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» 5/06/2012 2:48:06 PM If I were share farming someone's land the landlord would receive 18-20% of the gross prod.....
» 20/02/2012 9:54:15 PM The logic of blaming cotton for the ills of the Murray escapes me. Irrigators who grow cot.....
» 2/11/2011 8:09:29 PM I feel there is a complacency setting in, boy who cried wolf style, that because Malthus e.....
» 16/02/2011 12:23:17 PM Is it fair then for farmers to ask that they be able import cheap labour from the Phillipi.....
» 9/02/2011 3:22:16 PM What economists fail to note is that the value of irrigated production in the MDB is in th.....
» 19/11/2010 10:50:13 PM Jon J, only a percentage of farmers get a "handout", in a percentage of years. $.....
» 15/11/2010 11:55:53 PM vk, then you aren't talking about the Artesian basin, but alluvial aquifers. There is a.....
» 15/11/2010 6:24:03 PM VK3AUU, I agree, the barrages have modified tidal movements. The Murray has had little in.....
» 29/10/2010 9:59:42 PM About 10% of runoff in the Northern cotton valleys will make it to the Murray mouth under .....
» 28/10/2010 2:26:50 PM Agnostic of M, Water isn't free, it has a usage cost payable to govt, it has a pumping and.....
» 17/10/2010 10:57:00 PM 579, the lakes are fully seperated from the Coorong by the barrages and they do just as yo.....
» 15/10/2010 9:39:14 PM 579, dismantling the barrages would be good for keeping the mouth open naturally, allowing.....
» 21/09/2010 10:36:31 PM It appears to me that there are those whose aim is to talk the price of wheat down. The mo.....
» 18/09/2010 11:44:13 PM Bazz, ethanol doesn't have a high EROEI, something like 1.67 to 1. biodiesel is much bette.....
» 17/09/2010 10:53:16 PM It should be noted that grain for ethanol is primarily low protein grain, because starch c.....
» 16/09/2010 9:34:11 AM I was under the impression that the calorific difference of ethanol is around 30% less, so.....
» 28/07/2010 12:46:25 PM I think it is mainly the miners who would bear the cost of the tax. China etc don't have t.....
» 7/07/2010 9:46:57 PM Just thought I'd pop this in for you Val. World record rice crop for Australia's farmers .....
» 1/07/2010 11:09:47 PM Valerie, While I too have reservations about transfering regional wealth(in this case wat.....
» 1/07/2010 9:55:21 PM It occurs to me that those who oppose euthanasia generally aren't facing terminal illness......
» 14/12/2009 8:04:16 PM Scratching my head at this: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/down-and-dirt.....
» 8/12/2009 3:25:38 AM "If farmers aren’t directly penalised by having to buy emissions permits for the gree.....
» 2/12/2009 10:48:14 AM I can't completely agree. While modern horticulture is not sustainable neither then is the.....
» 21/11/2009 12:47:43 AM An interesting article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091117184531.htm I'.....
» 18/10/2009 7:35:42 AM "Yet, for some reason, agriculture has been largely able to avoid the attention of em.....
» 6/09/2009 8:35:53 AM Kevin is hitch-hiking around New Zealand and thumbs a lift from a passing truck. While the.....
» 31/08/2009 7:33:44 PM I would have thought by now we'd be beyond the stereotypical view that cotton farmers are .....
» 21/07/2009 8:46:31 PM Madeline, I'm surprised you hadn't heard GM cotton has been grown here for more than 10 ye.....
» 20/07/2009 12:02:51 AM kesha, "The stakes must really be high when a GM opponent's proof of undesirable con.....
» 14/07/2009 10:39:16 AM "First Evidence That Weed Killers Improve Nutritional Value Of A Key Food Crop" .....
» 2/06/2009 6:10:18 PM Protagoras, you obviously assume Glyphosate alternatives are somehow safer. Check out spra.....
» 31/05/2009 9:14:48 AM Protagoras, running short of time at the moment, a link to some discussion I've had on thi.....
» 29/05/2009 1:07:25 AM protagoras, reading a little more, which tends to make me think agronomists view isn't fa.....
» 5/04/2009 8:43:39 AM rechtub, if equipment is ordered by June 30 this year but installed by June 30 next year .....
» 29/03/2009 9:07:35 PM csteele, my lameish point about "barracks invasion" was more along the lines abo.....
» 27/03/2009 8:52:51 AM csteele, I definately see where you're coming from, and it almost invariably depends on w.....
» 27/03/2009 8:28:39 AM recthub, I believe it's a further 30% investment allowance (I read tax deduction, not nec.....
» 26/03/2009 7:56:57 AM The Northern Ireland attacks seemed cowardly to me, two army personnel shot dead whilst re.....
» 19/03/2009 8:24:58 AM palimpsest, doesn't "expectant" say it all? It's about what could be, not about .....
» 15/03/2009 9:24:15 PM Philo, "I suggest you talk to any pregnant mother and ask are you carrying a baby or .....
» 12/03/2009 3:50:13 PM Mr no exceptions, whether or not I care for the 9 year old is quite irrelevant. It just so.....
» 11/03/2009 9:29:30 PM webby, I find it difficult that anyone in good conscience would vote for a party that had .....
» 11/03/2009 7:08:40 AM There are a couple of points, from a taxpayers point of view is the money better spent su.....
» 10/03/2009 9:09:12 AM I read recently that the UK is going to do just that- print money. Interest rates have now.....
» 5/03/2009 9:25:47 PM Apparently Schmeiser doesn't like the fact that a company representative could investigate.....
» 5/03/2009 9:24:32 PM Bronwyn, how can you say the anti-gm lobby do not create a culture of fear. eftfnc ".....
» 5/03/2009 8:44:32 AM "These are the methods Monsanto uses to instill fear in farmers, because the best way.....
» 3/03/2009 3:55:36 PM shazbaz, don't forget that the machinery used to grow and transport the corn can run on bi.....
» 25/02/2009 11:49:41 PM Bugsy, I'll take it as more than coincidence that you mean me, now that I have discovered .....
» 24/02/2009 12:39:52 PM TZ52HX, don't hold your breath waiting for proof. Pale is apparently of the impression th.....
» 6/02/2009 8:30:24 AM I wonder if "productivity" is the answer. I look at it from a farming perspectiv.....
