Ben Noble

All things ag. BAgrSc grad + hons. Weekend farmer, weekday technical officer with TIA dairy centre studying pastures, irrigation, nitrogen fert. Keen to learn

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@WheatWatcher House of Guinness

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@nz_farmers How long from one end to the other?

[Roberto Busi @robbert115]

2,4-DB (1L - left)

vs

2,4-D amine720 (695ml - right)

on balansa clover (top) chicory, plantain and yellow serradella (bottom). 6 weeks old seedling treated 1 month ago. Bisserula was killed by both.

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@PhilWhitp4 What’s the diet?

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@pbl1972 @Meat_Watcher @Warwick_Long I believe it’s our grass fed programs that the 2 processors have set up

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@robbert115 Not sure if you have it in WA, but dock is one of our more prevalent difficult to control weeds

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@brianjcorr1 Just call it a trial 😂

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@PhilWhitp4 Unless you’ve got irrigation there’d be a fair old difference between the NZ and Aus climate where the sheep were wouldn’t there?

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@BenDooley8 By blow up you mean lambs too big? Scanned with single or twins? They’re (hoggets) are still growing, and if they’ve got twins on board I think it would be hard to feed them too much. Most of the lamb growth will be in last few weeks and you’ll have covers decreasing

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@James_Stacey_ @PhilWhitp4 Who are you sourcing your knock off pivots from James? When you say pipes internally coated do you mean poly lined?

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@alittlebitag Probably not going to get approval from the uni to ride ALBA on farm though 😂

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@alittlebitag Hey Oscar, think Rowan mentioned you were talking to James or had talked to James? Our farmlet study looking at limiting nitrogen use and alternative pasture species has another 2 years to run if you think that would be interesting

[A Little Bit Agricultural @alittlebitag]

A call out I posted on SM: we’re presenting to a potential partner about a 3 year plan. This lets us pursue our big vision and ambition for ALBA.
We could track progress of farms/industries/communities/research. Please if you would be interested let us know. More info in comments

[James AgricUltra Macfarlane @james_ag_]

Please share! 👍
SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!
**What sheep-based question have you always want to be answered?**
My DSc program continues, although the planned trial has to change.
A DSc aims to make a novel discovery, as opposed to a PhD, which fills a gap in existing knowledge.
🇦🇺🐑

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@PhilWhitp4 Do you have a standard autumn blend Phil? Or it varies?

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@James_Stacey_ @PhilWhitp4 Much to building them yourself James?

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@matt_glennen @PhilWhitp4 Yeah ok then. $30k cheaper over how many spans?

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@matt_glennen @PhilWhitp4 Happy with it so far Matt? Or haven’t had it long enough to comment?

[Ben Noble @ElbonPark]

@AMC_DirtDollars Time management. Prioritising spending time working on the business rather than in it

[Charlie Blomfield @AMC_DirtDollars]

What’s the biggest problem in your business (within management’s control) you’d like to solve? Not politics, prices or interest rates. Comment ⬇️. RT appreciated. #ausag #agchatoz