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We all have thoughts that bounce about in our head all day. Lots of these are fleeting and subconscious in many ways. Others tend to sit front and centre, and we find them hard to [...]

I was on Yorke Peninsula recently, talking with a farmer I know. He reads my articles, and he asked how I came up with topics. I think it's like any field of endeavour - including [...]

As we know, the necessity to work remotely has been thrust upon us, courtesy of a pandemic. While the mode and location of work in the agricultural sector didn't change, this wasn't the case for [...]

I really like the stories of the underdog - the person who succeeds against all the odds, and has such an inbuilt desire to achieve, that it's almost inevitable they realise their dreams. What lots [...]

A friend of mine got me into a show on one of the streaming services called Ted Lasso. It's very compulsive viewing and I think, in lots of ways, is a good example of how [...]

A few months ago, I wrote about Marie Shaw KC. This piece is about Graham Edmonds-Wilson KC, whom I have known for many years, as his brother is one of my best mates. I find [...]

We have all heard the saying "good things come to those who wait". In farming this concept is front and centre. The time to reap the rewards in farming is always somewhere off in the [...]

After attending a recent agribusiness forum, held by Agribusiness Australia and Cowell Clark Lawyers, I bought a book, by lawyers from Cowell Clarke, on the topic of legal issues for agribusiness. There were lots of [...]

This is really embarrassing, but it did happen. While leaving Melbourne very early in the morning, I filled up my vehicle with fuel. Even though I have been driving diesel vehicles constantly for 40 years, [...]

I recently had the pleasure of meeting two young people, who are heavily involved in agricultural investment. Besides being very intelligent and focused young men, another aspect that stuck out to me was their passion [...]

Do you love yourself? Are you comfortable with being you? These questions have nothing to do with being egotistical, they are self-worth questions. I never thought I would be doing a book review for this [...]

An important factor to be considered before undertaking any task is the question "why am I doing this?" - a good question, that I suspect is rarely contemplated. This article came to mind after I [...]