OPINION: Skun by the genetics of big business
Tongue - short cut. Tongue - Swiss special cut. Tongue root, head meat, cheek, lips, tail, liver, kidney,
On-farm
21 JUN 2012
OPINION: There's no treat in going Dutch
Did you know the carrot actually began life as purple, or close derivations thereof? But those diligent
On-farm
15 JUN 2012
OPINION: Misogynist? What on earth was she thinking?
Misogynist. The Whacker has been accused, by some irate, and possibly unbalanced, female reader of practising
On-farm
08 JUN 2012
OPINION: Get stuff! No problem.
There is a lot to be said about evolution. With various members of the animal kingdom learning new skills,
On-farm
31 MAY 2012
OPINION: Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full. Of dreams.
I've always felt a little sorry for those goats wanting to run sheep. Let's be honest. It doesn't matter
On-farm
25 MAY 2012
OPINION: What a bunch of absolute, parsimonious, twits
I try not to get involved in matters political. Because, obviously, the people involved in them are so
On-farm
17 MAY 2012
OPINION: Budget Blues - it's the same old song
The Whacker, as you will know, is no whinger. But it's Budget time, and it would be un-Australian not
On-farm
10 MAY 2012
OPINION: Back to Wooleen - what a pair of idiots
On the one hand station owners David Pollock and Frances Jones are on the verge of something truly incredible,
On-farm
03 MAY 2012
OPINION: Forgive me friends, for I have sinned
I've never mentioned this. To anyone. Not the missus. And certainly never to the old man or mum. But
On-farm
26 APR 2012
OPINION: Making it mandatory - hammering sense into the senseless
Way back, when the Whacker was just a tacker, life was chock full of mandatories. Such as everyone sitting
On-farm
20 APR 2012
OPINION: Aussie beef gets the raw (Brazilian) prawn
Well, well, well. Yes, yes, I know, three holes in the ground. But there's nothing funny about the pigeons
On-farm
13 APR 2012
OPINION: Stop beefing about Indonesia and start selling
Now the old Whacker lays no claim to being any great economist. No, I hear you saying
On-farm
11 APR 2012
OPINION: Farming - a bloody business at the best (and worst) of times
In the forbidding old days of Imperial China, many a poor miscreant suffered the death of a thousand
On-farm
29 MAR 2012
OPINION: Holy cow! Now we're getting sacred cows!
Stone the crows. Is it a case of the lunatics running the asylum? Or in bush parlance, have we now got
On-farm
22 MAR 2012
OPINION: No sex please, we're farmers
One of my uncles actually began the family diaspora. The useless git simply could not stand in the middle
On-farm
15 MAR 2012
OPINION: Head to the left and cough!
The old Whacker's been somewhat reluctant, let alone embarrassed, to bring this up. But at a field day
On-farm
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