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Chinchilla Melon Fest 2023 | Photos | Queensland Country Life

It was an action packed four days for producers, local businesses and visitors who participated in a variety of melon-themed activities, such as farm tours, markets, fun runs, melon skiing, melon bungy, slip ‘n slide, eating contests, Ironman challenges and chariot races. Click to check the original article.

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Curious Questions: Why do we call a waterproof rain coat a mackintosh?

Scotland has turned out endless inventors of great genius in the past few hundred years, and Charles Macintosh — the man who brought waterproof clothing to the world — was as successful as any of them. Martin Fone tells the story of the macintosh — and how it became the ‘mackintosh’. ‘Where there’s muck, there’s brass’,  ‘where there’s […]

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Price pressure likely for WA farmers says Rabobank | Farm Weekly

Rabobank expects the Chicago Board of Trade wheat to trade on average between US728c to US775c/bu in 2023, which is equivalent to AUD$380 to $410/tonne, while non-GM canola prices in WA are expected to trade lower due to a proportionately larger expected carry-over stock, with an average $30-40/tonne discount. Click to check the original article.

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