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What is the average working life of a bull? | The Land

A bull could land on a station after travelling thousands of kilometres, moving from one environment to another, and be put to work over vast distances and hundreds of cows, while another might sell to the neighbours and have access to feed and a small set of cows. They cannot be directly compared, as the […]

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Feed cattle through drought or sell cows now?

Good attendance at livestock drought recovery meetings highlights the devasting impacts the intense heat and lack of rainfall are having on our rural communities. Cattlemen and women everywhere are searching for solutions to feed their herds, clinging to the livelihood they’ve spent a lifetime creating. I helped teach at a number of these meetings across […]

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My Favourite Painting: Dr Fitzroy Morrissey

The author of ‘A Short History of Islamic Thought’ chooses a fascinating image from half a millennium ago. Dr Fitzroy Morrissey on School Scene by Mir Sayyid Ali ‘I love how this Persian miniature humanises the pre-modern Muslim world. The setting is a mosque school, but, rather than the austere scene we might expect, the […]

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