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by Jodi James
Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:34 pm
Forum: All General Questions about NSF
Topic: Exhaust emissions fertiliser
Replies: 48
Views: 69333

Re: Exhaust emissions fertiliser

Hi I forgot to tell you, this emissions machine is pumping 1100kgs of carbon into the soil per Ha. That's not bad considering you have already paid for the fuel. Also Biochar costs around $7000 per ton so when you think about the costs of spreading and freight...It costs me nothing to use the mobile...
by Jodi James
Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:34 pm
Forum: All General Questions about NSF
Topic: Exhaust emissions fertiliser
Replies: 48
Views: 69333

Re: Exhaust emissions fertiliser

I don't have a degree or any trade, but there is one thing I have learn't in the last few days, and that is that farmers have no idea about soil biology. What are these advisors teaching our farmers? Farmers are spending a fortune on advice but all they are getting is advice on adding more chemical ...
by Jodi James
Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:55 pm
Forum: All General Questions about NSF
Topic: Exhaust emissions fertiliser
Replies: 48
Views: 69333

Re: Exhaust emissions fertiliser

Hey! We made the news !!!
Check this story
http://fw.farmonline.com.au/news/state/ ... torypage=1
by Jodi James
Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:30 am
Forum: All General Questions about NSF
Topic: African Love Grass -any sollutions?
Replies: 17
Views: 34885

Re: African Love Grass -any sollutions?

Hi, we have it all over our farm....this year we used a blade plough as a trial, which doesn't disturb the soil too much like a normal plough, it doesn't seem make the land blow..... We have a couch problem also, so we used this method during summer with no chemical and it worked. It died. You can m...
by Jodi James
Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:24 pm
Forum: All General Questions about NSF
Topic: GMOs.... Where is it heading?
Replies: 2
Views: 6276

GMOs.... Where is it heading?

Hi Everyone, A friend of mine, Brendon Barber sent me an article on GMO last night, it made me shudder, What made me wake up and decide no GM Canola on my farm, was a little note from my Insurance company, informing me that I would not be insured if GM canola was grown on my property. I then read mo...
by Jodi James
Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:19 pm
Forum: All General Questions about NSF
Topic: Exhaust emissions fertiliser
Replies: 48
Views: 69333

Re: Exhaust emissions fertiliser

Well Thanks Babe! All I can say is when you have a such a fantastic husband that has a passion for farming,( and my passion for farming has grown at a rapid rate as well), I was prepared to put it all on the line one last time, go for it or go broke. I wasn’t going to let Ian feel like he had failed...
by Jodi James
Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:39 am
Forum: All General Questions about NSF
Topic: Bracken Fern Control - Should I/Shouldnt I - What do I do??
Replies: 14
Views: 24761

I laid a large square bale 2.4 m x 1.2m at the top of a fenced off eroded gully to feed some of our ewes. The ewes ate most of it and trampled the scraps and spread them over the ground. We just received a heavy rain and I noticed today that as the run off from the rain flowed across the ground over...
by Jodi James
Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:28 pm
Forum: All General Questions about NSF
Topic: Plan to Action- Mobilise the Women of Australia
Replies: 12
Views: 16275

Hi Duane I have heard and read a lot of information on this site already from the feedback my husband Ian is receiving. I have always been interested in the landscape and in what has been happening around me. I originally come from N.Z and have grown up with rivers and a lush landscape, coming to WA...