David Cook

Farming for the love of it, especially in those years when everything goes against us.

[David Cook @dcook70]

@Oscarthefarmer Can relate to that. 2010 October flood, chickpeas dead. Re sowed to millet on December 18. Yielded 3t/ha, $500/t and double cropped back to wheat June 5 for 3t/ha for H2 wheat. Two crops in 51 weeks and not N of Moree. Most profitable year at the time.

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Had few people ask how my Grange LDL (Low Disturbance Loosener - not a ripper) went last harvest. More than happy with the response. 1.5t/ha in wheat and 0.7t/ha in canola. Comparisons in parts of same paddock with 3 EM zones. @fordham_ag @grange_mac

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@FredVLarsen Used to grow a winter wheat and remember getting similar shoot numbers. Would cut off the N for while to drop a few tillers as couldn’t fill that many. Would still yield 5-6t/ha.
Enjoyed your podcast with with @johnkempf

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Apparently there is more 💰 to be made when you are serving 🍻 than drinking 🍺. Here’s your chance.

Country pub 9km out Shepparton, Vic with backpackers hostel out the back.

Possibilities are endless.

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Looking at fitting 2” #banjoflowmeter on chemical mixer. Instructions say 20” straight pipe before and after meter. Anyone had experience using shorter distances? Can see reason for before to minimise any turbulence.

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Didn’t bookmark fence line spraying tweets last year. Can anyone send me a link? Bromacil looks good option for early season control. Neighbour having some trouble with RG and trying to avoid him on 4 wheeler with Paraquat!

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@James_Stacey_ That’s what I thought - most crops don’t like being too close to most herbicides.

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First time user of #overwatchherbicide 2024. Looks the goods but mixed results from what I hear/read. Farm flat, heavy duplex soils with near full 💧 profile. Am I looking down the barrel of prolonged bleaching and significant yield loss - canola or wheat?

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@farmersgrowit @BenmorrisMorris Good to see someone is observant. I thought he might have copped more thank what he got. Still time though.

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Cockatoos on silo bags - out loading over two weeks. Thinking two gas guns set at different intervals so timing is irregular. Any other ideas rather than using covers, plus drums to hold them up like some are doing? #cockatoos #silobags

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@brendanw59 👍

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Perennial Q of water quality for spraying. About to change from S&D water to rain water for all spraying. Currently use AMS for glyphosate & grass herbicides, plus Li 700 if needed. Q is would I still use them? Thinking yes for herbicide uptake

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@John_R_Bruce Almost a spring crop tour

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@Tallawanta Using uptake too

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The dodo migrated to Mauritius ~ 40 million years ago but was extinct ~65 years after the the Dutch arrived in 1598. Elon bought twitter in October 22 (est 2006) and Larry (the blue twitter bird) was extinct 10 months later. I think I the dodo got the better deal. #TwitterBird

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@ipaddockapps Hi Mic, visited van Tilberg brothers in Ohio. Doing that much for themselves they went out doing other work. Pretty sure it was a complete package. Can dig out contact details if you want.

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@Pxfarms That’s more what I to see! How. How much do you think they would trade my 750 with a 1035 vario? Pretty flash when we bought it,

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@Pxfarms And that’s were they should stay. But I’m sure you new I was going to say this.

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@agrobaz @glenleeguru @Pontaragrain Late to this thread, but putting up new shed and working out tank size I will put in. Currently spraying with S&D💧 & AMS with DST & clethodim. If using tank water, still use AMS for cell penetration? Yearly cost of AMS would pay for big tank upgrade. Capturing >600K water

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@mikeonthehills Where does Andrew live? What’s he up to on his farm?