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This is where I have got to. I’ve put a fair bit of our own know-how in here so my hope is that others are as willing to share so we can all benefit.
Mark Fowler retweeted
This is the ON WAFarmers episode everyone has been waiting for - @mdfowler100 on Paraquat, phosphine, ISCC, and a long list of other critical wins and ongoing battles facing our sector.
Mark also really points out why it is so important that people join an advocacy group.
Let us know what you think, and share it with someone who you think needs to hear it!
Enjoy: open.spotify.com/episode/2dh…
The story of our year.
We even have baited the rain with hay on the deck.
158mm for the year at East Wickepin.
Mark Fowler retweeted
See our comments on:
(a) the Senate’s decision to conduct a parliamentary inquiry into the APVMA’s recent decision on paraquat; and
(b) the (misguided) support for that inquiry led by David Pocock but also voted for by the Coalition. @The_Nationals @LiberalAus @DavidPocock
I have been misunderstood here. What I said was that, while govt ownership was not our preferred option, something has to be done to fix the currently unworkable situation. And govt ownership (for now) is preferable to the continued mismanagement by ARC Infrastructure.@farmweekly
I definitely did not say that govt would do a better job than private ownership generally (as is perhaps implied) but that govt ownership would be better than ARC Infrastructure who are not maintaining or reinvesting in the line and applying excessive track access charges.
This is what I sent @farmweekly (prepared earlier when the acquisition was first proposed and sets out @WAFarmersGrains thinking on this).
After their biased and misguided reporting around paraquat, and this recent article asking why farmers should be exempt from the taxation of trusts, I really question why The @australian is suddenly so against farmers?
Labor’s 30 per cent discretionary trust tax spares farmers, but builders, doctors and other key industries face hikes and costly restructuring.
Discover why: bit.ly/4gv0MlW
💯% - 110mm YTD in out patch with little or no rain forecast for the next week, a super El Niño and a developing +ve IOD. #qualitycliffface @DemeterCormack
Mark Fowler retweeted
“Australian grain growers stood shoulder to shoulder with Syngenta in defending paraquat through years of regulatory scrutiny. To walk away after the APVMA confirmed the product could remain available sends the wrong message & undermines confidence in a vital agricultural tool.”
Syngenta’s paraquat withdrawal exposes how vulnerable Australian growers are when global commercial decisions reduce access to essential products.
This exit raises serious questions about future investment in Australia’s crop protection market.
More-> rebrand.ly/adf107
We have increased our on-farm fuel storage recently but, up till now (due to regular turnover), haven’t really needed to consider the difference between summer & winter fuel and possible carry over issues. How real is this and is it mainly going from summer into winter?
See my article that was submitted for publication days before the APVMA’s final decision on paraquat together with Farm Weekly commentary following that decision.
A victory for science & law over misguided & sensational media & political campaigns (@australian @DavidPocock)!!
Mark Fowler retweeted
One of the most damaging ideas in modern risk communication is that hazard equals risk.
IARC helped popularize this confusion.
A hazard tells us what could cause harm. A risk tells us what is actually likely to cause harm at real-world exposure levels.
Those are not the same thing.
Yet for years, hazard classifications have been reported as if they were measures of real-world danger.
The consequences have been enormous:
• Public confusion.
• Sensational headlines.
• Multi-billion-dollar lawsuits.
• Erosion of trust in regulatory science.
And when everything looks dangerous, the public loses the ability to distinguish genuine risks from theoretical ones.
Good science requires both hazard identification and risk assessment. Ignoring either one leads to bad decisions.
The challenge is that only one of them tends to make headlines.
Mark Fowler retweeted
IARC has confused hazard with risk.
IARC has promoted chemophobia
IARC has fueled litigation.
IARC is politicized.
A decline of IARC would result in less fearmongering, fewer lawsuits and a greater reliance on risk assessments.
After the US government put a health warning on IARC's low quality research, @zaruk wonders what a post-IARC world will look like.
