Bulla Burra in Loxton, South Australia, Australia | Farm

Bulla Burra

Locality: Loxton, South Australia, Australia

Address: 240 Browns Well Highway 5333 Loxton, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.CollaborativeAg.com/

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24.01.2022 Harvest tragedy 2020. We were concerned about the wind damage to the crops - but there was also significant collateral damage. :(

24.01.2022 Friday I have Monday on my mind...

23.01.2022 We had 16mm yesterday & with some good drying weather this morning & early arvo, we were back harvesting peas today at 12% moisture. Love the JD 640FD with the AWS air reel fir harvesting legumes.

23.01.2022 Just learned we have entered a hard Covid lockdown in SA. So I have locked the header door, and Ellie is guarding the loo paper behind the seat. And I’ll make sure I remain seated while drinking my thermos coffee. Still searching for a mask for the UHF hand piece - and then I’ll be set...

20.01.2022 BULLA BURRA HEADER CAB MATHS There are approx. 2200 barley grains in a can of normal strength beer. At current prices there is just over A$0.01 worth of barley in a can of beer. (1.3 cents) ... 20kg of barley can produce approx. 350 cans of beer. 1 tonne of barley can produce approx 17,500 cans of beer. Each of our harvesters is currently harvesting enough barley per hour to produce over 500,000 cans of beer. And over 90% of our barley is going malt. You are welcome. Cheers!

20.01.2022 Today is International Women’s Day, and as such is day of remembrance and mourning within Bulla Burra with last nights passing of one of the most wonderful woman we have known, Robin’s Mum - the matriarch of the Schaefer family. A wonderful lady who lived a life of dedication to her family, her church, her community and her industry. She lived most of her 80 years on a family farm, and helped shape Robin, his sisters and her grandkids love for farming, the soil, the joy of n...ew growth and the celebration of harvest. She would also always regularly comment on this page, and her pride in what her family and Bulla Burra achieved always shone through, as did her wonderful sense of humour. Christel was also an icon in the local Loxton community, and was always known as someone who gave to others with a servant heart. In the Little Town productions which I (John) produce, Christel was the costume lady for 20 years, hand making about 150 costumes and pretty much clothing anyone who happened to walk past - with an attention to detail surpassed by few. She was an extraordinary person. You were greatly loved Christel, and will be greatly missed. Finally in God and her late husband’s arms. RIP Christel.

19.01.2022 I did a poll on Facebook this week, as well as a conversation on Twitter re the biggest step changes in Ag in the last 100 yrs. Interestingly, the clear winner was the introduction of Glyphosate. It was ahead of tractors replacing horses, precision Ag technology, introduction of phosphate fertilisers, the move to bulk from bags, plant breeding genetics and machinery development....Continue reading

19.01.2022 I (John) have been asked to speak at a local "History sure ain't boring" community night in a couple of months re the biggest step changes in Ag in our region in last 100 years. These were the things that immediately jumped out to me: - Introduction of phosphate fertilisers and broadleaf chemicals - Tractors replacing horses - Myxomatosis / Calicivirus for rabbit control... - The move to bulk handling of grain and fertiliser - Conservation Ag / No till - Glyphosate - GPS / Precision Ag technology - Smartphones All of these things changed farming as we knew it at the time. Do you agree, and what have I missed?

18.01.2022 Anyone else tried a Bluetooth knife? They are overrated...

18.01.2022 The evolution of harvest from the mid 1950's till today on our Bulla Burra farm.

17.01.2022 I’m a super proud dad today (Robin), I get to harvest with my son & daughter in the other two harvesters.

15.01.2022 So why hadn’t someone come up with a centre mounted auger with a 180 degrees swivel on a harvester to allow loading on both sides? And what other harvester or chaser innovations would you like to see?

14.01.2022 Today is National Ag Day, the day we celebrate everything that it means to be a farmer. A day in which we celebrate our role in feeding and clothing the world. A day in which we can reflect on what being a farmer means to ourselves personally, and also to our families and communities. A day in which we can be thankful for our farming careers, and the opportunity to fuel our own passions in an industry we love. And a day to allow us to thank those who support us. So, to help c...elebrate the day - how about you post a photo in the comments of what you are doing right now on National Ag Day. Or maybe tell us what it is that makes you passionate about agriculture or thankful for being or knowing a farmer. Its a day to celebrate, reflect on and be thankful for agriculture - not only for the benefits to wider society, but even more so for the opportunities and lifestyle it brings to ourselves, our families and our communities.

13.01.2022 A break from barley to reap some Mallee chickies. Hummus lovers unite!

08.01.2022 Close enough to Mexico for a taco Saturday lunch. And cake!!

07.01.2022 AT LEAST THE DROUGHT IS OVER (or is it?) I’m sure many of us have heard it stated over the past few months that the drought is over. There has (rightly) been much celebration over a large part of Australia recently as a lot of the nation experienced a ‘normal’ or even an above average year. The media have stopped focusing on drought and rural hardship issues as other more newsworthy stories have hit the airwaves. But what does it mean to be in drought? What is the impact of ...Continue reading

04.01.2022 Southbound - we’ve got a convoy.

04.01.2022 One of the most devastating and demoralising aspects of drought is erosion. As a farm focussed on environmentally sustainable farming practices, these are not images we like people to see, and so don’t like to share on social media. It’s embarrassing when you pride yourself on soil conservation practices to have this happen. But, we also know we are not loners. It’s a drought reality in marginal areas. We have just been through a period of three years of devastating drought,... with 110mm Growing Season Rainfall (GSR) in 2017, and 90mm GSR in 2018 and 2019. Our average is 185mm GSR. Despite this, we still managed to grow crops on nearly all of our country and maintain soil cover on around 95% of it. But it’s the 5% of the very sandy, swayle country that has been the problem - and once the wind gets into it it is like a wound that won’t heal. And if you can’t get it covered, the problem compounds. This was by far our worst paddock. Before seeding this year we spend many hours with a sand plane leveling the dunes while the sand was dry. Fortunately we had 75mm rain in April which allowed us to sow the hills wet to cereal rye, under sown with lupins, and the rest of the paddock to Scope barley. Our expectation was that it would take us three years to rehabilitate this paddock, so we are very happy with the results in year one. The Scope barley averaged 2.2t/ha, which is a fantastic result. We aim to leave the rye stubble to break down on the hills for a couple years, and then hopefully the images of the drought will become a distant memory. Sometimes the bad news stories also need to be shared, so you can really celebrate the good. And for us - this is now a good news story of 2020.

01.01.2022 Aimee and I (John) took a couple hours off the header and chaser tonight to attend her Yr 12 art exhibition. Bronny and I are very proud of her exceptional talents.

01.01.2022 The Desi chick peas were up early this morning in readiness for an exciting adventure, beginning with an exhilarating auger ride into their road transport vessel, a leisurely road trip to a staging area near the coast where they will be put into their clean, modern boxes and escorted onto a boat for a leisurely cruise to an exotic Asian location. From there where they will make new friends, attend cooking classes and promote healthy lifestyles. They get to have all the fun.