@HoolyMcg If you’re so charitable you should buy diesel from port and sell it others for cheaper than what you paid.
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Dylan Hirsch
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Dylan Hirsch
@hirschirsch
Girl dad, farming with family and friends in Midwest WA. Science and economics nerd.
Latham, Western Australia Katılım Nisan 2011
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Was once a client. Not for a while now. But fk me. Dunnings. wtf !!!!!
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@bentags @S_M_Bowman I have them yep. Just in satellite block silos so have auger but no forklift for bulk bags.
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@hirschirsch @S_M_Bowman do you guys have any maximus, beast or combat, or know anyone locally that would? Alex from Independent Rural in Pj is chasing half a tonne of each for trials and I thought there would be some closer to home than us.
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@ryan_milgate @dyerjonathan I have a steerable axel Nyrex. I wish it was fixed for maintenance purposes. The drag from turning when it’s locked is a good reminder for operators not to turn so sharp anyway
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@dyerjonathan Not suggesting one way or the other but the finch team had some compelling arguments recently. Basically tyre choice makes a large difference and fixed axles means less wear and maintenance long term
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Brains trust:
Steerable axles on multi-axle chaser bins. Yes or no.
Why?
There are no sand hills here, but there is plenty of road between paddocks.
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@hirschirsch @DamianHarris12 @SParnis Woah!!
If the 3 big east coast cities switch to renewable their bills will rise even more.
Or am I reading this wrong?
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400km of driving today, and it cost us AU$7.32 at the charger.
One thing the disaster of the war in the Gulf will lead to is an accelerated uptake of electric vehicles.
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@DamianHarris12 @SParnis I WA it's coal and gas.
But i can't see it changing many minds that weren't going to anyway.
My sister was going to buy an EV a month ago.
So you can't count that sale in the change.
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@Tedthekelpie @bentags Perhaps at the very least, independent fuel distributors will negotiate minimum access agreements with fuel wholesalers.
Or they won’t as nobody will want to pay the 2c/L extra, and they’ll keep living hand to mouth
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The positive response to come out of this crisis will obviously be a united bipartisan commitment to: ⬆️domestic urea plants,
⬆️ local steel production,
🔒 domestic gas supplies,
⬆️ fuel reserves and
⬆️ local refining
Surely the pollyanna view on JIT logistics is irresponsible
Andrew Whitelaw@WheatWatcher
The key period for imports of urea is the first half of the year. We are in for a world of pain. January had lower than prior year imports. Read our detailed update from earlier in the week here: episode3.net/inputs/middle-…
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@GrainProducerSA @BrettDwyer1 @Oscarthefarmer I’m sure the BOM want that too. Which forecasts are you referring to specifically?
I can’t say this any nicer; there are lots of farmers who can’t interpret weather forecasts (or don’t even try) and blame BOM on their neighbour getting more rain than them. It’s the victim card.
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The BOM is saying it’s forecasts aren’t wrong. They are providing such a broad range of potential forecast outcomes that it’s almost impossible not to be wrong. This is feedback from 1000 grain producers in SA. Farmers don’t expect 100% accuracy in forecasts as this is not realistic, they just expect forecasts that are closer to the mark on a consistent basis so it can help the make short and long term decisions for their business.
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So the feedback of 1000 grain producers who use the BOM data and rate it 4/10 are being dismissed?
The Advertiser@theTiser
Farmers have blasted weather forecasts in a damning new survey but the Bureau says they’re actually more accurate than ever. 📌 DETAILS: bit.ly/40XF0Pi
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@consettfarming @markede05626239 Now you’re talking! Vista print of the win
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@markede05626239 @hirschirsch Nah take it to Port and slap a BP sticker on the side
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Regional fuel distribution trucks can’t deliver fuel because they can’t access fuel at port.
I’m not saying we have a supply problem, but it kind of feels like a supply problem.
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@mervfrench303 I agree robbing Peter to pay Paul
. Unfortunately that farmer feels like it’s the only option for his business.
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@markede05626239 They’re in the same boat as us unfortunately.
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@hirschirsch Just take the farm fuel truck down the local servo and fill it up no one will judge you 🤣
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@WheatWatcher @FearlessGrain WA has a very transparent (by world comparison) grain price discovery system.
I understand this criticism. The grass is always greener, but you can still have (an we do, they’re important) unpublicised bids in a transparent system.
I doubt many growers would go back
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This is 100% the reality by @FearlessGrain
Jeremey Frost@FearlessGrain
It's good but it will cause farmers to get less for their grain. As example when I was at CHS I would have a bid sheet but if a customer called most likely he would get more if I had motivation to do so. Such as if he wast going to do business with us or I wanted his business, I would then bid over my competitor. If we happened to be bidding less and he was a good customer I would bid at least the same. We would use our bid sheet as a way to get our competitors to move their bids.
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@cosfarming I agree that nobody will be fined. Proving this kind of behaviour is kind of impossible. But I do think its the right thing to publicise this reminder
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@deerests @Ashley_Jacobs92 😆 yeah don’t worry. I have a 3 year cycle between batching multiple products together then getting the combos. Here in Aus most of our combos are generic too
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@Ashley_Jacobs92 @hirschirsch Good for you! If you haven’t got it figured out I was making fun of farmers here who brag but have to haul around 7 different products instead of one! I will forgive your mixup because girls name
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“But I saved myself $0.23/ac by mixing my own with generics”……
Mike Wasylyniuk@LowBoomLowDrift
32 totes on 1 spray mix trailer 🤔
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@deerests Thank you for your cultural inclusion Mr Fahrenheit
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@hirschirsch If I was referencing anyone there I woulda said $0.57/hectare
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@mervfrench303 @FarmerTonyWhite Cheers Merv. Yeah I think so too. Just have to tell contractors and staff to have a holiday for a few days or weeks until supply comes back
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@hirschirsch @FarmerTonyWhite Don’t get edgy yet. I’m told that things will level out soon, might be a few days, but that’s all. There’s enough fuel for now, delivery is the problem.
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Diesel update. Anxiety is setting in as we head into seeding. Our main supplier has delays. About to pull up deep ripping which will likely mean sending staff on unpaid leave. Filling contractors trucks delivering fert as they can’t source from normal depots between us an port
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@mark73050128 @HoolyMcg @Voz_Dennis In Covid I ate a lot of psyllium husk to bypass that issue.
I’m not sure what I can do here
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@CasFarmerCD @HoolyMcg I agree with you to be honest but for me it’s more a cashflow issue to sit on $$$ of inputs.
I would rather nationalise our energy security rather than have to do it privately
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@HoolyMcg @hirschirsch Unless I miss my guess, easier to just be your own storage.
If annual req is 100kL, then have 2x50kL tanks. Fill them both. Then empty them alternatively. As soon as #1 empty, switch to #2 & fill 1. Or 3 x 35kL etc.
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