Less fear, ignorance or useless lawsuits
It will be better and no one will notice when the cancer agency crawls into oblivion
thefirebreak.org/p/welcoming…
Mark Fowler retweeted
Here is the @WAFarmersGrains letter to the editor of the @australian regarding Ros Thomas’ article on paraquat. We have asked for the opportunity to respond in this weekend’s paper with our own op-ed on this important issue. @DavidPocock
Paraquat was hailed as a wonder poison for Australian farmers but 60 years since its introduction, those stricken with Parkinson’s disease are counting the cost. Read the full story: bit.ly/4nX2Llj
Mark Fowler retweeted
Un professore di economia di una scuola superiore aveva dichiarato che nessuno degli studenti del suo corso era mai stato bocciato, ma si è recentemente ritrovato a far bocciare un'intera classe.
Tutta la classe aveva insistito nel dire che il socialismo funziona e che, di conseguenza, nessuno sarebbe stato né povero né ricco. Un mezzo egualitario eccezionale.
Allora il profesoore annunciò: "OK, faremo allora un piccolo esperimento di classe. Al prossimo compito in classe, farò la media di tutti i vostri voti e ve lo assegnerò. Avrete tutti lo stesso voto, nessuno riceverà un'insufficienza né prenderà un dieci".
Dopo il primo scritto fu fatta la media dei voti e tutti ottennero un 7. Quelli che avevano studiato molto erano delusi, quelli che avevano studiato poco erano contenti.
Nel secondo compito in classe, quelli che avevano studiato poco studiarono meno e quelli che avevano studiato tanto decisero di seguire la strada dei loro compagni furbetti studiando poco. La media del secondo esame fu un 4. Nessuno era contento.
Al terzo compito in classe, la media fu 2. Nel corso dei successivi esami i voti non migliorarono mai. Cominciò a crescere il nervosismo e gli scambi di accuse, gli insulti colorivano le conversazioni e tutti vissero male quella situazione. Nessuno volle studiare a beneficio degli altri. A grande sorpresa di tuta l'intera classe fu bocciata.
Fu allora che il professore affermò che il socialismo era il viatico del fallimento, poiché quando la ricompensa è grande, l'impegno nel riuscire è altrettanto grande. Ma quando lo Stato elimina ogni possibilità di premio, nessuno offrirà il proprio impegno né vorrà ottenere successo. Non potrebbe essere più semplice.
Mark Fowler retweeted
Grain growers in Western Australia and South Australia are being urged to provide on-ground evidence of mouse activity after applying ZP25 mouse bait to assist an emergency permit application for use of ZP50 mouse bait.
More-> tinyurl.com/3x2svp6r
Mark Fowler retweeted
Was anyone suspicious of how quiet China and Russia have been lately? From May, China will ban exports of sulphuric acid, roughly two-thirds of which feeds fertislier output. supplychaindigital.com/news/…
Mark Fowler retweeted
If you really have to think about the value of the farm lobby organisation @WAFarmers then getting @CSBPfertilisers to honour it’s commitments to nitrogen supplies pays for your subscription over and again. Time to pitch in and become a member v being a free rider!
Mark Fowler retweeted
Replying to @WAFarmers
@WAFarmers has advocated strongly on this issue (as it has on so many issues) on behalf of ALL WA farmers, despite only a third of WA farmers being members.
If your business has benefited from this advocacy, and you are not already a member, then we would urge you to join up.
UPDATE on #csbpforcemajeure:
CSBP to honour its UAN contracts by providing alternative N products at the same $/kgN as originally contracted. 👏
Listen to the discussion on today’s WA Country Hour (about 17:00).
abc.net.au/listen/programs/w…
UPDATE on #csbpforcemajeure:
CSBP to honour its UAN contracts by providing alternative N products at the same $/kgN as originally contracted. 👏
Listen to the discussion on today’s WA Country Hour (about 17:00).
abc.net.au/listen/programs/w…










