» 19/12/2008 11:07:53 PM merri bee, "And the latest word about GM cotton in QLD is that farmers are finding t.....
» 15/12/2008 1:31:36 AM Bronwyn, sorry my post was not meant to ridicule you personally, more the general mentalit.....
» 12/12/2008 8:00:57 PM Hang on a minute, didn't global tempatures spike in 1998, not long after the introduction .....
» 8/12/2008 11:32:23 PM Nicky, "No live animal should be exported for any purpose." So a family migrati.....
» 7/12/2008 7:16:50 PM pale, what makes dogmeat a third world status symbol? Dogmeat is very expensive relative t.....
» 5/12/2008 12:03:32 AM Perhaps it's time for the RSPCA to consider exporting dogmeat instead of letting the 10's .....
» 30/11/2008 10:31:01 AM Hi Nicky, our chooks in the backyard have a great life too, apart from the odd wedgie atta.....
» 28/11/2008 1:24:47 AM geoff, your study link studies "high (420 g) red meat, vegetarian, and high red meat,.....
» 27/11/2008 11:43:26 PM pale, "People, who know animals will tell you they think, feel in a way that often h.....
» 23/11/2008 2:46:21 PM The ag commodity market has changed since sept 26, now wheat and barley prices are half th.....
» 22/11/2008 9:10:39 AM geoff, what does WCRF say are the mechanics that "cause" colorectal cancer, in r.....
» 21/11/2008 12:43:25 AM didn't include this in last post. "The study from England showed that large amounts .....
» 21/11/2008 12:22:28 AM geoff, oh please! No they didn't say that at all. Here is a direct quote from WCRF: &quo.....
» 20/11/2008 8:32:53 PM pale, no bait. If we accept eating pigs which some choose to keep as pets, and are everybi.....
» 19/11/2008 1:33:41 AM Why would trafficing dogs be a big deal anyway. Positively civilised compared to sex and c.....
» 18/11/2008 10:18:17 PM geoff, "The Queensland Government suggests that the sorghum to be used to produce et.....
» 15/11/2008 4:34:35 PM geoff, you know full well that red meat does not "cause" colorectal cancer, but .....
» 13/11/2008 9:41:18 AM geoff, you really shoudn't get all your info from Animal Liberation and peta, they have li.....
» 10/11/2008 11:34:54 PM kind of funny deriding mining and agriculture, since they are the things destined to hold .....
» 9/11/2008 6:41:51 PM mally, you let it slip didn't you "by interferring with nature , the world population.....
» 8/11/2008 11:08:40 PM under one god, the quote(yes quote) actually compares gm and non-gm farmers, somewhat favo.....
» 8/11/2008 9:11:29 AM Informed comment on dickies link- " It is sad that someone who has visited rural Ind.....
» 6/11/2008 12:52:30 AM Nicky, you haven't changed a bit ;) The focus on handouts to farmers gets a bit lame in t.....
» 6/11/2008 12:51:38 AM countryperson, you make a great point - that farmers don't set the price, customers do. Fo.....
» 19/10/2008 4:13:29 PM examinator, no arguments, no water no savings. We can either but back entitlements now wit.....
» 16/10/2008 8:42:01 PM "Try telling some irrigation communities who haven't had an allocation for 6 years th.....
» 15/10/2008 11:35:37 PM With the global financial crisis, and consequent economic uncertainty within Australia, sh.....
» 15/08/2008 11:38:54 PM dagget, doesn't "95% of the time" indicate not always fresh? and that over the l.....
» 2/08/2008 4:44:58 PM lillian, so what exactlty if the field is a "pesticide factory"- isn't that the .....
» 1/08/2008 1:18:40 AM roushy, "if the somewhat paranoid, highly defensive pro-GM lobby team" ".....
» 1/08/2008 12:34:30 AM lillian, since you asked, and as i'm unaware of any fine print precluding Australian cotto.....
» 24/07/2008 12:31:50 PM I have been wondering the same myself of late, particularly when I heard on the radio yest.....
» 13/07/2008 11:39:27 AM martin, re:fair dinkum, thankyou for a rigorous analysis of my points. thought so. lets .....
» 12/07/2008 1:00:16 AM Thankyou Mr Brumby for injecting some sense into an emotive issue, there really isn't wate.....
» 12/07/2008 12:03:01 AM martin, it's an interesting point and strangely enough there are plants that react to touc.....
» 11/07/2008 5:41:18 PM wozza, "I oppose GM crops because I support sustainable farming of my soils and pastu.....
» 9/07/2008 6:52:02 PM "Why is consciousness the criterion for determining who is entitled to human rights&q.....
» 9/07/2008 4:42:53 PM Mr. Right, how right you are - without meaningful rain the buy-backs are practically worth.....
» 3/07/2008 6:09:02 PM sciencelaw,"In summary, to say that making abortion illegal would subjugate a woman's.....
» 3/07/2008 10:35:21 AM Clive, I'm a little surprised you would cease to contribute to a forum you believed was bi.....
» 30/06/2008 11:01:10 PM HRS, isn't the point choosing to take such risks. Isn't that something that needs to be we.....
» 30/06/2008 8:57:50 PM sciencelaw, of course you can rob a bank, you just have to either get away with it or take.....
» 29/06/2008 10:55:24 PM HRS, this whole discussion is quite subjective, isn't that the problem, and the heart of t.....
» 29/06/2008 6:44:48 PM Japan chooses not to grow GM but seems to have no problem importing it. http://www.grdc.co.....
» 28/06/2008 9:56:00 PM HRS, i couldn't agree more, adoption is a great way to lower abortion rates. Hopefully tha.....
» 27/06/2008 3:00:17 PM dickie, I'd be surprised if you came up with any evidence to suggest anything other than m.....
» 26/06/2008 12:09:06 PM HRS, re: adoption, so it's ok to force the mother to endure months of pregnancy, discomfor.....
» 25/06/2008 1:42:28 AM "From 1994 to 2006, the amount of glyphosate applied per acre of soya rose by more th.....
» 25/06/2008 1:04:31 AM I question why anyone would want to force a woman to have a child that she does not want. .....
» 24/06/2008 11:47:06 PM "Our planet produces enough food to feed its entire population". More food produ.....
» 16/06/2008 12:14:01 AM dickie, whilst I was only commenting on the profitability of live exports, you do raise an.....
