Jake Hamilton @jakeonfarm Twitter profile

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Jake Hamilton

3 years

Often those with the most to say about climate change are doing the least about it. It's time for us to speak up. Thanks to @NationalFarmers for helping us find our voice to show how our industry is leading the way with adaptations and methods for #RealClimateAction

AustralianFarmers

@OzFarmers

3 years

Aussie farmers are sharing their stories and showing how #RealClimateAction happens on farms

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Who says regular strength Zinc Phosphide mouse bait is ineffective. This is 12 hours post application. #AusAg #MousePlague

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

Farming is hard... #AusAg #Plant20 #AgTech @JohnDeere @dariusrucker

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

"The next time a farmer moans about the weather, put your arm round him and buy him a pint because he's not moaning about it because he's a bit miserable working in the rain, he's moaning about it because it's crucifying him." - @JeremyClarkson

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Farming tutorial #38 : How to plant a silt bed. #AusAg #AgTwitter #Plant21

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

Define "proper stuck". This is why we level. #AusAg #Plant20 #WaterManagement #TheLevelStory

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

I've been interviewed on radio and in print, I was even on the tele one time but now I'm preparing for my biggest gig yet. Today I get to talk to 30 odd grade 1 and 2 kids from Brisbane about farming and food supply. I'm terrified to be honest. 😬 #AusAg #ItStartsWithAg

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

I got brave today and dragged the old Ag-Boss out of retirement to go playing in the mud. 620hp RX makes short work of its light frame. It may just save our bacon this year after nearly 300mm for May.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

My #RegenAg story. A thread. This is the Oldfarm paddock. We call it that because it is, well, old. It was first farmed in 1974 which means it's nearing its golden jubilee. #AgTwitter #AusAg #AgChatOz

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

20+ years of controlled traffic farming make this possible. #SwimmingDeere #CTF

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

Hey @abcnews @ABCRural I recorded the interview as well, my side at least. You can listen below. Paraquat poisonings in Australia are extremely rare and due to illegal use and storage. You missed that point. Farmers around the country use it safely every day. #AgChatOz

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Grain going on the ground with a 30% chance of rain. What could go wrong? #Harvest21

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

There are a few four letter words that spring to mind... #Plant22

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Turns out low germ% cannot be compensated by high seed rate. #RePlant21

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

The irony is not lost on me...😕

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

It's happening! Stirring up the rain gods. #Harvest21 #Barley

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

Making serious progress on #Plant22 🤦‍♂️

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

This rural lifestyle is terrible. I can see why it's tough to get folks out of the city to work here.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

How it started. How it's going. #QldHarvest21

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Where. Do. I. Even. Begin... #Sunk

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

Time for another lap on the merry-go-round, when it feels as if harvest was only yesterday. #Plant22

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

#TrueLove is giving the wife the S series while you plug away on the ole 9860... #QldHarvest20

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

And just like that it's #Harvest20

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Afternoon feels. Soak these seasons in. They don't come around that often. #AusAg

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

First look at the new @TTQAgriculture deep fert outfit rolling today. 12m, 750mm spacing, dual band 300 & 400mm deep. Gyral/Excel 22,500L VR cart. Most heard comment: "That'll take some pulling." @JohnDeere 9620RX has got this. 😉 #AusAg #GetRipped

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

First real world opportunity to use the See and Spray. Can I just say 👏 to @JohnDeere and @BlueRiverTech . I am very impressed. Smashing FTR outbreaks at 18km/h. #AusAg #AgTech

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

Note to self: After planting a field, don't go near it for three weeks. Checking on it every 6 hours isn't gonna help it come up. #AusAg #Plant20 #AgTwitter #Patience

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

Strap your boots on and pack a lunch @stupocknee . We're into it!

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

I have lodged an official complaint with the Australian Press Council over the spurious headline of the recent ABC online article and the false and misleading image used by ABC Central Victoria on Facebook. You can do the same here: #AusAg #AgChatOz

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

These modern varieties continue to amaze. 72 days since last rain this Sunmax looks absolutely had it, but, check out the head pulled from one of the worst affected areas. 🤯 #Wheat

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

That's it. Summer is over. Digging through the cupboards for a jumper.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

@JohnDeere See&Spray doing its thing. Tidying up emerging fleabane as the residuals begin to wear off. 71% cost saving while hitting rosette stage in heavy wheat stubble at 18km/h. Good to get 'em young. #WeedSmart

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Had a great chat with Scott from @Telstra at Farmfest and was delighted to hear all about how none of the problems with rural telecommunications are their fault. Our deteriorating coverage is not an issue because we should never have had it in the first place.🤦‍♂️ @D_LittleproudMP

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Righto Hughie, do your worst mate. She's all over. #Harvest21

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

First flush of volunteers cleaned up with the @JohnDeere See & Spray. 51% applied area. Thinking I might need a word with the header drivers...

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Mother nature put on a show for the 616R #SeeAndSpraySelect demo. The only machine of its kind in the southern hemisphere. @JohnDeere @JohnDeereAUNZ

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Weather has definitely warmed up this past week. Seeing plenty of mouse activity. Hopefully a good dose now will knock them off before the population explodes. #PrecisionAerial #AusAg

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Knee high by the 4th of July might be an American thing, but nobody told this Planet Barley. Enjoying the good season while it lasts. #SundayTour #Grow21

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

We've cracked the ton. 100mm for the week and it's well and truly setting in again. There's wheat under there... somewhere. #Plant22

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

"Big ol' box of bearings? You're gonna have a shit day. Have some lollies." How good is the local tractor parts store? 😋

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

On today's episode of "How far away is harvest?"

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

#moist 75mm for the event so far. How'd everyone else fare?

