Someone’s telling porky pies…
If you’ve ever scrutinised the bacon packaging in a supermarket fridge, you would
have encountered a curious thing. While the trusty green and gold ‘Made...
Highland heritage
Kristi Jacklin’s journey to cattle famer stretches from regional Victoria, to the rugged coastline of northeast Scotland, before eventually coming to life on her...
Better research, better returns
With fertiliser prices taking a huge hike as a result of the shipping disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz, Wheatbelt farmers are looking to...
Where there’s a will
A symbol of prosperity and blessing since the beginning of human civilizations, the grain that gives our Wheatbelt its name has been the backbone...
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...
Paddock to plate
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...
Gingin Elders Invitation Ram Sale
The second Gingin Elders Invitational Ram Sale was held on Monday 14 October, with both local and out-of-state buyers gathering to view the stock...
The beauty of bamboo
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...
Managing common winter weeds in the Wheatbelt
With recent rains in our area, weeds are sure to follow!
Weeds are a persistent problem for farmers in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia,...
Do you know who grows your food?
Vegetable grower Warren Trundle wants more people to know where their food comes from – and what it takes to grow it!
Over the past...
Freemartin Daisy and the first lesson I learned as a farmer’s wife
The very first orphan calf I raised was given to me by my soon-to-be husband just a week before our wedding. In a wave...
It’s a bug’s life
Our local “Bug Man”, Lachlan Chilman has dedicated the last nine years to breeding beneficial bugs in his commercial insectarium
in the Northern Valleys.
These microscopic...
