 Look on the bright side, a spare parts header is always handy tho...

This will take some beating in the twitter #harvestfail stakes.

@GusOBrien5 Don’t happen to know what type of truck was pulling the float???

@JBTancred Came off a truck at the 8 mile intersection JB, no one hurt, only the step deck and some egos.

@GusOBrien5 FMD mate. I hope you have just come across this and it isnt yours. I hope no one was hurt.

@MJMCKAY4 Did 40s last year Mal and doing them again this year, big efficiency gain and staying on track, need a good front though

Anyone doing 40ft Canola windrows this year? We did 40s years ago. Can do 30 or 40. Getting spooked about being to bulky and not drying down.

@MJMCKAY4 We use them in Lupins Mal, guessing same over there.

Cropping question? Why does Western Australia only do stubble Matt’s? Is stubble sharper over there. I get the idea. But no one does it in the east!

@GraemePyle2712 @samheagney Bret Walker QC doesn’t think so parliament.nsw.gov.au/lcdocs/other/1…

@samheagney Some perspective around floodplain harvesting in the northern basin…It’s illegal. The best you might get is 46 gigs . The laws and Acts were written before the cotton club could rearrange them for their benefit. Now, they want to write them according to their rules… ha

Some perspective around the nature of our northern basin rivers. In 2019 a total of 2,000ML flowed through our section of the river ALL YEAR. This year in March & April alone 245,000ML has flowed through. The same period in 2019 there was no (ZERO!!) flow

@GraemePyle2712 @stukhan @Sue0606 Graeme, The northern basin “cotton club” has been miles ahead of the southern irrigation areas for at least 25 years, and never had water wheel meters, let alone drainage canals. My new $50k aquamonix reads identical to my 25 year old Mace

@stukhan @Sue0606 I he Northern basin cotton club don’t bother with meters and certainly didn’t 25 years ago.. half of what?

It’s probably not acceptable to say this on Twitter, but… “Cotton growers in Australia have almost halved the water needed to grow one bale of cotton over the last 25 years, according to new research”. ecotextile.com/2021091428321/…