Few gathering for the FMD protest in Colac. ⁦The Weekly Times⁩ ⁦Kath Sullivan⁩

Organiser Peter Delahunty says it’s not a political rally, rather it’s a farmer rally. Calling for temporary border closure for non essential travel with Indonesia and assistance provided to Indonesians.

Statement handed out at protest

The curious case of Peter Dutton, foot-and-mouth disease and an extreme bid to close the border via Kath Sullivan abc.net.au/news/2022-07-2… via ABC Australia

🥇 GOLD FOR AUSTRALIA 🥇 Congratulations Australia on winning GOLD at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games! #B2022Netball

Loving the Cotton Conference and it’s focus on sustainability. Sooo much to learn.

Andrew Whitelaw Dairy Australia

Congratulations to veteran journalist Anne Burgi who has been inducted as the third life member of the Rural Press Club Vic. #PRCVAwards

We scrub up ok. What a wonderful conference. Thanks Boehringer Ingelheim

EP 150 'Chan Solo' The socialist revolution starts here. Guardian rural editor Gabrielle Chan aka Chan Guevara has forcibly taken over the AgWatchers studio and is holding us ransom until we answer her questions.  Apple: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/agw… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/63qaxI…

A save the date for #SWVic Producers. A rare opportunity to hear Frank Mitloehner speak on methane accounting and debunk the myths. Friday 10th Feb 2023 evening in #Warrnambool. Great South Coast Food & Fibre Inc. Dairy Australia Glenelg Hopkins CMA #UDVWannon Grassland Society details to follow

Journalism opportunity!!! We are searching for an ABC rural reporter based in Gippsland. It’s fab patch (attached pics to prove it) and you get to work with me and other ABC Rural legends! Any qns hit me up. Applications are open now, closes Feb 5 link 👉🏼 careers.abc.net.au/en/job/502985/…

Quality and story telling about Australian Ag is the key to extracting a premium from the market, according to ANZ regional executive Jeffery Schrale #foodfutures23

Love Haydn Sales’ reference to Ag requiring “Patient capital”. He’s clear it’s not bank debt, it’s investment that doesn’t require a dividend, or only a small dividend. It also reinvests in the business. He believes foreign investment can deliver this #foodfutures23

This looks familiar…. Matt Dalgleish Andrew Whitelaw #FoodFutures23

Best in the business

Asking the hard questions, about a national fodder stocktake Warwick Long Eden Hynninen Will we ever see it? It’s been a topic of discussion for years and years

At the Citrus_Australia conference learning about industry- crippling diseases and pests overseas and the first two speakers from the US say they weren’t inspected by biosecurity at the airport on arrival 🤯 Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry