Dear Riely,

It would appear that there's no other option but to
vote the government out and elect people that would
represent the nation's needs and work for the good of
the nation. It's a very worrying picture that you have
painted and I'm sure that many Australians would not be
aware of the facts you're presenting. We need to support
our farmers and growers - who are the mainstay of our
survival. Where would our country be without the hard work
that is being done by our rural industry.

We need to write letters to our MPs both state and federal
who obviously don't or aren't aware of what's going on in
either their regions or the country.

I mean not only the farming community should write and
boycott overseras products - but city dwellers as well
because we are one nation and we should support each other.

Come-on Aussies - this is our future!

Paul Barnes has written an article in the Australian
Strategic Institute's - "The Strategist", 23 August
2019 - "Time to rethink Australia's food security".

We're told that the establishment of the "Future Food
Systems Cooperative Reserch Centre at the University of
New England is significant. The CRC will work across the
food supply chain and incorporate innovations in
protected cropping, advanced manufacturing, smart logistics
and developments in food science in support of high-value
industries in agricultural hubs.

The CSIRO has made long-term investments in the areas
covered by the food-disaster-climate nexus, along with the
"climate change institute" at the Australian National
University.

The question is asked - "Are we doing enough to bring
together the strands of food security, disaster resilience
and the impacts of climate change?" We're told - probably
not - but there may still be time to do more.

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/time-to-rethink-australias-food-security/

New outdoor pig rules as of sept 2018
Who would ever figure that a pig of 26 weeks of age, a grown pig ready for breeding is not one pig its value is worth 1.8 pigs and when the pig is gestating is value is 1.6 pigs. That same pig is now lactating it’s worth 2.5 pigs its progeny are worth .1 of a pig until 4 weeks of age and weaned then the Sow Being a dry sow is valued at 1.6 pigs. The weaned progeny progress from .1 of a pig at 4 weeks of age to 26 weeks of age where the value is 1.6 pigs. Presuming 5 of the grown pigs are sold at 26 weeks of age and 5 are kept as future breeders and valued at 1.8 pigs.
10 progeny can be 5 ladies and 5 gentlemen.
Whatever happened to a pig just being a pig.
Breeding sows only on farm as artificial insemination is used.
A pig can breed 2 times / year x 20 progeny / year.
Foxy you are good at equations just like a farmer.
You are allowed a factor of 12 Spu / hectare. [ That means pig values]
The accepted birth rate of a sow is 10 progeny
How many pigs in number does that equate to on a 60 hectare farm lot.

Dear Riely,

I can see from your posts that you are very knowledgable.
I suggest that you pile it all into
a book so that other people (farmers) can have the material
as references to pertaining farming practices.

Monsanto was the villan in the peice a few years back.
If a farmer was not buying their seed they would sneek onto his land
and sample the plants near the road.
Also contractors machines are contaminated.
If they turned out to have their seed DNA they would sue.
However adjacent farmers using Monsanto seed drive their trucks past
and the seed blows off their trucks.
Also Monsanto did not allow the ages old custom of the farmer saving
seed from one crop to the next.

Watch out now we will have the feminist animal lovers protesting about exploitation.