The Farmers Club Newsletter

The “Club Notes” for Friday, the 20th of October 2023

By Dwain Duxson

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I have never seen anything like it

I wrote in a "Club Note" yesterday about how we had to go to Yarrawonga to do a couple of jobs. I just got back. We talked about how good a Cropping area the Yarrawonga Farming area is. Now, I know some of you reading this might not get a Crop or are doing it tough with Livestock the way they are, and we feel for you, but when something or someone is going good, we like to celebrate it. The Crops around Yarrawonga are enormous. I don't think I have ever seen better. They had roughly 2-3 inches a couple of weeks ago, and there is still water in the table drains. They are a sight to behold. Do yourself a favour if you are close handy enough and take a Sunday drive to have a look for yourself. I have put the Yarrawonga Farming area map in the images below. Reply to [email protected]

And then there's Dookie…..

Dookie is another good Crop-growing area, and I drove through there this morning on my way home. It's unique the Dookie Farming area, different to the Yarrawonga Farming area. The Crops are equally as good, but it's the rolling undulations or hills and the red volcanic soils that have a little romance about them. I mean, if you had first settling rights and you discovered Dookie, you would not go any further. You would immediately place an "it's mine" flag in the ground. When you drive along around Dookie and see all the precision Farming straight lines in the Crops that meander up and down the undulations, it sorta looks like art. I took a photo that doesn't do it justice. See below. Another recommended Sunday drive destination. Reply to [email protected]

Ram roll

My old mate Stewart MacPherson from Glenorchy (see map below) alerted me of a funny story involving him and my brother Ben. Stewart bought 4 Rams off Ben, and Ben said he'd deliver them. You know how some people really look after their Machinery and care for it like a first Car. Well, that's not Ben. If he needed to tie something down on a trailer, he would quickly do it and take off and not check if it was still there. I get nervous and triple-check things before I leave and then stop 10 times to check again. Anyway, you can sort of work out where this is heading. When Ben got to Stewarts Farm, there were only 3 Rams in the back. Shit, it must have jumped over as all the gates were locked. So with Ben driving at 100 + kilometres an hour, they estimated it would have had to do 20 rolls on the bitumen, but its primary focus wasn't to lick its wounds and feel sorry for itself as it was found on the way home in the with the neighbour's Ewes doing what it was bought to do. Reply to [email protected]

A sign of service

We have written in the Farm Tender Daily about the poor service from some businesses in the Ag sector and how it's an opportunity for others. See the article here. It extends to other industries as well. You know when you have a small breakdown with the old Nissan Navara, and you are in a foreign town, and the Mechanic says, "nu mate got about 3 weeks work in front of me before I can touch yours". Well, on the way home at Heathcote, I spotted a sign that depicted customer service to me. The sign said MECHANIC ON DUTY (see the image below, sorry about the quality, I had to get it off Google Maps as I forgot to take a photo on the way past). So, to me, the sign is saying, bring your little niggle or breakdown in, and we do it on the spot, not 3 weeks later. I'll give the business a plug. It was Rob Middleton Motors, and if someone local can tell me I am reading the sign correctly, then please let me know. Reply to [email protected]

End of message.

Dwain Duxson

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