» 15/06/2008 10:31:49 PM Unfortunately i doubt those poor, poor children would be able to afford Australian chopped.....
» 13/06/2008 9:48:58 PM macropodlady, I usualy defer to govt publications for my information. They are the ones re.....
» 13/06/2008 4:11:58 AM dickie, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. None of your osteoporosis articl.....
» 13/06/2008 2:27:28 AM I'm not so sure we have to double production, some 30% of the worlds food is wasted throug.....
» 12/06/2008 2:44:10 AM um dickie, hello. You said you didn't get your info from peta, viva and the like, but real.....
» 10/06/2008 1:15:53 AM dickie, sorry for the delay, i know how prompt you like me to be. your 3 links fail to pr.....
» 9/06/2008 11:44:32 PM no dickie, not a joke. That someone would be desperate enough to ingest poison to end thei.....
» 8/06/2008 1:24:14 AM I couldn't agree more Bronwyn. Production systems have been geared more toward yield, shel.....
» 8/06/2008 12:46:23 AM Bronwyn, I concur, millions will go hungry one day. World stockpiles have dwindled due to .....
» 6/06/2008 3:47:24 AM cornflower, wow you sure cut me down in flames. ouch. If you are really asking what I wou.....
» 6/06/2008 3:13:38 AM Romany, thats very interesting about the cow dung plant, so often we're told how bad farmi.....
» 6/06/2008 2:23:50 AM Bushbred, there has been some talk about growing mustard(not sure if they said indian spec.....
» 6/06/2008 2:20:23 AM I'm afraid I failed to come up with any reference to Genetic Modification being a waste of.....
» 5/06/2008 11:04:01 AM haralamblos, i find it difficult to accept that society condones suicide though I do agree.....
» 4/06/2008 3:05:58 AM nicky, genocide is not an appropriate word because no one is trying to eliminate sheep,cat.....
» 4/06/2008 1:57:21 AM dickie, "why we humans are the only mammals who continue to drink milk after weaning.....
» 4/06/2008 12:08:35 AM cornflower, despite being raised on raw milk from our then dairy I do not advocate raw mil.....
» 2/06/2008 10:54:58 PM trade, just wondering what makes casein nasty? I think you make a good observation about.....
» 1/06/2008 11:18:49 PM sadly the evidence suggests otherwise in regard to rural vets. I guess we need to assess &.....
» 20/05/2008 12:57:16 AM dickie, thankyou, but an expert I'm not. I am however reasonably well versed in zoonotic d.....
» 19/05/2008 2:50:37 AM dickie,dickie,dickie, sorry to have ruffled your feathers so badly but really my 7 year o.....
» 18/05/2008 12:15:13 AM non-gm, are you sure our regulatory body has approved GM canola stubble for human use, ot.....
» 14/05/2008 11:46:21 PM thanks Alexandra, but I'm not looking for a new partner :) It's a great number. dickie,.....
» 12/05/2008 1:06:07 AM Hi Alex, apologies for the delay, we can only post 4 times/day per thread and I ran out. I.....
» 11/05/2008 10:58:35 AM pale, your tube link didn't work for me but I did read some of Grandin's work . http://ww.....
» 11/05/2008 12:54:14 AM pale, I can only tell you what I heard on the radio. Sorry. The bit that went to air, and .....
» 11/05/2008 12:02:36 AM A great deal of focus is placed on "profit" from livestock by those whose pocket.....
» 10/05/2008 11:10:26 PM Hi Alexandra0814, I'm afraid asserting ones viewpoint and being confident with the validit.....
» 9/05/2008 7:46:08 PM Interesting today on the NSW ABC country hour, an rspca rep was giving her view on the res.....
» 9/05/2008 1:07:23 AM The whale question is an interesting observation. My guess is along the lines of appeal. B.....
» 9/05/2008 12:18:01 AM nicky, Of course AA and whoever else bothers to go to the ME are "doing it for the an.....
» 7/05/2008 11:35:38 PM pale, I'll run it by you again. Sigh. What part of "I've never said they aren't able .....
» 7/05/2008 2:58:16 AM dickie, once again you're barking up the wrong tree. I have no such connections, cruel or .....
» 7/05/2008 2:24:39 AM pale, are you joking, I've never said they aren't able to buy our chilled meats. My point .....
» 7/05/2008 1:40:32 AM please substitute meat for rainwater in my last paragraph. ie the water that falls as rain.....
» 7/05/2008 1:31:21 AM Imperial, stuffing it up- because every hecatare is not untouched remnant vegetation? beca.....
» 6/05/2008 12:33:52 AM nicky, my propaganda? I present the facts as I see them, I don't expect you to interpret t.....
» 5/05/2008 10:12:05 PM Maggie S, I agree grain fed beef will be limited in the future, however since most of the.....
» 5/05/2008 12:37:43 AM Eat grass fed beef if you're worried about corn and soybeans as a feed source, millions do.....
» 5/05/2008 12:30:35 AM dickie, Why a case of single "TSE" case in canada is news worthy, given an exp.....
» 4/05/2008 3:40:13 PM paleif, my name is known to the convenors of this site, and I stand by my comments. My nam.....
» 4/05/2008 1:55:42 PM Pelican, I'm struggling with the logic in live-exports needing to be made illegal just be.....
» 3/05/2008 2:34:07 AM dickie, how about we start with this one: "This month, a Canadian woman was diagnose.....
» 1/05/2008 1:45:13 AM Hi dickie, Yep, everything is a govt conspiracy, all aimed at irritating animal libbers......
» 1/05/2008 12:12:38 AM "Why is it necessary to generously compensate farmers if they lose water?" Much.....
» 29/04/2008 12:25:25 AM In case anyone actually takes dickie seriously: 2007 Lack of link between Crohns and john.....
» 22/04/2008 11:33:56 AM Nicky, you're absolutely right, starving dogs to death would not meet my approval. Of cour.....
» 20/04/2008 2:55:41 AM "So one guy is doing all right - either he is smarter than the rest of you, or you ar.....
» 20/04/2008 2:53:26 AM Nicky, "We, in fact, are pretty self sufficient with regard to food, most of what we .....
» 18/04/2008 12:16:04 AM dickie, No it said development not investment. personally i would have said trade develop.....
» 17/04/2008 10:55:43 PM Nicky, you made a broad statement that most farmers are getting the dole and therefore &qu.....
» 17/04/2008 1:43:57 AM dickie, I'll help you out: http://annualreport07.mla.com.au/trade_development.php definat.....
» 14/04/2008 8:41:11 AM My unfettered apologies to the live-export industry, they actually generate over $1000 dol.....
» 14/04/2008 2:23:44 AM Interestingly dickie both expenditures return similar results (greater than $100) per doll.....
» 13/04/2008 11:02:00 PM Can verifiably truthful information be classed as propaganda, because the way I see it MLA.....
» 13/04/2008 10:26:08 PM Nicky, One of the three charges was "proven beyond reasonable doubt" the one rel.....
» 12/04/2008 1:01:40 AM Nicky, You focus greatly on the technicality that resulted in aquittal on all 3 charges, b.....
» 11/04/2008 11:28:10 PM "MLA and Live Courpe who clearly desperation by the animal welfare organisation".....
» 9/04/2008 10:10:43 AM Nicky, not a so what attitude. Fat sheep transportation in November(presumably Dec, Jan an.....
» 7/04/2008 9:11:10 AM Nicky, I've had a quick perusal of the judgement and the one charge that would have stuck .....
» 31/03/2008 11:45:18 PM TRTL, no, I didn't say anything about supporting their own jobs, that indeed would be sill.....
» 31/03/2008 2:17:02 PM Yabby, It's not that peta aren't aware of the consequences, those consequences have valu.....
» 17/03/2008 1:16:52 PM rehctub, back to your original question, my family buys it's meat from a local butcher bas.....
» 13/03/2008 11:41:34 PM While I'm not happy about paying more for fuel, I think we vastly underestimate oils worth.....
» 1/03/2008 9:02:52 PM Hey Foxy, how about au revoir instead. Best wishes.....
» 7/02/2008 10:46:33 PM Sustainable farming is critical, the crux of the situation is why people think cotton or r.....
» 7/02/2008 10:32:00 PM `ginx, the problem as I see it is you didn't disagree with anything I said relating to cot.....
» 5/02/2008 1:27:34 PM ginx, if I'm defensive toward agriculture it is for good reason, I feel it is being wronge.....
» 5/02/2008 11:39:05 AM wow ginx, the substance to furthering your argument is to criticise me for drawing attenti.....
» 4/02/2008 8:57:34 PM Unfortunately for South Australia they are always going to be at the tail end of the Murra.....
» 4/02/2008 8:53:34 PM Ginx, I had no intention of creating a slanging match, but I'm not going to sit back and a.....
» 3/02/2008 9:45:40 PM Rainier, to the best of my knowledge farmers have to prove their viability before they rec.....
» 3/02/2008 12:17:21 AM Ginx, come again? "cotton farmers upstream pouring water onto their rice crop".....
» 31/01/2008 1:17:48 PM hello demos and ginx, you may have noticed that there is hardly any cotton or rice being .....
» 27/01/2008 1:49:46 PM Hi Yabby, absolutely agree your take on the study, it's just that the results ie "veg.....
» 26/01/2008 11:51:54 PM Hi Nicky, I think this is what you're after: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6180753.st.....
» 26/01/2008 12:05:30 AM pale, you've been visiting peta websites now haven't you. Love the Einstein reference, amu.....
» 25/01/2008 2:04:56 AM Hi Nicky, It's all good fun unless she finds out I've written that. As to dairy cows, it.....
» 24/01/2008 10:18:07 PM Nicky, i can't imagine any farmer worth his/her salt would not be a devotee of the five fr.....
» 21/01/2008 12:32:21 AM Hi Spanky, not making any predictions about 2008, but according to Geneva based Aircraft C.....
» 9/01/2008 11:38:10 PM Nicky. re:AWB, Through dogged persistence pale discovered that the AWB had bought Landmar.....
» 9/01/2008 9:25:48 AM nicky, some very good info. The way I see it, the sheep would be even more tired if they h.....
» 8/01/2008 1:49:54 AM Penny, when I say govt I mean information gatherers on their behalf. What possible reason .....
» 8/01/2008 12:40:30 AM Danielle, my interest lies mainly with human IQ at this stage, largely because of my daugh.....
» 7/01/2008 7:59:01 AM Hi Nicky, It's all a bit too much re: double identity conspiracies, I can't see what anyon.....
» 6/01/2008 11:51:11 PM pale, I do make allowances for your "confusion" which is why I wasn't upset that.....
» 6/01/2008 10:49:31 PM penny, just a few points, mainly again in regard to the 40000. The quote you provided incl.....
» 6/01/2008 2:07:34 AM steven, I'll do some thinking on evolutionary pressures on human brain size. Not likely to.....
» 6/01/2008 1:30:27 AM Penny, so you are basically saying that you don't know if the 10500 are direct jobs becaus.....
» 5/01/2008 11:42:13 PM pale, now you are doing it again. Yabby did not say: "Yabbysaid Interestingly the He.....
» 5/01/2008 11:19:37 PM penny, thanks for basically copying out Andrew Bartletts 2003 senate submission about part.....
» 5/01/2008 3:55:37 PM pale, "Yabb` little Shadow" - I'll presume this is an attempt at an insult. I h.....
» 5/01/2008 11:50:54 AM Q&A, you raise good points, and so does Geoff. My current thoughts are that a growing popu.....
» 4/01/2008 4:01:02 PM Q&A, farmers should be beneficiaries as well. The price of wheat and other produce has bee.....
» 4/01/2008 11:21:47 AM Interestingly the Heilbron report states 10500 "lost" jobs, just over half of th.....
» 4/01/2008 12:11:36 AM The 40000 figure has been bandied around, I'd just like to see where it came from. Someone.....
» 3/01/2008 10:57:31 PM Good points Danielle, though I'm sure it would be a plus to enjoy, or do quicker, work tha.....
» 3/01/2008 12:28:08 AM penny, the fact is deaths on board compare favorably with losses on land. Currently around.....
» 2/01/2008 12:05:17 AM Senator O'Brien continued: "If it comes to the point where the Australian public do n.....
» 16/12/2007 10:04:00 PM steven, On what basis would you seek to restrict or regulate abortion? If it is from a me.....
