<?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>The WeeklyTimeNow On Farm</title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/rss/on-farm-news.xml</link><description></description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:30:15 +1000</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Rain can cloud your thinking]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/19/166331_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/19/166331_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[&quot;I RECKON it's going to be 1983 all over again, great, general early-autumn rain&quot;.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holistic way pays for Dick]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/18/166241_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/18/166241_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[WORLD authority on holistic grazing management Dick Richardson now calls Australia home.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rob milks vegie switch]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/17/166231_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/17/166231_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[ALLENDALE East farmer Rob Spehr is sure of two things.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big carbot footprint on way]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/17/166251_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/17/166251_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[MAJOR supermarkets will soon require food and wine producers to measure and monitor their carbon emissions.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strongs raise the milk bar]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/17/166335_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/17/166335_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[MILKING cows is a profession. If you doubt that, key in the name Clover Hill Dairies into any internet search engine.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farmers lead climate change way]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/16/167731_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/16/167731_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[RESEARCH into climate change and farming practice lags behind what farmers already know, and must be stepped up, a parliamentary committee has found.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:16:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Locusts plague rural NSW]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/16/167721_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/16/167721_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[PARTS of rural NSW already scorched by bushfires and deluged by floods now face plagues of locusts.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:12:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worm woes a worry]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/16/164391_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/16/164391_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[RECENT rain has triggered worm infestation warnings for livestock.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tassie fox blitz continues]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/15/166005_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/15/166005_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[TASMANIA'S great fox hunt is headed south as part of a poison blitz that will involve burying baits across almost half the state.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:49:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rabbits take the bait]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/15/164381_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/15/164381_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[A SMALL community in western Victoria is making a big difference to their rabbit pest problem.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phalaris the great survivor]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/12/164361_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/12/164361_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[PHALARIS pastures need to be treated like lucerne to improve persistence.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alpaca lot into a busy life]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/12/164285_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/12/164285_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[DOWNSHIFTING careers has paid a creative dividend, reports MAREE WALLACE]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biosecurity brings big savings]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/12/164551_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/12/164551_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[BEEF producers stand to gain $1.60 for every dollar spent on farm biosecurity, a report has found.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim's weed tips]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/11/164351_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/11/164351_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[WEEDS such as heliotrope, melon, fat-hen and caltrope are flourishing across a wide area of southeast Australia thanks to summer rain.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best to concentrate on feed]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/11/164371_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/03/11/164371_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[PASTURES and fodder crops have taken a battering in recent years from drought and weed infestations.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +1000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>