G’day Agmates. Overcast and cool here today. A few light showers.
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Grain record tipped for Geraldton | The west.com : Geraldton farmers are headed for a record grain harvest after last year’s near wipeout, according to figures released by CBH yesterday.This year’s yield is expected to be five times bigger than last year’s. The harvest, currently 2.56 million tonnes, was expected to pass the 2005-06 record of 2.8 million tonnes.
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Beef inquiry a welcome sign | The west.com : The WA beef industry will go under review in the hope of rescuing the local market which continues to languish while eastern States producers reap the rewards of escalating prices.
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Growers hold out for more | Sunraysia Daily : MALLEE grain farmers are refusing to give up their grain until prices improve.After a dismal harvest and a year of high fertiliser, chemical and fuel costs, farmers say they cannot afford to sell their wheat at the prices being offered.
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Enhanced Blog Software | Thomas Multimedia : Well it did not happen yesterday. Agmates IT guru Steve Thomas is having a frustrating time trying to get the bugs out of the new program. If you happened to see for about 15 minutes yesterday it was up, except that all of the existing comments did not show. So we pulled it back down again. Steve is not celebrating this one yet. Maybe today, he’ll get a breakthrough.
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Today’s Weather | Weather Zone : A trough over QLD and NSW is causing isolated showers and storms. The monsoon is generating heavy rain and storms over the tropics. Strong westerly winds are causing showers in TAS, some wintry over high ground. Hot, dry easterly winds are keeping southern SA and southern WA dry.
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More Later …
Have Your Say!
January 8, 2009 at 2:21 pm
The greatest need for this paradigm shift is in the so-called ‘western world’
http://sydwalker.info/blog/2009/01/07/speaking-our-way-out-of-hell/
This is increasingly a global ideological battle and the ultimate prize is global civilization in entirety.
A movement based on lies and deception, with inordinate financial, media and political power, is hard to outsmart.
We need to ‘deconstruct’ bogus words and concepts that currently keep our ideological wings clipped. All this will help change the terms of the debate and ‘level the playing field’.
Each of us who escapes the wing-clippers for long enough can fly free – able to join other free spirits in the common struggle.
The essential choice is between a managed hierarchy – or freedom, equality and universal kinship.
( I believe Syd states the problem very well and like the Palestinians small farmers are in the way . We have got to be very resilient and resist giving in as this huge choice confronts each of us )