» 16/12/2007 9:34:04 PM hi mule, how about eat less, particularly processed foods. Maybe walk to work, school, sho.....
» 15/12/2007 10:56:14 PM Steven, although you have jumped from embryo to foetus(8 weeks old) in your question, it r.....
» 13/12/2007 9:48:43 PM The Mule, it might be worth noting that not everyone aspires to intensive manual labour. I.....
» 5/12/2007 9:15:27 PM Yabby, I agree on the residue values importance, and I estimated that if sold as feed it w.....
» 4/12/2007 1:25:34 AM Aime, Not many of us like change, least of all farmers. I have to admit being dubious abou.....
» 3/12/2007 11:47:08 PM I read recently that tallow demand from China has pushed the price beyond the economic thr.....
» 3/12/2007 9:42:14 AM Aime, When the moratorium on GM ends next year it will have provided 5 years of study, in.....
» 11/11/2007 11:23:45 PM What is done with the extra money borrowers pay when rates rise? Does the RBA stockpile it.....
» 6/11/2007 1:09:57 AM I'm not sure whether it was McGauran or O'Brien that mentioned that it was no longer the s.....
» 30/10/2007 10:32:38 PM paleif, I did ask you to post some details on the last Australian death from anthrax as I .....
» 24/10/2007 1:14:11 PM paleif, "Cant you imagine the drama if this country is ever attacked. It would be re.....
» 24/10/2007 12:54:11 PM paleif, you might have to tell us "When did the last person die of Anthrax in Austr.....
» 20/10/2007 9:43:48 PM dickie, because the answer the first time was pitiful. The second time even worse......
» 19/10/2007 3:29:39 PM dickie, from the pacat link you provided: "Middle Eastern consumers prefer local she.....
» 18/10/2007 8:58:30 AM PF, do you know the survey results will be used? I will happily support if it is used to d.....
» 17/10/2007 8:44:36 PM paleif, "I think you live in WA" Sorry, no I couldn't get much further away, n.....
» 16/10/2007 11:22:02 PM dickie, "It is not your place to instruct me on how best to utilise my endeavours tow.....
» 16/10/2007 12:21:48 AM dickie, re lending a hand, yes it's too hard lets not try. At least we'll save the Aussie .....
» 16/10/2007 12:10:51 AM paleif, I didn't ignore your question, I just don't live here. If I were a sheep producer.....
» 15/10/2007 12:09:59 AM dickie, re torture link, isn't this further proof that it is not only Australian animals t.....
» 8/10/2007 9:49:03 PM eftfnc, The primary reason it hasn't taken off in Australia is lack of markets and info on.....
» 7/10/2007 6:45:28 PM yabby, between fixed water charges and shire rates, govt bodies claw that money back and .....
» 7/10/2007 3:00:36 PM garpet, I missed the subsidy comment, sorry. Irrigators have been able to access exception.....
» 7/10/2007 2:25:33 PM garpet, it's risky to grow anything, so the best you can do is minimise the risks. The rea.....
» 6/10/2007 10:36:54 PM garpet, some cotton is grown on sub-surface drip with varying results. The capital expense.....
» 5/10/2007 8:50:26 AM garpet, "cultivate crops that are inedible but do make a profit" there's the ru.....
» 2/10/2007 4:27:52 PM gibo, I was under the impression you got fined if your dog wasn't tied on the back of the .....
» 30/09/2007 11:17:43 PM To answer the original question: they both want Kevin to win......
» 14/09/2007 2:28:36 PM runner, on the 500 witnesses, I have a vague recollection that one of the passages describ.....
» 4/09/2007 10:31:35 PM communicat, why cease growing cotton and rice? surely a farmer should be able to choose th.....
» 25/08/2007 10:27:28 PM fester, as I read it the researcher would able to release any results without fear under t.....
» 21/08/2007 6:30:00 PM m-i-a, We just need to make sure we harness the sewerage nutrients, not waste them, or act.....
» 5/08/2007 10:14:22 PM Speaking of comprehension dickie, it was most apparent that yabby meant lard as relating t.....
» 4/08/2007 1:47:30 AM dickie, re: dairy and prostate cancer http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200607/s170190.....
» 2/08/2007 9:34:49 AM dickie, the soyabean meal used to feed animals has first been processed to remove the oil.....
» 31/07/2007 5:06:24 PM People fail to acknowledge that a large proportion of the world is grassland. Grass isn't .....
» 29/07/2007 9:17:45 PM The question is were the Japanese "well-informed" with the truth, or were they f.....
» 22/07/2007 1:15:29 PM aqvarivs, It has been postulated that the current interglacial period has been lengthened.....
» 22/07/2007 10:56:59 AM dickie, you may like some more up to date info on Denmarks glyphosate restrictions. It app.....
» 30/06/2007 1:53:26 PM steel, can't you find enough inaccuracy in our own news sources that you need to look over.....
» 29/06/2007 12:28:08 AM safety record of nuclear power here: http://www.uic.com.au/nip14.htm Briefly, between 19.....
» 28/06/2007 12:22:36 AM With population growth, projected climate change and the capability to create huge water d.....
» 25/06/2007 10:03:19 PM steel, Australia has a tradeable currency, that of course farmers pursue. You miss the poi.....
» 24/06/2007 12:20:38 AM So steel, how are you affected by lack of water in the Aral sea? Or is this the best you c.....
» 21/06/2007 10:33:15 PM steel, I don't understand your view on the hordes of farmers. Aren't you happy to have the.....
» 21/06/2007 9:23:59 AM Zygote, steroids are available by prescription for those that need them. I can't ever reca.....
» 17/06/2007 10:53:48 AM I would have thought pumping off the fuel and oil would avoid environmental disaster in th.....
» 13/06/2007 11:10:14 PM spanky, why wouldn't I try the link? It's not that much effort, a lot less effort than ma.....
» 13/06/2007 10:48:42 PM spanky, yes it was a small thought and thats ok. I have to say it's a bit presumptive on y.....
» 13/06/2007 9:44:05 PM paleif, It is very hard to take "I dont give a rats arse if the farmers get more mon.....
» 8/06/2007 12:18:36 AM spanky, had no luck with your link, surely you wouldn't be taking the p_ss? Incidently a .....
» 7/06/2007 1:52:30 AM spanky, All kangaroos are protected, however there is permissable harvesting of the more a.....
