A Plain Perspective

A recent advertisement for a global food forum caught my attention recently.   The conference is being organised by The Australian news...

Just when you think things are quietening down, I received an email from a meteorologist about a forthcoming cyclone.   Such is the info...

A news item on ABC Rural caught my attention recently reporting that the price for watermelons had fallen below the cost of production.   ...

“I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains.” The famous lines f...

While seemingly unrelated to the activities of a pastoralist in Northern Australia, the article did capture my attention.   It is yet an...

With two election campaigns underway in Western Australia, one for a state election in March 2013 and the Federal election scheduled for...

Attention has been focused on the plight of Australia’s dairy farmers in the wake of the decision by Coles and Woolworths to cut the pri...