Tag: Australia
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Wordless Wednesday from Down Under
These guys (and girls) …get to live here. Gorgeous, huh? Until next time, ~ Buzzard ~
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Fresh Markets
On my other blog, I posted about the Queen Victoria Market and how cool it is to buy all of our produce fresh. It’s also a chance to get some good bargains – Hyatt and I have become first rate hagglers with the fruit vendors. Look at all this great stuff we got a few…
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Father’s Day
Father’s Day isn’t celebrated in Australia until September, but being as how I’m a red-blooded American, I’ll be ‘celebrating’ today. Obviously, I can’t be there to spend time with Podge, but I sent him a card and hopefully he’s received it. This is the first time in 10 years I haven’t been with my dad on Father’s…
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$40 Million Dollars Has Vanished
Now that I have your attention…. Have you ever had the opportunity to sell your ranch for $40 million and then, overnight, that opportunity is gone, kaput, vanished? Cattle producers in Australia’s Northern Territory know exactly what it feels like in light of the recent export ban resulting from a video of cattle being severely…
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Meeting Ag Tweeps Down Under!
Earlier this week, Hyatt and I had the privilege of meeting Grahame Rees. Grahame is the co-owner and operator of KLR Marketing, a program that, among other things, educates producers about how to successfully market their livestock and protect their equity, in Loomberah, NSW. Grahame briefly spoke to us about his Low Stress Stockhandling schools and invited us…