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Robert Mackenzie in the owner and operator of Macka’s Beef. Established in 1884, Macka’s has been proudly family owned and operated by four generations. Operating from a number a property’s between Williamtown and Gloucester Macka’s use only the world’s best genetics to breed quality, grass-fed Australian Black Angus Beef cattle and export their beef allContinue reading “Robert Mackenzie: Macka’s Beef”

There’s been a growing interest in cover crops over the last few years particularly in regenerative farming circles with people like Gabe Brown showcasing their work on YouTube. But do they have a fit in the Australian broadacre context? A cover crop is a crop that is grown solely for the purpose of providing groundContinue reading “Cover Crops: Why and How”

Despite the title this really a guide to growing any crop as all good crops are the result of good preparation, good planning and good execution. In Australian dryland cropping the yield potential of a crop is already capped before the first seed is sown, our yield is limited by the moisture that is availableContinue reading “How To Grow Wheat”

This new segment will be a short weekly podcast talking about something from the technical side of farming which could include anything from a discussion on ground cover to herbicide usage, worms in sheep or the application of new technology. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it. Today’s tec talk is on the use of fungicides in broadContinue reading “Wednesday Tec Talk: Fungicides”

This new fortnightly podcast aims to help give you the tools you need to boost your farming business, whether that’s through talking about ways to improve your farms production, interviewing other farmers and finding out how they run their business or interviewing experts in the field on the methods you can employ on the farm.Continue reading “Welcome to the In The Paddock Podcast”