Jeshua Smith

We are biggest mobs dry here again, drought never seems far away. I just put a few more thoughts down on paper, you don’t have to be in drought, burnt out or flooded to use these tools.

The final crop of the #YoungWheatComp2025 is another crop of Raider entered by Reynolds Pastoral Co near Maimuru. @BreedersPlant Awards evening to be held this Saturday 15th - results announced then.

Fifth crop of the #YoungWheatComp2025 is a crop of Raider entered by Coolegong Pastoral near Monteagle. @BreedersPlant

The fourth entry of the #YoungWheatComp2025 is a crop of Sunmaster at Kingsvale entered by Brendan Shoard, Doug & Matt Houston and Nick Bishop. @agtbreeding @Disco_Dougie

Third crop of the #YoungWheatComp2025 is another crop of Illabo Wheat entered by Cudgell Creek Partnership at Memagong. @agtbreeding

Second entry of the #YoungWheatComp2025 is a crop of Illabo Wheat entered by Manton Pastoral near Young. @agtbreeding This is 1 of 2 entries in our James Gibson Memorial Award which recognises the highest scoring Dual Purpose crop given their prevalence in our area.

#YoungWheatComp2025 judging day! First entry for the day is a crop of Condo Wheat entered by Hardie Pastoral Co at Tubbul. Our judge this year is @riverinaMFO. 6 entries for the day with a strong spread around the Young district. @agtbreeding

@MattMcDonald013 Ento Supplies is where I get mine from, but I originally ordered my sweep net from there. entosupplies.com.au/equipment/fiel…

Best place to order a replacement net for the grub sweeper? Not catching many in this one anymore 🐛

Next week I’ll be in Western Australia to present at the Delta Dumbleyung Field Day to talk about VicChem adjuvants including product choice and efficacy implications for spray water quality management. To find out more about HASTEN & OUTRIGHT 770 head to vicchem.com

You can’t ID from a bad photo. iPhone tips: Tap screen to focus. Touch & drag 1x 🔎 control for precise zoom. Try to get few pics from different angles. Close up of head + side of ‘grubs’ is important. Macro phone clip-on lenses are available online and can help. Include a coin or pen etc. as scale if needed #PestFacts @theGRDC

@brodenholland @agrobaz @CWFS_Condo At this stage it looks like that’s what is legislated. A bit of light reading for more info. treasury.gov.au/sites/default/…

@SmithJeshua @agrobaz @CWFS_Condo Does that mean you have to meet 2 of those criteria? If you don't your exempt

More than 25 farmers, landholders and agribusiness representatives gathered in Euabalong on Wednesday 18 June for a practical and informative workshop aimed at clarifying the often-confusing carbon space in Australian agriculture. Hosted by Central West Farming Systems (CWFS), the workshop featured expert presenter Dr Warwick Badgery from NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD). Dr Warwick Badgery delivered an engaging and comprehensive session covering key topics such as soil carbon, carbon calculators, emissions intensities, carbon markets and credits, and strategies for reducing farm emissions as part of the National Industry-led Carbon Farming Outreach Program. CWFS CEO Diana Fear and MCAG Consulting’s Andrew McFadyen co-facilitated a session specifically tailored to address the unique challenges of low rainfall cropping systems as part of the @theGRDC RiskWi$e project. This session focused on assessing the risks and rewards of carbon-related decisions, equipping attendees with practical information to help evaluate the upside and downside risk of carbon farming in the context of their own farm business goals. CWFS is leading RiskWi$e work on carbon farming risks and rewards in central NSW in collaboration with @SouthernNSWHub . This event was delivered with funding support from the Australian Government’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DECCEEW) under the Carbon Farming Outreach Program, in collaboration with Grower Group Alliance. #RiskWise #CarbonFarmingOutreachProgram #CFOP #AustralianFarming #FarmingCarbon

@agrobaz @CWFS_Condo This is the slide I saw at one of these Carbon workshops earlier in the year. If you meet 2 of the 3 in the blue boxes, you’ll have to start reporting. My concern is the cost of time or the cost of paying someone to calculate it when margins are as tight as they are

@CWFS_Condo Great session. Well done 👍 Big outcome for me was businesses with over 25mill net worth (pretty sure that was the number) are required to have a carbon balance sheet by 2027. Legislated already. Let that sink in 🙄

@MartinMurray_Ag Wrong colour tractors for your dogs isn’t it? 😉

Yea mate, I’m a work dog. Just not stock work, more of autosteer and aircon kind of dog

2/2 really want to help him out. He’s the first person to be there for my family over and over again Based in NSW but will travel anywhere Has all his own gear including a full fitted out van with equipment. If you know of anything Please reach out to me

On the lookout to help a really good mate. He’s a cinematographer (involved in filming Pirates of Caribbean and Mad Max) does TV commercials and is a great still photographer. But since post covid work has dried up completely. Will do anything from commercials to safety videos1/2

@NtDrifter @AdamCoffeyNT Did you work it out George? Scroll so the options come up below your photos, as you scroll down you’ll see “Pinned Collections”. Favourites is in that (at least on my phone). Very inconvenient change really, can’t see it making things easier.

@AdamCoffeyNT Let me know if you ever find your favourites again. That update is an absolute headf in the photos.

iPhone updated and now I need a training course to learn how to use photos again 🙄

With a large part of communication being to effectively listen, remember that often your friends just need to tell you their problem, they don’t need your solution. By verbalising the issues, often they find their own solution. Listening is such a good problem solver.

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Working in Mental Health myself with the #6bs… this is a powerful movie. Im man enough to admit there was a few moments of “Sand in my eyes” There is one particular scene that hit home especially hard for me. Absolutely brilliantly done movie.

James Gibson Memorial Award which is awarded to the highest scoring Dual Purpose Wheat in recognition of their key role in our farming systems but the fact that their grazing advantage can sometimes come with a yield discount. Awards Evening & Results due out on Friday 15th Nov!

Anthony Hall Memorial Award for Farming Excellence This awards reduces the impact of yield points by changing their value from 10pts/t to 1pt/t to emphasise the intricacies of good agronomy & good farming systems. In some years yield differences can be largely rainfall based.

A big thank you to the judge of the 2024 #YoungWheatComp @riverinaMFO! There’s 3 bits of silverware and a world heavyweight title belt on the line (the belt was the brainchild of @Disco_Dougie ) Champion Dryland Wheat Crop + Heavyweight Title belt