Edward Chancellor has it right, in my view. Central banks have pushed rates too low for too long, seeking to eek out that extra wiff of economic growth. Now we spend the next while unravelling it? What price endless growth? @cottonfarmgirl Andrew Watson apple.news/A7WTuxWH1R5iFq…

Lunch 3 weeks ago with a business manager for the Lao Army. Being a fan of Joseph Heller’s Catch 22, I rejoiced in this conversation!! #Milo

Term deposit choices in Hanoi. Quite a price for choosing the safety of Uncle Sam! Progressive Agriculture

Economic growth really is the ultimate addictive drug.. We know it will kill us, but for the life us, cannot work out how to get off it. (or are afraid to listen to those that have worked it out) CASSE steadystate.org

…but how tall is Don? 🤔

I hope this is not another biological equivalent of a perpetual motion machine. The energy must come from somewhere.

Vaclav Smil showed that if nitrogen fertiliser production stopped tomorrow, global crop production could support just 3.5 billion people. Time for a serious tilt at renewables for nitrogen fertiliser production, Mal?

A history-making day at APS Finals. Logan Janetzki claims Rob de Castella ’s 48 year-old APS 3000m record. Many have tried before. Interestingly, Rob de Castella set his record in 1974, also during a rare triple La Nina. What a record.

Have we paid back the Barmah Millewa borrow yet, Jeremy Morton 🌾🐸🦆🚜🐟🐂 ?

UNTL team finish focus group discussions in Betano, Timor Leste. Beginning of process to ask locals which research questions they want pursued in our ACIAR project. Social science leading/guiding ag research, not accompanying or following it. ACIAR Charles Darwin University

Fresh boots for Marcia, our Timorese CDU/ACIAR project team leader and her new hubby. Size 3, they don’t come any smaller! The best of Aussie farming technology for Timor Leste agriculturalists. ACIAR Charles Darwin University

Rory chasing the world’s best U20 cross country runners at World XC Champs, Bathurst. Brutal heat and course. Stirring crowd support. Proud parent moment.

This is quite analogous to how Joseph Schumpeter predicted the end of capitalism. Dominance of a class that knows and cares little about it.

Finally, finally a bit of fiscal policy is being applied to the inflation issue, after years of the RBA monetary policy doing all the heavy lifting. apple.news/ADTpezB7yT2mV0…

Nutrient omission trials underway in Baucau, Timor Leste. 14 UNTL students doing this for their final year project. These trials are a first for Timor Leste. Great win-win building knowledge and skills…and leg muscles climbing the terraces!! ACIAR The Crawford Fund

When Leigh Vial gets a Linkedin invite from…Leigh Vial! Probably not that unusual with more common names.

Marcia, Nina and UNTL students have applied custom fertilizer mixes to enact students’ nutrient omission trial on maize in Venilale, Baucau, Timor Leste. Great student science on a basic, important question. Uber-high soil pH. Handy scenery, too. ACIAR The Crawford Fund

DFAT’s TOMAK and our Charles Darwin University ACIAR project team up in Timor Leste for nutrient omission trials to inform TOMAK’s fertilizer initiative. Research for Development. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺

V072, an elite segregation of V071 identified at Moulamein! We are always a step ahead of the pack out here!

Current run of warm nights will hurt our big-biomass rice crops. Respiration rates much higher to keep the plants running overnight. Usually just a tropical problem!! Jeremy Morton 🌾🐸🦆🚜🐟🐂 Rice Extension Scott Burger Craig S🧢 Chris Morshead 🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