Australian society is arguably more divided than I’ve seen in my lifetime, yet rather than creating some cause for reflection our so called leaders just denounce it. What’s that saying about weak men, hard times…

This is more than just a win for agriculture; it's a step forward for our community and the future of northern Australia." 🇦🇺

The opening of the cotton gin in Kununurra is a milestone that honours that legacy. It's the foundation of an intergenerational, clean, and sustainable production system - cotton, corn, and cattle - powered by hydro,built for the long term.

'The first faces the greatest challenge, the second endures the hardship, and the third finds the reward.' It would have been wonderful if he could have seen this.

"It's taken time, resilience, and vision to establish a base crop and enterprise in this remote part of northern Australia. Many pioneers have come and gone, and I often think of those who paved the way - including my father, who used to say:

I placed this advertisement in The Australian newspaper today 8 August 2025.

In Brazilia today. @Rabobank Rabo are looking after us again. Look at who’s stayed at this hotel in the past. Bahia region tomorrow. Very excited.

Not the biggest root system on cotton I have ever seen. But it seems to work here. These soils have no nutrients in them. Very low pH and fairly light.

Saw first irrigated cotton today. Same time slot as the ord. Yields increase by about 2 to 2.5 bales per ha with extra sunlight interception. Cotton corn cattle is happening here everywhere. Maybe we are on the right track at home 😊

Lots of gins around here. Cotton farmers own their own. One guy said every 3500 ha needs its own gin. I don’t think I saw that many gins here in the area. Today a first for us a 12 stand gin. Small stands with lots of people running them. Tomorrow we see some irrigated cotton 👍

Saw cotton, corn and cane. As far as the eye can see. Really big structure with reliable rain periods and dry harvests periods also. The one block must have been about 12000 ha in a few fields. And it looks good. We will get close to some soil and crops tomorrow 😊👍

Talking with big local growers was about competing with plastic (polyester) in our garments. Brazil doesn’t want to be seen as competing with us. If Brazil hadn’t grown more cotton then that volume of fibre would have gone to polyester. Definitely encouraging. Let’s work together

In Mato Grossa region now. Some interesting facts. This area has only been developed with modern agriculture in the last 30 to 40 years. They cleverly developed soil fertility, have efficient and quite reliable rainfall. 1.2-2meters. 13 million ha Soy, 7 m corn and 1.5 m cotton.

I São Paulo for the start of the Rabo bank cotton tour. Will be very interesting to see and hear how they are going over here. Bit wet and cold today. At the Rabo bank headquarters soon.

It’s been a heck of a ride, glad to see my report completed and so thankful for the opportunity from @AgriFuturesAU and @nuffieldaust 🙏🏼🐎

A lot of them have a great deal of maturity, can handle responsibility and have a solid work ethic. They appreciate bringing valued. If they have a pension, they want to be paid in a way that still allows them to keep getting their pension.

Planting the Seeds of Innovation! We are thrilled to introduce SwarmFarm Robotics´ first autonomously planted crop of corn, a groundbreaking pilot project in collaboration with our awesome partner @BecksHybrids , Indiana, US. This dynamic duo is set to transform fields with precision and efficiency, paving the way for a new era in agriculture. A heartfelt thank you to @SchlipfPrecisionAg and @PrecisionPlanting for their incredible support in bringing our vision to life. Your partnership has been instrumental in transforming innovative ideas into reality, and we are grateful for your dedication to advancing precision agriculture. Stay tuned as we cultivate the #FutureOfFarming, one seed at a time! #IntegratedAutonomy #CollaborativeAgriculture #BecksHybrids #FutureOfFarming #PilotProject #PrecisionAg

This has the old gears turning

We're farming our black ground on a whole new level with relay cropping. If water holding capacity isn't a constraint the soybean yields can exceed monocropped as the existence of wheat and the pruning of it creates space for soybean cell division later in R3 R4 R5 Making exponentially more reproductive nodes versus a competing taller soybean plant with larger spaces between nodes and less lateral branching The 100 - 120 bu wheat on our most productive ground like this is a carbon feast for our soil...but the venue for these soybeans will be epic this July as they crawl out and fill in...sucking down the gassing off CO2 from wheat straw

We might be in the outback but we can frock it up #kimberleymoonexperience