Rob Austen

Agronomist at McGregor Gourlay Goondiwindi. Opinions my own.

[Mick Freeman @MickFreeman10]

Been thinking about building this for a while. Don’t know why I didn’t do it sooner.

[Todd Kimbrell @toddkimbrelljr]

Working exactly as it should! Love not stopping the planter to refill. #plant23

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@MadeStuchbery @theweeklytimes @SophieVolker

[Andrew McEvoy @AfMcEvoy]

Bit busy out spraying for rust

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@BigRedge81 I’m no doctor. But I hear rum helps mate. #feelbettersoon

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

I’ve spent most of this week mining for gold, otherwise known as Nitrogen 😜

Sneaky suspicion tells me there won’t be much left, what the crop didn’t take the floods will have. But the moisture levels are just a tad better than they were in 2019! #fullstick

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@Mikooh_ @MartinMurray_Ag @cottonfarmgirl @Oscarthefarmer Subtle like a bull mate, you know me 😜🤣

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@Portreath44 @Oscarthefarmer @Tallawanta Might have to get hold of some conventional and give it a crack next summer 😉 At $800+/bale I’m surprised you haven’t picked it! Those cows have expensive taste.

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@Portreath44 Time will tell. If this storm is feral, you may be glad it’s a bit deep and not washing away!

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@Portreath44 Happy Anniversary!

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@Mikooh_ @mcgregorgourlay Not sure what we’ve done to deserve it mate. Maybe too many rain dances during the drought? 🤔

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

100mm last night with light hail and then another mad storm full of hail at lunch time. It’s all happening in Goondiwindi today!! #lastthingweneeded #gottheutesundercover #just ⁦@mcgregorgourlay⁩

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@BecPerrin @mcgregorgourlay Lots of branches and limbs down across town. Was a rather nasty cell. Heard that tree came down and totalled someone’s car 😞 Sure does complicate the farming game too!

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@Portreath44 @mcgregorgourlay Judging by the coop pic 7mm will have made it wet enough. Glad you missed the hail 👍

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@Portreath44 @mcgregorgourlay He did miss all the fun! Probably a good thing, we were quickly running out of room in the shed. Didn’t seem too wide spread, did you get some of it?

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@MartyConroy_9 Competition this month will be strong! Good effort mate.

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@BigRedge81 @Portreath44 @cottonfarmgirl Funnily enough my wife made the same joke 🙊🤣

[Rob Austen @robausten6]

@Fox_Farming @ColHogan4 I’ve had them on just about every row spacing. 1m stuff comes into a league of its own in a tough year (1.1T/ha vs everyone else’s 0.6T/ha). But yield limited when moisture is available. In my experience 30inch seems to be a happy medium. Good air flow helps with disease.