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Can you help Agmates member Don Busiko. He is currently selling his rural property and is looking for work in the rural industry.

Don has previously owned property in Western Queensland and has a life time of experience with sheep, cattle and heavy machinery.

As a fellow member of the Agmates community across Australia if you are looking for a top man give Don a call.

If you know of anybody who is looking for someone with Don’s skill please forward this onto them. That way everybody wins.

Pictured below Don has his own horses and top working dogs. He has a family and is looking to find a full time long term position.

Whilst waiting for the right position Don will take on any part time work including tractor or dozer driving or stock work.

Click here to go to Don’s ad on the Agmates Trader site to get his full contact details and more particulars.

If you can help a fellow farmer and member of the Agmates Community, please do so. You never know when someone else might be able to help you when you need it.

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These Agmates members have questions - queries that we hope others in the community will be able to help with.

If you can help, please leave your answer / advise in the comments section below.

Got a question that you’d like answered, just use the Contact link at the bottom of the page to send it to us.

Question #1.
Rowell (QLD Wheat Grower) Asks

Does anybody know What percentage of Food that is consumed is imported to our country (Australia)? Does anybody know of who has done the research in this area?

I would assume the amount imported is growing year by year?

What level of residue testing goes into imported food?

These may be questions that have to be answered by someone who:
1. Specialises in disaggregation of the national accounts….the work of universities I imagine. I Hope someone had already done the work…

2. You would think the NFF would follow the consumption patterns of our community to see that our agricultural production was still competitive domestically. Perhaps one of the agricultural organizations…QFF?

They are real questions which go to the heart of agricultural and rural policy.

I’d appreciate it if someone could suggest where I might find this information.

Question # 2
Agmates Editor Asks:

Aren’t there any 2 year old Droughtmaster Bulls for sale in Southern and Central QLD?

There are 2 wanted ads on Agmates for people wanting to BUY Droughtmaster Bulls. One is looking for 1 and the other is looking for 6. The adds have been emailed to over 40 studs - result - 1 response.

Does anybody know a Droughtmaster Stud that has bulls for sale?

Heres a link to the ad for 1 bull wanted. Heres the link to the ad for 6 bulls wanted.

I’d appreciate if you could suggest a stud that may have bulls to sell.

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Agmates Editor Steve Truman writes:

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So draft them into the keepers pen or the bush pen. Jump on the drafting gate, your in control.
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Agmates Editor Steve Truman writes:

Adam Gilchrist retired from test cricket today. One of rural and regional Australia’s greatest ever sportsmen has left the game “on his terms” - just the same way he has played the game and the way he lives his life.

Adam Gilchrist or “Gily” was born in 1971 at Bellingen on the North Coast of New South Wales. He lived at Dorrigo where he attended Dorrigo Public School. At the age of 13, his parents, Stan and June, moved to Lismore were he attended the local school and captained the school team.

Gily is married to his high school sweetheart Melinda (Mel) and they have 2 sons and a daughter. An intensely loyal family man he is looking forward to spending a lot more time with his family. “Gily” is admired world wide within the Cricketing nations as a man of unquestionable integrity.

Matthew Hayden champion open bat and another country boy summed it up when he said………”He’s been a remarkable Australian, he’s held the baggy green in his hand with great pride and passion, great discipline, great work ethic……….a fantastic leader and had the ability to be able to change the game and that has made Adam one of the greatest players who ever played the game..

Richie Benaud Australian cricketing great said “Gilchrist has changed the way cricket is played……..simply one of the finest cricketers I’ve ever seen.” Benaud was referring to the fact that Gily has helped revolutionize the Test match game as an attacking No 7 batsman who scored 5,556 runs at 47.89, with a highest score of 204 not out, including 17 test centuries.

He retires from all forms of cricket once the upcoming one day series is over. In one-day internationals he has scored 9,297 runs at an average of 36.03 with 15 centuries and a highest score of 172. He has taken a total of 454 dismissals in the one-day game.

Make sure you watch him in his last one dayer’s. You are witnessing an all time great of the game. So long “Gily” and thanks for the great memories.

Agmates Editor Steve Truman writes:

Announcing the launch of the all new Agmates site - “Where Rural and Regional Australian’s Buy & Sell“.

See above, at the top of the news page now gives you the ability to click through to anywhere on the entire site and back to the news. Click on Home and it takes you to the front page of the new site - see below.

Save 1,000’s of dollars in commission and advertising costs when your selling. Find what your looking for anywhere in Australia. Do it all from your own computer - reach 1,000’s of people across Rural & Regional Australia with your product or message.

