Digby Stretch

@darryn_browne @AdamCoffeyNT Apparently they’ll roost on a V8 Holden ute….

Gday gang Before I just shoot them and feel the wrath of my wife and daughter, has anyone had the success of trapping guinea fowl @AdamCoffeyNT

Be like our sheepdog and take some time out for yourself #6Bs

The fuel shortage is hurting us all. Please speak with your local MP, and complete the survey being hosted by the Grower Group Alliance: gga.org.au/activity/agric…

@burgess_ag @HallRaelene You just read my mind Sam

Feeling the pressure of whats going on around you? Recon your community could do with a quick catch up before we launch into it for another year and could do with an informal gathering? Get in touch or jump over to 6bs.com.au and see what its all about

@bartjevandeven Names? Bundy and Coke??

There are two types of dogs…..😂🤙🏻🤙🏻

@WheatWatcher @logue_phil Normal March supply into WA and confidence into April confirmed at yesterday’s roundtable. Fast tracking fuel and fert ships into port being addressed as is quicker delivery to regional areas to shorten the current lag time. Possibly of larger truck combinations on the table

@logue_phil I wouldn't call farmers stockpiling, becuase they need the fuel for commercial activities, but I am hearing from lots of farmers that they are ordering earlier than typical.

I put together a couple of thoughts over on instagram on the fuel crisis - after having looked at the data. Watch on the link below. instagram.com/reel/DVugDArk9…

URGENT! PGA President Digby Stretch is seeking feedback from members regarding the imminent FUEL CRISIS to inform a roundtable meeting with Premier Roger Cook, that has just been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Contact Digby now with your views on this critical situation.

@camwallaclifton No idea about bees, but that was a nice fleece from you guys at Wagin!

A hundred dead bees in this trough over the last few weeks. Given them 2 avenues to get out and still they drown. Anything else I can do?

@stationmum101 @Jess_Grove_ @FarmerTonyWhite @ramagerural And fishing; I’m told that caravan parks are calling clients hoping to lift bookings….

@Jess_Grove_ @DigbyStretch @FarmerTonyWhite @ramagerural I suppose they’re looking for projects that will absorb people facing unemployment because of ceasing live ex.

The Beaufort River Meats pause isn’t just another headline. It’s a loud reminder of how policy shifts play out in the paddocks and processing yards of the Great Southern. Announced this week, the temporary shutdown stems straight from ongoing livestock shortages. WA’s sheep flock has contracted sharply since live export phase-out decisions took hold. Numbers sit well below what processors need to run efficiently. Farmers pulled back amid policy uncertainty and last year’s prices, and the supply simply isn’t there. Ausvision’s team put it plainly: volumes dropped, efficiency suffered, and continuing wasn’t sustainable right now. The kicker? This landed the same week the plant was awarded $3.33 million in federal transition grants as part of a $20 million supply-chain round. Some staff are taking redundancies; others redeploying. But the ripple goes further. Around 100 direct roles, plus the truckies, shearers, feed suppliers and local businesses that lean on a working abattoir. Stock travels farther, costs climb, and farmers lose options. Processors were sold as the onshore future. Without the sheep, that future shrinks. Blind Freddie could see this long before the grants flowed. Regional communities warned that confidence had to come first. Rebuild the flock, then the infrastructure. Instead, we’re seeing capacity slip away when we need it most. The path forward is clear. Flock rebuild demands real specialisation across the full breeders-feeder-processing value chain. Specialist breeders for consistent genetics. On-farm feeding operations that finish lambs reliably through targeted feed systems and paddock infrastructure. Processors geared to handle steady throughput. The grants are already pointing that way, backing 40 producers for on-farm finishing to lock in supply and five processors for capacity upgrades. Yet without that integrated framework bedding down, the gaps remain and yards like Beaufort stay vulnerable. Rural processing isn’t optional. It’s the bridge between paddock and plate. Let’s make sure the transition actually delivers for the families and towns that keep it standing, by getting the flock rebuilt through specialisation on farm. What’s your take on prioritising on-farm feeding specialisation to get sheep numbers back up before we lose more yards?

@Jess_Grove_ @FarmerTonyWhite @ramagerural Happy to take calls to improve the second round

@DigbyStretch @FarmerTonyWhite @ramagerural I was shocked. I thought efficiency meant getting more output from the same inputs, not hiring more staff 🥲

@AdamCoffeyNT @stationmum101 @PGAofWAInc We can only use Gallagher under an exemption to the act. Once again, tech leaves the regulators flat-footed

@DigbyStretch @stationmum101 @PGAofWAInc I didn’t realise it was still outlawed over there. Ridiculous

With the evolution of virtual fencing, who offers the best solution?

@Jess_Grove_ @FarmerTonyWhite @ramagerural Really?! Do they want a “follow me” ute leading the mob!

@DigbyStretch @FarmerTonyWhite @ramagerural My feedback session was great. I applied for items that increase labour efficiency due to labour shortages. But apparently "efficiency" is subjective, because the assessors wanted MORE FTE labour units as an outcome 🙃

@DavidSandow1 @rick_mayor How good is that!!!

The Bustards are back, the Mitchell Grass is shooting and big waterholes out in the sandhills that catch every 10 years or so are filling. Like @rick_mayor mayor said, I need to eat lemons for breakfast to take the smiles away.

@FarmerTonyWhite @Jess_Grove_ @ramagerural The messenger was well received, but it’s not the steering committee that allocated the grants. I’ll be following up at our mtg this week.

@DigbyStretch @Jess_Grove_ @ramagerural What was their answer? I have a review of my application tomorrow. Will be some hard questions asked

@Jess_Grove_ @FarmerTonyWhite @ramagerural We pushed that message with them at Woolorama, as did others. Hoping for a better outcome in the next round for producers that were solely reliant on livex. Gutted for the truckies etc that had to pivot fast with little support

@ramagerural Whoever the assessors were for Round 1 have a lot to answer for. Their priority this round should have been supporting more than only 40 producers. Over 300 applied. Why not support producers first round to get the stock back and processors second round...

@burgess_ag If it’s still 2.80 we should buy some there to say thanks for not gouging! Noticed a few pumps elsewhere tagged “out of action” for a few days before the rise…..hmmm

Riverside Roadhouse hasn’t let us down with the fuel gouge 😂 Normally the dearest by far anyway.. $2.80 for diesel

@HoolyMcg Talk to your sparky about the wiring in the changeover switching. There is a hack that I can’t remember

Righto. Sparky “brains trust “. Why will this clearing sale bucket of shit 10kva run the house. Yet this $4500 bucket of new shit one won’t. Keeps tripping out

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@BradMillsteed @bouta_nt @barrelracernt @AdamCoffeyNT @JacCoffey Time Coff and Jac broke out a tune again

@bouta_nt @barrelracernt @AdamCoffeyNT @JacCoffey Did you borrow your tie from Coff? Looks like it would almost be long on him

Always great to see these crew @barrelracernt @AdamCoffeyNT @JacCoffey