Kate Burke

@Jeremy_Morton_ @Think_Agri Yes- that was the gist

@Think_Agri @KateKak Has a distributor told you this is an Kate? Is supply being limited by credit limits?

Would you prefer pay for diesel on ordering if it provided the cash flow for your distributor to order in larger quantities?

@BradW00ldridge @Think_Agri Idea came from talking to distributor today/ cash flow atm from lower prices than current wholesale price so they are ordering less.

@Think_Agri @KateKak Likely only a short term fix, if the company can not accumulate enough profit to fund next purchases the new funds will diminish over time and forward paying customers become unsecured creditors subject to force majeur clauses

Future Proofing Your Farm youtube.com/shorts/GOZe4Ro… via @YouTube

Do your self a favour if you are near Ararat or Melbourne. This bloke is a hoot Steve PoltZ

@becsta1984 That’s how I feel too. Makes decision making a lot lighter.

@KateKak Excluding Jan 2010 (250mm) this is our biggest pre season rain. 2012 we had 127mm in last 3 days of Feb. 2014, 90mm in a thunderstorm early March, another good year on low GSR. Invaluable insurance policy right now!

The last time we had this much rain in Feb- March was around 1950, the most recent time it got close was 2012.

@DraffinChris Yes, understandable. What happens in six months time is the ultimate determinant of course.

@KateKak Thanks, appreciate the insight. there’s been some interesting conversations today around capturing the value, some based in science and some emotion….

@rick_rundell 2012 had great falls over our way which helped the outcomes- not so much the case in the west of the state

@KateKak 2012 was a Barry Crocker 1950 I was minus 14 so missed that one 😀

@DraffinChris Puts a floor in the season with getting some moisture in the profile- If 40 mm conserved and converted at 20 to 25 kg/mm/ha it’s 0.8 to 1 t/ha more than if this rain hadnt come

@KateKak What do you think it means in practical terms Kate? Other than what moisture can be stored and converted to production its not really much more than an interesting anomaly, is it…..

Yay

@Warwick_Long 96 mm Sun Mon plus 10 mm Fri morn + 25 mm earlier +2.5 mm Tuesday so 133.5. Game changer

Rain gauge check time. How did you go?

@dyerjonathan What’s your total for the week?

@KateKak Will see what tonight brings. 20mm so far. Nice, but not a game changer yet.

Self mulching soils like those in the Wimmera crack over summer. So heavy events like this can wash down those cracks and straight into the subsoil for storage until spring.

There are profitable farmers in every county facing the same prices and weather. The difference is not luck, it is management and financial discipline.

@johngbennett No rest for the wicked?

Bring on season 2026.

@chelseadahlen @lawbal44 Terrible

@lawbal44 This was a horrifying read, absolutely foul on so many levels.

Not an easy read. The town that turned its back on a rape victim abc.net.au/news/2026-02-2…

Great to chew the fat with funny woman and social observer comedian Monica Dullard about #succession