Agmates makes it so simple and cheap to build your own web listing - no computer skills required. If you can type and send an email you can now create your own web listing on Agmates. Not only that but you can change it anytime you like, right from your home or office computer, any time, night or day.

Click on the “BROWSE” tab to find Agistment, Breeding Studs, Cattle, CD’s-Games-Books, Contractors, Dairy Cattle, Dogs, Goats, Horses, Jobs, People Looking For Things, Lost & Found, Machinery & Plant, Other Livestock, Businesses, Real Estate, Sheep. See the browse page below and all the sub categories.

Each category tells you how many items are listed for sale with a number in brackets. Click on anything your looking for (with a number in the brackets, 0 means no listings yet) and it will take you directly to the category.

You then chose the sub category at the top of the page or just click on one of the listings you see on your page, to see the full description and the photos. When the photos are clicked on they open up to a large size. See the example of a Charbray Stud listing below, with in this case with up to 20 photos. At any time you can go back by clicking the BROWSE tab at the top.

Selling on the Agmates is simple, easy and cheap.

Just click on the “SELL” tab at the top to start the process. Then you just click which main category your item goes into and click next at the bottom. The only thing you should do before you start is know how many photos you have and resize them for uploading (this is the only technical bit). For uploading speed it’s best to get your photos under 100kb (if your on broadband if on dial up under 40kb) or a mx of 1,000 x 800. Don’t know how to resize photos? There are very detailed help notes on this page and if that does not work then there is a 24 hour, 7 day a week help line you can call. See the Sell page here.

Depending on which category you chose on the above screen the next screen asks you now to chose a sub category, you click it and then click next at the bottom. In this example if you choose “Cattle” on the above screen the next one will ask you to chose what type of cattle. See below.

Your listing is well under way, just add price, description & photos and your done.

Now on the next screen if you are listing cattle as in this example, you 1st enter your asking price, then the GST amount and then the total (Australian Taxation Law requires this). Then you enter the Title. The title is the 1st thing that people see so make it descriptive. Then the details of what you are selling. Don’t be concerned about making mistakes, once the listing is live you can alter / change any of this at any time through your “My Agmates” page.

When you are finished with the details just click next at the bottom. You have almost finished. (If you are not logged in or have not registered as a user you will be asked to do so here.)

Uploading Your Photo’s

Now just to upload your photos and activate the listing. All you do is click the Browse button on the screen. A window will open and you find the file on your computer where you have saved the resized photos . Once you have found the file and opened it click on the photo you want and click open. (You don’t have to find the file the second time, the computer remembers where they are).

Then it the text box below type in a few words that describe to people what they are seeing in the photo. Then click upload and wait. If you are on broadband and your photo is under 100kb it will take about 10 seconds. If you are not on broadband make sure that you photos are under 40kb or it will take a few minutes for each photo to load. Then just repeat the steps until all of your allowable photo’s have uploaded. You can change your photos or the description at any time once it is live through your “My Agmates” page.

You have finished creating you listing, you can see it by clicking the Preview listing link. Your listing is only visible to you until you have made payment.

Making Payments:

If you are comfortable using your credit card, click the PayPal button and go ahead and make payment with your credit card. PayPal handles all of our credit card payments. Your credit card details are removed from PayPal as soon as payment is made. Neither Agmates or PayPal stores your credit card details, so it is totally safe. We use PayPal because they are the number one credit card payment processor in the world. The millions or credit card payment made on EBay are all processed by PayPal. You don’t need to join PayPal to use it just click the link “Other’ at the bottom and enter your card details. When you are finished you’ll coome straight back to Agmates and your listing will be live for the world to see.

Manual Invoice: If you are not comfortable using your credit card, just click the Manual Invoice button. Another screen will open and just click on Send an Email to notify us that you have place an ad and are requesting an invoice. We will then email an invoice to you and can pay by Cheque or Direct Deposit. You listing does not appear live until payment has been received. Note there is an extra $10 processing charged on your listing for manual invoicing.

Studs, Businesses, Contractors and Real Estate Listing have the choice of two listing layouts. You can change from one to the other at any time through your “My Agmates” tab. This is a example of a cluster type photo display -

And this is exactly the same property ad with the photos displayed stacked on top of one another and the photo description appearing in text along side. This may be attractive to Studs, Business, Contractors who want to advertise up to 20 different animals / items / services with different details and prices. It is a web site within a web site.

There are many other, small little features that make Agmates so easy to use. Try it and see for yourself. Just click on the “HOME” tab at the top of this page to go straight to the site.

Please leave us your thoughts, comments, questions or suggests for changes or inclusions to the site. We are committed to providing you with a simple, user friendly and cheap way to sell and buy in Rural & Regional Australia.