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• The end is nigh

  So this is it. After three countries, 101 days, 41 different towns and cities, seven changes in time zone and more than 100 blog posts, I’m on my way home. I’ve met some amazing people along the way, visited incredible farms and businesses... Posted Jan 20 2011, 11:43 AM by NufSaid Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: farming, Nuffield, Travel, farm, Australia, fishing, Grand Prix, flood, Flooding, Tim Tams [Edit Tags]

• Itching to buy something

  Why do itches always materialise at the most inopportune moments? Say, for example, you’re at an annual Black Friday Aberdeen Angus sale. All around you are stetson-wearing farmers tugging at their ears or tapping their noses as a sign that they... Posted Dec 05 2010, 03:08 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, farm, Australia, cattle, ag, aberdeen angus, cattle sale, auction, cattle auction, Brad [Edit Tags]

• “You’d have to be an idiot not to be able to follow this map.”

  Luckily, Albury is lovely this time of year. I’ve left Dave, Heidi and Isaac’s and headed south-west (after a slight detour and a planned visit to a former gold-mining town now famed for its wine) to Barooga to visit another Nuffield chum... Posted Dec 03 2010, 02:19 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, farm, Food, Australia, ag, australian agriculture, tomatoes, Brad, salination, irrigation, Barooga [Edit Tags]

• Cuteness and sheep

  Read More... Posted Nov 21 2010, 08:38 AM by NufSaid Filed under: farming, farm, Australia, sheep, lone pine, Brisbane, koala sanctuary, koalas, merino [Edit Tags]

• Farewell to the tropics

  After a fantastic week in Innisfail I’m saying goodbye to Marty and my adopted family, Linda, Harvey and Emma. They’ve been fantastic hosts and I’m going to miss them all very much. I hope they’ll consider taking-on the ice and... Posted Nov 09 2010, 12:47 PM by NufSaid Filed under: farming, fish, Travel, farm, Australia, ag, barramundi, shag, prawns [Edit Tags]

• The whole milk truth

  Can you believe it? Marty took me to a dairy today. He’ll try and deny it, but it was a bit embarrassing how excited he was about the visit. ‘Let me see a few cows,’ he pleaded with Emma and me. ‘I miss the smell of the silage... Posted Nov 07 2010, 01:18 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Travel, farm, dairy, Food, Australia, ag, Marty, australian agriculture, Queensland, Atherton Tablelands, Gallo Dairyland, dairy farming [Edit Tags]

• Goin’ bananas

  If there’s one thing I’ve learnt on my travels, it’s that farmers in the UK share pretty much the same problems as every other farmer in the world. Supply and demand, retailer power, pricing, red tape and high input costs are affecting... Posted Nov 05 2010, 11:51 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Travel, farm, Food, Australia, ag, australian agriculture, banana, bananas [Edit Tags]

• Farm pests, Aussie style.

  Think you’ve got it tough with badgers, pigeons and rabbits on your farm? Well spare a thought for my baramundi-farming friend Marty, who has to contend with these: This ‘little’ fella is a couple of metres long, and was just chillin’... Posted Nov 05 2010, 04:55 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, fish, Weird, farm, Australia, ag, crocodiles, fishing, Crocodile, australian agriculture [Edit Tags]

• Chasing developments in animal genetics

  Apologies for ruining Mr Geography’s pen pal dreams, but I didn’t come back from the sticks married to an emu farmer. I did, however, learn some interesting facts about Rod Hull’s special friends: 1. They are growing in popularity in... Posted Oct 23 2010, 05:54 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, United States, farm, Food, Australia, India, Europe, cattle, ag, agricultural science, genetics, goats, Indian agriculture, emu [Edit Tags]