Tom Cook

@MattMcDonald013 If you’re lucky you can thread a piece of tine through the remaining strings then loop it around the ejector fingers. That can either pull it out or break the strings. 😂

Hay Baler gurus looking for advice on how to get the half bale out of a Massey 2170. tried to gently tug on strings but no go. 🙅🏼

@brodenholland Yeah righto. Looks like there’s plenty of clover in there too? It’s a tricky crop to make the most of in a variable climate. I’ve never been able to get its peak growth to align with grazing pressure.

@cookthomasd Before got rid of our sheep graze and hay but hay only if enough feed which was most years though , now we have no sheep, have had some ajistment but it's a hay crop. In limbo with our rotation trying to see what fits wether we keep doing this or move to more beans or something

Aphids smashing some Lucerne

@dyerjonathan @Eladyerg I took this photo on the 13th of June…

The great @Eladyerg with The September Very Fast Break. youtu.be/6ZqaKOi8UkM?si… He urges restaint on the apparent strong negative iod. Then, as that video goes live, Access G does this..... Mixed messages!

@nudenutwa It certainly doesn’t look as good, but height isn’t everything. Sheep can graze good looking vetch down to nothing very quickly but I’m always surprised how well subs handle grazing and how well sheep do on it.

A thorn (sub) between roses 😂

@mattrohde8 If it helps… I’ve had to do a bit too 🤦‍♂️

Late enough to be resowing, but here we are. Luckily only one run. 😬

@Coopcooper0 Gotta be overwatch?

Carry over residual from 24, looks to be depth of sowing related. This Chemical has a great fit in our current days practices but in my opinion should be no where near barley……. Guess what it is ??

@KateKak @TRethus @dyerjonathan @burgess_ag @ryan_milgate @brodenholland Liabilities/compliance galore with trucks too.

@TRethus @dyerjonathan @burgess_ag @ryan_milgate @brodenholland Yeah that’s want I’m exploring Tim. How preferences can sometimes derail other opportunities

Righto lads - working on an example in my new book/ tell me what a late model prime mover and b double grain tipper trailers would be worth - @burgess_ag @ryan_milgate @dyerjonathan @brodenholland

@TeasdaleAg @Tedthekelpie Do you think the tx45 units would go alright without rocks?

@Tedthekelpie No, it's a tyne with their tx65 units.

The dust has settled on sowing for the moment. After some teething and setup issues we've been impressed by the new setup. The Xerion was very efficient, Boss bar was bulletproof, Simplicity gave us lots of capacity and Liquid Systems should give a boost to late germinating crops

@Dan_Feder88 Looks like it’s jumped out of that heavy ground, Dan. Our heavy ground looks at least a week behind loam in the same paddock.

Matador wheat with a solid start @ Bordertown south after 17mm over the last few days. Miles ahead of last year when the break didn’t fall until the 14th June.

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@dyerjonathan Spot on Jono. I’ve been looking for the “right” seeder for years now, and the fact that they’re all so different suggests to me that the perfect seeder doesn’t exist.

So much of my feed is airseeder start-up photos or videos as we roll into #plant25. Am here for it. Each one is a work of art. No 2 are setup exactly the same. They are all trying to acheive the same thing, but all trying to do different things at the same time.

@AllanRe37703049 @AdamMorgan77 @LFelmingham I’ve got a ton of Goldie’s for 2025 for this reason. There’s been a few times where spring has favored grain over hay and I like the idea of being able to go either way.

@AdamMorgan77 @LFelmingham @cookthomasd Ideal time to consider a couple of newer varieties; Goldie (grain & hay) Wallaby (Hay) don’t forget the oldie (Brusher)

Getting some oats graded for seed. Will it be the year for hay? 🫣

@LFelmingham @AllanRe37703049 Did you go the yallara’s to have a bet each way for potentially grain?

@AllanRe37703049 Yallara

@MartinMurray_Ag It’s a pain for A-framing behind machinery. With a key, you can leave the Ute on accessories so the steering doesn’t lock on you. Push button’s default to off after a while of being on accessories, so you have to leave the Ute running when towing it.

Push button start cars?

@Ashley_Jacobs92 @agrobaz Calibre is a great versatile variety. With a late break this year and low GSR, it suited the maturity of Calibre much better than the Reilly we had. I’d say quicker maturities would always come out in front on a drier year. Long coleoptile is a bit more forgiving at sowing too.

@agrobaz Ordered for next year, will be in competition for Calibres spot in my 2 wheat varieties maximum rule.

Calibre got the wood over Scepter in 4 side by side trials by an avg of 120kg higher. Same protein, slightly higher screenings and slightly lower weight in Calibre. This is the last year of Scepter, made it 8 years on this farm and been one of the best.

@mattrohde8 @woznt @DunstanFarmers 😳

@woznt @DunstanFarmers Not exactly sure what caused it. Gearbox locked up full of grain, put a new one in and going again.

Excellent service from @DunstanFarmers , phone at 9pm with breakdown, in field by 9am to repair.

@agrobaz Hi Barry, is frost pretty common in your peas? I’ve grown them the last two years and had some frost both years. I wondered if I’d be best to sow them earlier to get more biomass so if they get frosted at least there’s a good bit there to bale?

Desiccating frosted peas today. This would be interesting without Paraquat in our artillery!

@mattrohde8 Bummer

Few more tonnes of wheat that won’t be delivered due to frost. 🥶 Look>Assess>Measure>Decide.

@mattrohde8 @LHeuke Blackground has not been kind to canola this year. We’ve got some canola on our heaviest blackground beside a swamp. Similar to you, it emerged in winter then never got going because that west side of the swamp is shaded until midday in winter. False wireworm had a crack too. 🤦‍♂️

@cookthomasd @LHeuke 2/2 Black ground effected worse, I believe because the small rains didn’t wash it through the profile as much and we ended up with a hot band near the surface where the plants were establishing from.

Canola sown 17th April, suffered pre-em damage and was stagnant throughout winter, considered fallowing paddock 8th August (photo). With sub-soil moisture and good nutrition we let it go, has made a tremendous recovery since then.