Tough Season

2018 will be remembered in these parts as one of the toughest drought years on record. We planted about 25% of our fields to...

New app for Farm Machinery Service

I developed a new app for Ricardo Farms that I am taking to the world. Farm Service Manager replaces the old service log book...

Harvest

You know its a hard season when the grasshoppers have to kneel down to eat your wheat. Not quite that bad, but we are...

October Crop Update

The big dry rolls on, with no rain recorded in September. Yields are well down, but no sense in dwelling on what might have...

Chickpea Update

Our chickpeas have handled the dry conditions well to date, but good September rains hold the key to a successful crop. If it stays...

August Crop Update

Our crops hang in the balance as the dry continues. Yield potential is slipping away every week. With no rain forecast before September, it’s...

Farm Tours

We’re running a series of farm tours next month to coincide with Walgetts’ “Bulldust to Bitumen” festival to lift the profile of ag in...

July Crop Update

Our crops this season are well established considering the dry conditions during and since planting. About 20% of the wheat is too patchy to...

Wheat in on time

We planted a few fields of wheat over the first 10 days of May, right on time. Why wheat? Its the stepping stone to...

Cotton Update – tough stuff

Not quite as exciting as last season, but a real learning experience about what we can achieve on good starting moisture. Its been a...
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