Ed and Kat Nixon are excited to announce the launch of our independent agricultural consultancy business - Optimus Ag, Agronomic & Farm Management Consultancy Precision Ag Consultancy Farm Meeting Facilitation Farm Business Board Member Independent Property Inspection and more

See details of our first event next week.

Some RR canola ready for its first glyphosate spray of a 2 spray approach. Don’t forget to decontaminate well before spraying. #plant24 #optimusag #canola #cropping24

Some good rainfall about to the west of the area last weekend. Unfortunately some to the east missed it. Supplementary water via irrigation very handy in tough starts. Some wonderful sunsets during this sowing. #optimusag #plant24 #agriculture #irrigation

🌧️🌱 THERE’S PUDDLES 🌱🌧️ Is there any better sound than rain on the roof🩵Finally some wonderful rain over the whole region right at the end of Autumn for crops that are up and those that needed it to germinate👏.36mm at Balldale, what did you end up with? #autumnrain #optimusag

Frost sucks, but utilising ChatGPT for frost assessments makes it slightly easier. Using the mic button and saying good or dead for wheat heads that are affected. Then getting it to work out the percentages gives some better data to work with. Not perfect but helpful. #frostsucks

4 DAYS LEFT to BOOK - Farmanco: Analyse - Innovate - Grow Carbon Outlook Day at Yarrawonga / Mulwala - Thurs, 16 Oct. Presented by Eric Nankivell, Pip Grant Riverine Plains, Lachstock Consulting, Ed Nixon Optimus Ag & Crawford Taylor, Consultant. SCAN QR CODE to RSVP. Supported by #DCCEEW, #CFOP & Grower Group Alliance.