<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><ttl>60</ttl><title>Weekly Times Now Columnists</title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/rss/columnists.xml</link><description></description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 03:31:14 +1000</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Economic sting without busy bees ]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/23/571144_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/23/571144_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[HONEY and stings: two things most associated with bees. So, who would put up their hand if I mentioned two far greater contributions from our most industrious workers. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild dog plan shows promise]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/23/570922_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/23/570922_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation's continued support of wild dog control programs gets a pat on the back from&lt;i&gt; C&amp;C.&lt;/i&gt;]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lay off the plants]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/23/570541_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/23/570541_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[NOW the weather is cooler and the light is less intense, house plants need less water.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cattle feed stats go awry]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/22/570874_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/22/570874_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[WHAT to believe: market feedback and common sense or the official figures for the number of cattle being grainfed in feedlots?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debt help withers on red-tape vine]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/22/570769_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/22/570769_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[MAKING good money by farming has never been easy.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home alone? Not likely]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/22/570550_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/22/570550_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[WIDOWHOOD.  Motor homes. Free camping. The open highway.  Welcome to life Kate Burton and Jess Davis* style.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fine freshwater fishing]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/22/570562_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/22/570562_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[THE weather has hampered offshore fishing in southwest Victoria, but quality fish are being caught in the freshwater.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Cundall: Winter]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/22/570529_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/22/570529_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[IT'S hard to believe that winter will officially arrive in just over a week.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeremy Vincent: Pistachio]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/22/570553_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/22/570553_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[PISTACHIOS enhance all manner of dishes: desserts, seafood, poultry and salads.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[More dine, less whine]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/17/569998_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/17/569998_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[THIS week the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria and Victorian Farmers Federation announced plans to host a dinner to promote agriculture.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Producers walk a fine thread]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/17/569881_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/17/569881_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[THERE seems to be a fine line between selling or passing in wool.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Market spirals on $20 talk]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/16/569995_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/16/569995_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[CONFIDENCE in the cattle market appeared to drop to a new low last week.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cleaning up the garden]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/16/569692_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/16/569692_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[IT'S clean-up time in the garden as deciduous stone fruit trees lose their leaves.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is in the wind]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/15/569824_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/15/569824_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[GENERATING local energy seems the most logical thing for small (and large) out-of-the-way communities to do. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Cundall: Minerals]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/15/569689_opinion-columnists.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/05/15/569689_opinion-columnists.html</guid><description><![CDATA[PLANTS drink nutrients. They take them up with moisture from the soil.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>