On-farm: 75 of 81

ON-FARM

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

10 May 2012

ON-FARM

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,

03 May 2012

ON-FARM

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

26 April 2012

ON-FARM

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

19 April 2012

ON-FARM

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

12 April 2012

ON-FARM

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

10 April 2012

ON-FARM

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

29 March 2012

ON-FARM

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

22 March 2012

PARTNER CONTENT

Biostimulants Unlock Higher Yields in Broadacre Crops

Independent trials show Biostart biostimulants deliver 9–11% yield gains and strong ROI in broadacre crops

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Building a Resilient Digital Ecosystem for all Australians

Telstra is committed to creating a resilient digital ecosystem that benefits all Australians, with a particular focus on enhancing regional connectivity and leveraging advanced technologies.

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Drought, Fires, and Floods Haven't Stopped WA-Based Business Expansion

CW Imports continues to expand its reach across Australia

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Utrisha N: The new biostimulant boosting broadacre yield potential

Extensive trials conducted across Australia show boosted yields in a wide range of

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

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Research Report: Mobile Phones (December 2025)

With the closure of Telstra’s 3G network, Kondinin Group engineers Josh Giumelli and Ben White put several popular 4G phones to the test to see how they stacked up. Our standard test protocol applied over the past two decades was maintained as each handset was measured by the maximum distance a two-way call could be made from a phone tower.

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Research Report: Side-by-side Vehicles (November 2025)

Kondinin Group’s research team dives into the side-by-side market for this report, looking at popular diesel models, a few petrol versions and a couple of electric vehicles.

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Research Report: Farming Inputs (October 2025)

Inputs are unavoidable in any farming system. This Research Report focuses on several key farming inputs with a view to maximising outputs, production and profit.

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Research Report: Self-Propelled Sprayer Testing (September 2025)

Kondinin Group’s Mark Saunders, Ben White and Josh Giumelli have rounded up five of the latest self-propelled sprayers to cast a discerning eye over them for this month’s Research Report. The sprayers were run over our regular test track and thoroughly inspected to see what makes these million-dollar machines tick.