Turning potential into performance

With one of the driest Junes on record, what will July hold for us? For those that received big early rains, the dry spell in June was...

We hear all the time about the need for young people to be attracted into agriculture, and the difficulties, particularly in getting them...

How are your cows and heifers performing? Fat? Full milked up udders? Great calves at foot? With a fantastic season, “too much feed” and...

Is benchmarking leading to mediocrity in our livestock industry? In my opinion it is. Firstly it is actually just comparative analysis,...

What a start to season! For our area it has to be at least one of the best, if not the best, in my lifetime. And what result will that...

Have you seen the campaigns that say things like “thank a farmer for your next meal”? What do you think of them? If our industry thinks...

You may remember our recent article about watching your rams work, and the fact that watching doesn’t make you a creep. Well watching...

How often do you hear someone quoting the latest benchmarking results and telling you the type of enterprise you should run to be most...

How often have you taken the time at joining to stop and watch the action? It’s not taboo, and it is ok to talk about it! It is...

For most people, this time of year signals a chance for some decent thinking time, either while sitting on a header or chaser bin, or...