» 6/06/2007 11:11:09 PM paleif says: "I dont give a rats arse if the farmers get more money or not." W.....
» 4/06/2007 9:11:59 PM Wasn't it the "people" that sunk the snowy hydro privatisation bid? Our govt's s.....
» 4/06/2007 8:54:01 PM It certainly captured my attention when it hit the news. I did wonder at the premiss of a .....
» 4/06/2007 5:26:26 PM DEMOS, I doubt farmers care very much where their produce is sold provided the best retur.....
» 4/06/2007 4:54:29 PM My understanding is the terminator gene technology was canned due to adverse publicity, pe.....
» 2/06/2007 11:26:54 AM steel, "why grow rice in a desert" Growers will use water for the best possible.....
» 1/06/2007 4:45:21 PM Oliver, I don't think farmers want to be treated as special but there are very real reaso.....
» 31/05/2007 11:14:27 PM paleif, My quibbling over employment numbers is pedantic, but to be credible you have to b.....
» 31/05/2007 12:29:19 PM paleif, I agree with TurnLTR comments about the salvos and think I said something along th.....
» 30/05/2007 12:16:19 AM steel, farming is a profession where skills are built up over the years often without acad.....
» 24/05/2007 12:21:45 AM Freediver, "We have more than enough people for nursing, defence, police and other ph.....
» 23/05/2007 10:38:35 PM Spanky, If it's a sperm whale the "little bit" is called ambergris and will be i.....
» 23/05/2007 2:43:26 AM Dave, Live export provides a benchmark value for the animals, and competiton amongst purch.....
» 21/05/2007 10:00:39 PM Country Gal, I would hope "elective" surgery encompasses births where natural b.....
» 21/05/2007 9:16:26 PM Ned, "currently nuclear power contributes only a few percent of world energy. Any maj.....
» 21/05/2007 12:18:05 AM When it comes down to it, don't most of us want to go out with a bang?.....
» 21/05/2007 12:12:18 AM Spanky, " hunting farms are (excuse the pun) making a killing in South Africa, for .....
» 20/05/2007 8:58:19 PM "Why else do we have to paint the Sydney Habour bridge continuously?" Because i.....
» 20/05/2007 8:12:49 PM Whats with the Nicky/Jenna thing on the above post. Has Nicky been Jenna all along? Has Je.....
» 18/05/2007 10:20:16 PM Belly, I took the liberty of averaging your 10-12 hrs to come up with the $200. ie 11x18.6.....
» 18/05/2007 9:57:05 PM Chris Shaw, Re:uranium hexafluoride "This one can't be buried down a hole and forgott.....
» 18/05/2007 8:28:38 PM Rhian, "And what about the exceptions – while latte-lovers are denied their occasiona.....
» 18/05/2007 9:54:02 AM Nicky, "quite frankly, the incomes or otherwise of WA farmers is of absolutely no int.....
» 17/05/2007 10:58:28 PM ChristinaMac, "But - notice that in democracies, not a single new nuclear power plant.....
» 17/05/2007 9:54:32 PM belly, "HOURS WORKED DO NOT INCLUDE TRAVEL TO AND FROM WORK taking the truck to work.....
» 17/05/2007 12:36:33 AM Nicky, "But even if these animals were being sent on the QEII, it doesn't change what.....
» 17/05/2007 12:21:10 AM Nicky, I've worked out that paleif is Wendy, Antje or Taryn every one else is a mystery to.....
» 15/05/2007 8:29:51 AM If human nature is to want that little bit(or lot) more then at any point in time the happ.....
» 13/05/2007 11:43:26 PM "So if they laughed I guess you can sit there with a glum face if you like" No,.....
» 13/05/2007 6:03:15 PM paleif, my advice, for what it's worth, is to focus on a couple of objectives and do them .....
» 13/05/2007 12:49:14 PM paleif, either the AVA voted or they didn't. The news link says they did. I did say 90% in.....
» 13/05/2007 11:58:37 AM "That reminds me- [ How are you going Brion] Lovely site. See Yabbs that just goes th.....
» 13/05/2007 12:23:33 AM http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/stories/s1102655.htm Vets voted overwhelmingly to suppor.....
» 10/05/2007 11:04:00 PM Yes, the horror of eating chips and drinking softdrink. I'd stop testing too, just incase.....
» 10/05/2007 12:12:27 AM paleif, I have to agree with yabby re: your business advice. It could do with a little mor.....
» 9/05/2007 11:58:49 AM paleif, "Farmers are capable of running their own farms if some people would stop gi.....
» 8/05/2007 10:22:07 PM I'm sure Libya's money is a good as anyones, why not trade with them. The MoU is all about.....
» 8/05/2007 9:03:59 PM paleif, I seem to have a lot to get through. Yes I do see your bigger picture, and I hav.....
» 8/05/2007 12:29:25 AM paleif, Me thinks thou protests too much. No farmer is likely to sell to the live export m.....
» 7/05/2007 11:12:14 PM ChrisC, Although I had considered the radiation strength due to proximity to the sun, I do.....
» 5/05/2007 12:16:54 PM PF, understand your reservations, I'll have a better look at the website. "The fact .....
» 4/05/2007 8:25:14 PM PF, no apology necessary, I should have been more clear. "A very remote threat of fo.....
» 4/05/2007 10:27:28 AM PF, your link was about Oregon. I was refering to Oregon. Basically Oregon could ban pig p.....
» 4/05/2007 1:51:58 AM PF, It will be interesting to see if it becomes law and not just a senate bill. I guess it.....
» 4/05/2007 12:32:45 AM ChrisC, couple of comments: 1, Because something doesn't follow, logically or scientific.....
» 2/05/2007 2:26:38 PM Is Mise, and so you should be looked after, for services rendered. In a purely capitalisti.....
» 2/05/2007 1:22:49 PM Dave, Does the 1% energy capture take into account the recycling of spent nuclear fuel rod.....
» 30/04/2007 10:51:15 PM PF, the way I read the initial article it says the rspca's proposal is to stop using stall.....
» 30/04/2007 8:54:36 PM Is Mise, you can be thankful for socialism too when next you pick up your welfare cheque. .....
» 30/04/2007 11:15:02 AM paleif, I absolutely listen to PF's views. He/she has been very informative. And knows a g.....
