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From: Liz Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:12 AM
Subject: Re: Organic Inputs
> Hi Lloyd,
> Have found all the analysis for inorganic and organic fertilisers in one
> book. (An American book so I'll have to do some extra calculations) No
need
> for you to fax me that info, thanks though.
>
> Strong winds today with the sky tainted red from all the topsoil. The
last
> of the green fades on the hills, never have I witnessed a spring
> (summer,yes) like it. On the bright side there's no spending 8 - 10 hrs a
> week behind a push mower. The bore still plentiful, but for the first
time
> it is not overflowing, the dams mere puddles, beginning to crack on the
> edges. And this one of the few areas not declared drought stricken.
>
> How's it at your place?
>
> L&L
> Liz
Hi Liz
Just starting to get nasty here . We are getting dust in from the
west (south australian and south western NSW mallee I think ) wind like you
wouldnt believe. Crops near enough to a write off - we have/are grazing
about half of it and will harvest a bit for seed off the balance. It will
likely take us five fair to good seasons to get back to where we were 12
months ago. We will fatten the remainder of our sheep, on failed crop and
stored grain, over the next two months and de - stock until we get a
seasonal break, otherwise we will start to loose topsoil from the wind.
Still have reasonable water supplies - only because of the hard work and
considerable money we have spent building and maintaining large farm dams.
The financial pain comes (in a large dose) from the middle of next year
till harvest. Have been re negotiating finances for the last two months in
an effort to beat the rush and put a survival plan in place. Luckily fat
sheep prices have held up reasonably well so we can at least get a return
from that part of the excercise and if they're too dear to buy after the
rains come we can plant more crop for a year or two. Its the wind that
really gets me I could not live in those windy regions of western australia.
Cheers
Lloyd Charles
