Beth: "They want the land, Dad, and that is all you need to understand" In his work of fiction, Taylor Sheridan seems to get agri-politics in a way few of our agricultural leaders do. Humans have competing uses of land. Land for towns & cities, land for mining resources, forestry & renewable energy, and the big 3, land for conservation, land for indigenous use and the land we use to grow our food -agricultural use. We are rapidly losing agricultural land. In the decade from 2001-11 we lost 5.9 million hectares of Ag land PER YEAR & the competition is accelerating. We live in a market democracy, with a constitution that requires land to be bought and paid for (even if by compulsory acquisition). Of course there is competition for land use, of course there will be winners and losers, but there must be transparency & honesty in how this happens. Land use theft by stealth, by bad Govt policy led by activism & by the new Corporate ESG activism, has no place in our market democracy. The lastest battlefront is "deforestation". This battle has a pretty simple answer (even though there are those who say, an answer can't be simple), the UN's very definition of deforestation, boils down to land use and land use change. So who amongst our agri-political leaders is our John or Beth Dutton? Who has our interests at heart, purely? The job of Cattle Australia in the debate around deforestation, is to defend our patch, agricultural land use. It is not to overlay some compromised activist WWF / ACF position over the top of our land use. Particularly not when the consensus UN definition actually defends our use. To those headed to Canberra tomorrow, thank you. Most of the debates right now about Ag boil down to the simple argument of land use. Surely having some land set aside to grow our food & food for those who can't is the single most important human right. The crazy part of this debate is, and I'll quote Beth again: go for a walk around this place, you'll understand us better, tell me if there is land in better shape or more loved.
WEBINAR: pain relief, benefits in animal welfare and productivity with vet Michael Laurence - MLA Program Manager, Animal Wellbeing; Dr Michael Patching - Better Choices & Dechra; Claire Hunt - Troy Animal Health Monday, 7am AWST, 22 April 2024
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KPCA Member's Only Monthly Webinar series - Kimberley Designated Area Migration Agreement. Join East Kimberley Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Clare Smith, Manager of the Kimberley DAMA. Registration is essential at https://t.co/CXUQcnX7cE
Water running down the Surt Creek on way to Lake Gregory. Another wave from the Birrindudu water is expected in the next few days. Fantastic inland natural irrigation scheme to grow some beef.@MattBrannRURAL
Are you confident you are doing everything you can to protect your herd in the event of an LSD or FMD incursion? Are you prepared? Do you know what you can and cannot do if an industry lockdown was announced? https://t.co/sD98YN749D
Speaker announcements!
We have an incredible line up of over 25 knowledgeable and diverse speakers making their way to Broome for the 2023 KPCA conference!
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✨KPCA SEPTEMBER MONTHLY MILESTONES ✨
It's a bumper edition!
🎤2023 Conference Speakers Announced
🐮Practical Digital Herd Management – ‘One on One’ sessions available
...And lots more!
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Registrations open for the inaugural Land Watch Australia Boots Off Bowls event - Boots off, cold beers, spit roast lunch... 📷📷 Winning combinations! It's going to be a great day! #KPCA2023
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Great morning at NBY Roebuck Plains Station for the 2023 Australian Rangelands Conference field day, Thanks to John and Kristy Geddes for having us!
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The results are in!!! The winners of the 2023 Livestock Handling Cup are…..
🥇Champion Team: Kalyeeda station 1 Shelby, Liam, Darcie
🥈2nd: Yarrie Station Outback Beef: Ainsley, Abbie, Rachael
🥉3rd: Kalyeeda 3 Shelby, Darcie, Molly
The competition is heating up at Sandfire! The Dampier Downs girls have just had a beautiful run through completing the course, and are about to tackle the multiple choice. @JaneDeLong03
The Livestock Handling Cup tests skills with the cattle, and knowledge learnt through workshops and speakers the day before. The Yarrie Station crew have just finished their run, now onto the theory. @ABCoppin