» 30/04/2007 10:22:19 AM PF, I don't know what the DPI has to gain from telling porkies. I accept your concern abou.....
» 29/04/2007 2:15:47 PM PF, Yes, I do use the term pregnancy too loosely as stalls are used pre and post birth. Ob.....
» 29/04/2007 12:48:31 AM paleif, Bull? perhaps Boar is more appropriate. I don't believe anything I've said is fal.....
» 29/04/2007 12:21:11 AM PF, No, aggression is a result of hormonal change during pregnancy. Logically they wouldn'.....
» 28/04/2007 2:47:45 PM dickie, "What does the Murray Darling Basin Commission do now?" Good question. F.....
» 27/04/2007 2:53:31 PM Simon, Such a plan is long overdue and I commend your thoughts on the issue. I wonder if .....
» 27/04/2007 2:01:13 PM Bruce, "Under the guise of protecting waterways feeding into the MDB Howard would hav.....
» 27/04/2007 11:10:17 AM Belly, Don't we already have some of these socialist attributes in our present system. Ed.....
» 26/04/2007 9:50:01 PM Bushrat, If there wasn't so much misinformation regarding cotton growing in Australia educ.....
» 25/04/2007 9:58:51 PM Fuel for farm machinery is not a huge problem, with zero till fuel use is kept to a minimu.....
» 24/04/2007 9:43:32 PM paleif, I'm not accusing you of doing it for the money, and when you say you aren't I'm ha.....
» 24/04/2007 4:16:09 PM Dickie I beleive your interpretation of methane concentration to be incorrect. On the same.....
» 24/04/2007 12:00:31 AM paleif, I was under the impression that I should not use a real name under rules of the s.....
» 23/04/2007 11:01:05 PM Maybe thats why they have such big litters then, to combat losses. Unfortunately our mode.....
» 23/04/2007 7:58:30 PM paleif, from your link: "On a personal note I encourage all middlemen agents to get i.....
» 23/04/2007 6:52:55 PM paleif, from the article: "The pork industry uses sow stalls to limit aggressive beh.....
» 23/04/2007 6:00:22 PM One thing about Bangladesh's farmers are that they grow and sell their produce in a third .....
» 22/04/2007 9:25:10 PM paleif, "We help the Real Farmers of Australia. How dare you suggest we support the.....
» 22/04/2007 1:13:23 AM davsab, "cotton farming requires a-lot-a-lot-a H2O." Depends what you compare .....
» 22/04/2007 12:57:57 AM paleif, Have I actually critisised the poem, or that you posted it? Absolutely not. My iss.....
» 22/04/2007 12:16:32 AM steve, Are you sure Mark Vaile said that or are you quoting the headline and attibuting i.....
» 21/04/2007 9:46:57 PM fester, good question. Farmers are constantly reminded that we only constitute 2.7% of GDP.....
» 21/04/2007 6:34:31 PM paleif, the only real shame is that you have used this poem for your own agenda and whilst.....
» 21/04/2007 6:12:45 PM davsab, Do we need cotton? At the moment the cotton industry is down to 30% of "norma.....
» 19/04/2007 9:42:13 PM fester, yes I am well aware of the Murray Darling situation, and I didn't need the PM to t.....
» 19/04/2007 9:42:00 PM fester, yes I am well aware of the Murray Darling situation, and I didn't need the PM to t.....
» 17/04/2007 11:14:30 PM fester, your food concerns are valid. However while our systems in southern Australia are .....
» 17/04/2007 10:43:57 PM paleif, "Feedlots cause foot and mouth" and here was me thinking it was a virus!.....
» 17/04/2007 12:39:49 AM Fester, excellent points. Solar would be an absolute win-win situation. The Lakes current .....
» 16/04/2007 11:45:45 PM Stephany, I didn't say we would be "forced" to take in "environmental refug.....
» 16/04/2007 10:46:31 PM paleif, "Animals should be transported as close as possibly from its origan to abatto.....
» 15/04/2007 11:47:23 PM Fester, You seem to think that just because 9% of water use is domestic that the city requ.....
» 14/04/2007 1:00:48 AM Ludwig, Stephany seemed to get what I was saying and didn't seem to ask what I meant by sh.....
» 13/04/2007 11:35:28 PM Fester, So what you are saying is that we have no agricultural surpluses and that all irri.....
» 13/04/2007 12:12:02 AM Yabby's master stood quietly by the tree and held her breath as she gently squeezed the tr.....
» 12/04/2007 4:08:22 PM Fester, Japan has had 3544 applications for asylum between 1982 and 2004. Hardly swamped. .....
» 10/04/2007 9:25:49 PM Dave, I agree that it is a smaller area that will really be affected. This 1600km2 will s.....
» 10/04/2007 8:11:01 PM fester, Who actually wants to migrate to Japan? They have a population of 127,000,000 in .....
» 10/04/2007 3:04:15 PM Christina, nuclear power will be more expensive but that doesn't make it unaffordable. If .....
» 10/04/2007 10:18:11 AM fester, there are a lot of ifs in a sanction scenario. if sea levels rise huge numbers of.....
» 9/04/2007 11:37:57 PM Well I guess we could snub the rest of the world and shun the UN. Since our economy relies.....
» 9/04/2007 9:55:19 PM paleif, The aussiehelpers charity is nothing short of outstanding and I'm sorry I missed .....
» 9/04/2007 9:01:12 PM Stephany, yes I beleive we will be obliged by the UN to take in more people, particularly .....
» 9/04/2007 2:27:27 PM Australia will likely have to increase it's population to 30,000,000 to remain in line wit.....
» 7/04/2007 9:10:56 PM paleif, I think you are absolutely right that charities should define how the donations wi.....
» 7/04/2007 4:14:09 PM Interesting summary of nuclear safety issues contained here. http://www.uic.com.au/nip14......
» 7/04/2007 3:14:09 PM pale, Surely the Salvo's can't take responsibility for everything. Their total revenue is .....
» 7/04/2007 2:30:32 PM Perhaps we could put this in some perspective. On my calculations the gulf is about 20000s.....
» 11/03/2007 5:04:24 PM Should households have a "necessity" water allowance equivalent to normal indoor.....
» 10/03/2007 7:28:54 PM Graham, The way I read it in non-australian reports was it is a target of 20% renewable en.....
