It is midsummer down here in Australia, having a month ago just passed summer solstice. I have brought pen to paper following a most interesting visit with Mrs. Susie Clark, owner of Devon Park, a large grazing property in the southwest corner of Victoria, Australia and just south of our place near Dunkeld. One of […] Read more
Top grass management keeps Aussie farm productive
Many Similarities World’s Apart
Editor’s Note: Kim Nielsen, an ag fieldman for the County of Clearwater in west central Alberta, is wrapping up a six-month work experience visit in Victoria, Australia. This is his final report for Grainews on his experiences during his stay. The completion of my six month secondment to the Department of Primary Industries, Landscape Protection […] Read more
Autumn In Victoria
Editor’s Note: Kim Nielsen, an ag fieldman for the County of Clearwater in west central Alberta, is part way through a six-month work experience visit in Victoria, Australia. He is writing regular reports for Grainews on his experiences during his stay. It is a strange feeling, experiencing autumn in a country that boasted temperatures in […] Read more
Experiencing Australia’s Disaster
Editor’s Note: Kim Nielsen, an ag fieldman for the County of Clearwater in west central Alberta, is part way through a six-month work experience visit in Victoria, Australia. He is writing regular reports for Grainews on his experiences during his stay. In my last article I covered a bit of the February 2009 Victoria Bush […] Read more
Bush Fires And Beef Production
Editor’s Note: Kim Nielsen, an ag fieldman for the County of Clearwater in west central Alberta, is part way through a six-month work experience visit in Victoria, Australia. He is writing regular reports for Grainews on his experiences during his stay. It has indeed been an unbelievable last month here in Victoria culminating with the […] Read more
Some invasive weeds causing the most concern in Australia are also in Canada
Editor’s Note: Kim Nielsen, an ag fieldman for the County of Clearwater in west central Alberta, is part way through a six-month work experience visit in Victoria, Australia. He is writing regular reports for Grainews on his experiences during his stay. The last month has flown by at lightening speed and I am now well […] Read more
Alberta specialist reports that weeds are weeds no matter where you go
(EDITOR’S NOTE: It is a long way from Rocky Mountain House Alberta to the State of Victoria in southeast Australia, but here is the first report by Alberta’s Clearwater County ag fieldman Kim Nielsen. Nielsen arrived in Australia in December and will be filing reports during his six month adventure.) Having just recently arrived in […] Read more
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