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Family farmer of mixed grains, hay in a continuous zero till system. Growing free range pigs for Coles 🐖.Trying to maximise WUE & profit per ha🌾🌿#Willowbanks

West Kendenup W.A.
Joined June 2019
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Finished harvest today. A real mixed bag, but overall a really pleasant result given the season and a relativelytrouble free run . Massive thanks to Martin from Great Southern Bearings for opening the shop for me yesterday arvo to keep the pre Xmas finish alive. 🙂🍻
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Scenes from around the farm this last week.. hay and silage heading off to some happy cows, next seasons seed getting put away, bit of wheat coming off and forage sorghum up and away after some unseasonable heavy rain 🍻 @ryan_milgate @Albeveridge1 @Doctor_650
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A week on the farm. Never a dull moment, from full noise harvesting, to 38ml of rain, to drilling some summer crops to to make use of the moisture. Back harvesting the last couple of days @Doctor_650 @ryan_milgate @Albeveridge1
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Harvest isn't coming.... its here. Last year we experienced our latest ever start to harvest, and this year will be our earliest 😂. Never a dull moment @Kieran_Zilm @ksmith_agro @ryan_milgate @Albeveridge1
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Bit of new paint on the farm today @Doctor_650
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This country was bluegum stumps this time last year. Bit of lime and pigshit and a lot of cleaning up and it produced a very nice hay crop @Albeveridge1 @ryan_milgate @bellseeds
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Feeding hogs 🐖🐖
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Just listened to ep34 featuring @gilly381. Mark the young fella he mentioned was my best mate 😢. Ronald McDonald house is incredible and the role people like Gilly and JL played in Mark's life when he was crook was awesome. I will be donating, best of luck with your young fella
Join us in supporting rural families in WA! We're on a mission to raise $22,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities WA @RMHCWA by "adopting a room" for 2 years. 🏡 Watch why RMHC WA means so much to us: youtube.com/watch?v=63ZKu82p… 💛 Make a donation today: wafundraising.rmhc.org.au/fu…
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Hard to hide from this referendum.... even @abclandline thinks its an agricultural issue clearly, dedicating majority of their news to it... @Albeveridge1 @ryan_milgate @Doctor_650
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Awesome day at the @far_australia @GRDCSouth hyper yielding crops site at Frankland. This site never disappoints 🙂 Long may this critical research into lifting yields in the HRZ continue
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Hi Everyone. Please check this out and maybe miss 1 coffee this week and instead donate the money towards Matt's walk to raise money for RFDS. Fantastic cause, well done Matt 👏 ✔️
Hi all this hits close to home for most in the country. One thing we never want to use but are always greatful it's there. Jump on board and help me to raise some funds to help these guys out. oceanstooutback.org.au/s/230…
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Sceptre ticking along 🌞
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Spent the last week going the long way too and from Dowerin. WA wheatbelt has some magic spots that I've taken for granted for too long and awesome food, coffee and friendly service. Yealering pub Parmi the best ive ever had ☺️ Awesome fun
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Another day of spraying coming to an end. Have been really enjoying @Agrimasters Boots off Log on podcast this week. Can't believe it's taken me this long to find it !
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Elliot dressed up as a tractor/farmer for bookweek, there was no other option🤣. Amazing how quickly agriculture grabs kids 🙂🌱🌾
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Cracking day today. Crops loving the sun ☀️🙂🌾
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Bit of a longshot but does anyone in WA have 500kg minimum of NEO barley that they didn't end up seeding this year? Need to reseed a flooded paddock when conditions allow, looking to bulk up. @InterGrain1 @G_ctrain
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