» 7/03/2007 11:51:53 PM paleif, sorry not much into the emotional arguement. I certainly don't condone the injurie.....
» 6/03/2007 11:08:20 PM billie, sorry I didn't mean you specifically drinking bottled water I should have said peo.....
» 6/03/2007 10:36:34 PM Country Gal, that was my original point entirely,"what will they(govt) be doing with .....
» 6/03/2007 10:02:29 PM Is Mise, farming is a problem in that the cost of Kangaroo proof fences would be large, as.....
» 5/03/2007 8:28:22 PM Country Gal, yes I am aware of how much water is used to irrigate pasture and cereals. The.....
» 3/03/2007 8:17:29 PM Yabby, That is quite a price differential. No farmer should be expected to subsidise new p.....
» 2/03/2007 8:24:59 PM billie, Annual crops like cotton and rice are important because they are grown using wate.....
» 2/03/2007 7:30:51 PM billie, I don't understand why we "kiss our food supplies goodbye" in relation .....
» 1/03/2007 4:35:47 PM Is Mise, I don't have a problem with some token subsidy, but not for tanks to be given. If.....
» 28/02/2007 3:52:06 PM Has Peter Garratt gone into hiding? He didn't even front up to a bunch of irrigation farme.....
» 25/02/2007 11:21:44 AM paleif, It is becoming less clear what youir post is about. On one hand you state "Ke.....
» 24/02/2007 2:35:58 PM paleif, "I am sick of you changing your post "names" " What do you m.....
» 23/02/2007 8:29:49 PM paleif, It's hard to beleive your thread is not about live exports when it begins "R.....
» 23/02/2007 11:08:53 AM Rob513264, 12/2/07, Yes thats right, and my point from a different perspective. Legalise .....
» 23/02/2007 8:54:35 AM paleif, Have read through your links and found nothing of substance. If AWB are so consci.....
» 20/02/2007 4:26:24 PM well you'll be happy to tell me how much those live export subsidies are then and who are .....
» 20/02/2007 1:14:53 PM tapp, what do you propose? subsidising abbatoirs. the simple fact is that these markets wo.....
» 20/02/2007 3:21:50 AM Saintfletcher, the moree spa water is sourced from the great artesian basin which has been.....
» 15/02/2007 11:52:18 PM dickie, "Realise that the oceans are now two and a half times more acidic than befor.....
» 13/02/2007 2:12:14 PM spendocrat,"Dad, it's less dangerous than alcohol you know." I notice you compa.....
» 12/02/2007 9:39:45 PM spendocrat "the community does not need to condone or approve usage in order to decri.....
» 8/02/2007 3:41:54 PM Interestingly it is legal in the Netherlands to sell cannabis in the cafes but it is not l.....
» 8/02/2007 12:12:54 AM My question is why does it need to be legalised, it's not hard to find and if you've got h.....
» 5/02/2007 9:07:47 PM Bruce, "If Turbull allows trading in licences and a futures market to develop...".....
» 23/01/2007 4:51:56 PM Yabby, I was being a little cheeky, sorry. Land values in my area have trebled since 1990,.....
» 23/01/2007 6:53:47 AM Yabby, Yup, I am a hobby farmer, as I don't depend on farming for a living anymore. I got .....
» 20/01/2007 9:19:09 PM Everyone should make an effort to do their shopping at woolies on tuesday. PR or otherwise.....
» 15/01/2007 10:35:10 PM The NSW water management act 2000, implemented 2004, permits holding of water entitlements.....
» 11/01/2007 4:21:11 PM Brock, "People who drink recycled water are dumber people." I now can't decid.....
» 10/01/2007 11:34:11 PM Leigh, perhaps you meant fluoridation for the teeth, chlorination is for "cleaning&qu.....
» 10/01/2007 7:21:32 PM Leigh, what say did you want in regards to chlorination. Would you prefer to have health p.....
» 9/01/2007 10:30:24 PM Ludwig "My impression from some of the things that Kim Beazley was saying was that he.....
» 9/01/2007 9:01:16 AM west, models used by NSW govt have previuosly identified what a 1 in 100 year drought will.....
» 8/01/2007 2:32:00 PM Bruce, it's all very well to critise lack of progress in the water debate, but what are yo.....
» 7/01/2007 1:18:30 PM Cuba fell so far backwards because it relied so heavily on foreign backing that when the m.....
» 7/01/2007 12:56:34 PM Dagget, thankyou for making me aware of EROI when you did your original post. I had know.....
» 7/01/2007 11:44:14 AM dickie, I didn't say clean I said "green" credentials, by which I mean cleaner t.....
» 6/01/2007 11:07:34 PM dickie, further up you compared coal facility pollution vs uranium facility pollution and.....
» 4/01/2007 5:52:27 PM I often wonder why the UK does accept immigrants so readily. Having 60 million squeezed in.....
» 3/01/2007 10:42:06 PM Fester, while we may scoff at the 4p/week per capita this equates to about $AU 300 millio.....
» 2/01/2007 10:43:37 PM Leigh I'm sorry you took my poor choice of word " lucky" in the wrong context. I.....
» 2/01/2007 4:44:19 PM Excellent point Leigh, how lucky we are to have the priviledge of free speech, and not to .....
» 2/01/2007 2:01:16 PM daggett I'm heavily involved in agriculture and hope for my sake that I have a realistic v.....
» 2/01/2007 1:59:59 PM dagget, personal attacks shouln't be a part of an opinion forum because thats what we have.....
» 2/01/2007 10:30:26 AM Leigh, I said "believe" because the proposal was made 6 months ago and Toowoomba.....
» 2/01/2007 7:27:22 AM I was just reading on one of daggett's links about Cuba. I can't say I aspire to returning.....
» 1/01/2007 11:38:27 AM Leigh, whilst I can't speak for every town, those in northern and central NSW have ample s.....
» 1/01/2007 11:25:48 AM Dagget,It is a miracle! Conservation farming using no tillage, selective and cell grazing,.....
» 30/12/2006 11:45:40 PM Dagget, I suspect I have a little more understanding of the agricultural scene than you do.....
» 30/12/2006 3:18:20 PM Kaep, my idea does not have to get up, its yours that has to come to fruition. City dwelle.....
» 30/12/2006 1:04:28 PM Drought is a very poor excuse to curb immigration. This country can support a much larger .....
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