A first for WA

She is the first purebred Speckled Park heifer born in WA, arriving a week early on June 14th 2012 and weighing 32 kilos. Garry...

Feeding the birds

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When Amos Machlin took on this retirement farming project he didn’t anticipate that his biggest challenge would be keeping the birds away. With 900 Pecan...

Old vine discovery

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When Gail & Dan Bam purchased the 100 acre ‘Glenowen’ property in Bindoon in 1996 they had no idea about winemaking, just a lifelong...

The beauty of bamboo

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Peter Jones is passionate about bamboo. After a chance viewing of a bamboo segment on Burke’s Backyard, the former Army officer set out to...

Paddock to plate

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Jack Burton, Managing Director of the Yeeda Pastoral Company, is taking on the big supermarkets with his direct farmer to consumer retail approach. In 2012...

Oils ain’t oils

Olive oil is flowing as thousands of trees planted some 10 years ago are delivering a bumper harvest. Director of Sumich Olive Oil, Vincent Tana...

Check out citrus!

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Mandarins are fast becoming the favoured choice as they offer the perfect lunch box addition, easy to peel and less mess than oranges. Imperials are...

Ripe for picking

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Ann Graham of Burroloo Well Hydroponics is enjoying a bumper season of tomatoes this year, and the 500 odd plants in her hydroponics growing...

Free to range

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Poultry grower Rob Kestel welcomes anyone concerned about animal welfare to visit his Gingin farm, where he raises well over 800 000 meat birds...

Beef in the black

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The grass is slick with rain at David and Sara Roe’s 1930 hectare grazing property Benalong, west of Gingin, and their handsome black angus...

Painting the town orange

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It’s impossible to imagine how self-confessed chronic volunteer, twenty-nine-year old Elizabeth (Liz) Brennan squeezes in her smorgasbord of voluntary commitments alongside her ‘real’ jobs...

Investing in a farming future

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This time of year, a drive north through the Northern Valleys region reveals one the most stunning sights on the farming calendar – a...