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

9 months

One last FU from 2023. 90mm in 35 minutes with large Hail. Happy New Year...

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

Selfie level: farmer...

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

I really appreciate this Komatsu loader. That only took half a day. 👍

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Rushing to beat rain again. What a time to be alive. #Fabas

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

Might take the weekend off. Safe to say we won't be planting for a few days. This drenching last night takes us to 250mm for the week.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Sprayer operator found some bonus tons... 🤦‍♂️ Bloody contractors.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Dogwood Creek at Miamba (Teys Feedlot) 8am. As high if not higher than 2011.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

How good is SM sometimes? Dutch Twitter friends dropping in for a farm tour. Thanks for the visit @ChrisDeGroot16 #AusAg #NetherlandsAg

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Dad was absolutely thrilled when I said "hey, groundcover wants a photo." #QldHarvest21

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

2021 continues to throw up its challenges. Never thought I'd see chickies going on the ground. Wouldn't mind a few of those containers sitting at the Shanghai port. #Harvest21

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

I was curious to see how @JohnDeere 's See and Spray would handle wet conditions behind the wheels. Apparently mud doesn't stick to the camera glass. 🤔

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

That's all folks. Eight weeks. Four crops. Ten varieties. And yes, it's 5pm on a friday. Beer time. 🍻 #Plant20 #TheLevelStory #AgTwitter #AusAg #Grow20

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

This is so cool! I can now call it my annual chat with Brissy based grade 2's about farming for #ScienceWeek . They are mad keen to learn about farming and deserve to get their info straight from the source. #AusAg

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Better late than never. Sunmax into former melonholes. #Plant21 #AgTwitter #AusAg #TheLevelStory @KipMooreMusic

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

I was called a 'monocropper' the other day. 🤔 Well, here's a virtual crop tour. #Grow21 #SustainableFarming

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

I've thought long and hard about captioning this photo but I've got nothing. Can anyone help me? #AusAg @EldersLimited

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

My happy place. LRPB Reliant smashing it out of the park after a hard finish. The tap turned off here after July. #QldHarvest20 #AgTwitter #AusAg @AdvantaSeeds @JohnDeere

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

Sustainability and profitability go hand in hand.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

9 months

How quickly things can change. 303mm for the last six weeks capped off by 60mm on Christmas day. A very happy ham day indeed.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

Anyone care to approach Aussie Chickpea growers for comment? You know, the ones who are holding 1,000s of tons of last years crop with little to no market. We'd be more than happy to help with the hummus crisis. @10NewsFirst @GrainGrowersLtd

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

If I never hear the words "falling numbers" again it will be too soon. Sample tested 257. Can you test it again? Sure, here you go...

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

Literally everyone: "You'll be glad to have a break now that harvest is over." Me: ...

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

Disappointed doesn't cut it. This headline is purely emotive and unhelpful. Everything I put forward about this product being perfectly safe when used and stored as directed reduced to a ten word sound byte.

ABC News

@abcnews

4 years

One sip of this herbicide could kill, but farmers don't want it banned

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

She's chockers. I'm liking this whole 2021 thing. It can hang around a bit longer. #Moist #AusAg

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Lovely day for it. Just hit 40°C.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

80Ha of #Plant21 to go. Barring all major f🤪ck ups, should roll this by smoko. Let's see if we can make this 10-20mm rainfall forecast dissappear. 😉

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

It's perfectly ok to not be ok. You are never alone. #BeyondBlue #AreYouBoggedMate #TieUpTheBlackDog #SpeakUp #Lifeline #MensHealth #AusAg

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Transport operator: "I'm sending a load of Urea" Truck driver: "I've got a load of Urea" Inexperienced farm worker: "I'll put it in the Urea bin" Me: "I now have 40t of Starter sitting on top of 80t of Urea" 🤦‍♂️ Fridays right!? I'm going home.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

#Plant22 ... Not feeling the vibes. 85mm so far.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

11 months

Bit different to what we usually load in these things. 100mm this weekend would be welcomed.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

Been busting to get into this crop for weeks. Fast brushing off the memory of 2019. #QldHarvest20 #AgTwitter #AusAg

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

5 years

Extremely impressed after our first season with the 9620RX from @VanderfieldAU At least 50% productivity increase from the 500hp wheeled machine. #AusAg #Plant19 #JohnDeere

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

ProTrakker. Where have you been all my life? Keeping a 24m bar within an inch of it's line. Top is tractor tracking error, planter the bottom. #Plant22 #AgTech @RDOequipmentAU

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

I ❤ long maturity varieties. Getting a 1,000Ha headstart really takes the pressure off main season planting. #SunMax #Plant21

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

Not gonna lie. Planting this paddock in the wet was a nightmare. The sorghum has done a great job of drying it out. Guess which block is next to get the dozer treatment. #TheLevelStory

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

1 year

Seed bought from a retailer in bags. Q1. How much of a discount on seed treatment should I be asking for? Q2. Should I show them how to do it? #Retreat 🤦‍♂️

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

This 75t snatch strap from @CentralImports has already paid for itself several times over. It will continue to do so because, you guessed it, it's raining again... 😒 #Plant22

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

450m³/Ha we shifted to level this field in 2016 with cuts up to 600mm. Now that some compaction has settled down it's become one of our most productive. 4t/Ha Spartacus Barley last year and now I'm spraying Terbyne on Fabas @ 24km/hr. #AgTwitter #TheLevelStory #WaterManagement

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

What a dead set legend. You can see the passion pouring out. The only time I'd consider watching the project. #Ausag #AgChatOz #ItStartsWithAg

The Project

@theprojecttv

3 years

It’s the slow-tv-style YouTube hit educating city slickers and inspiring a new generation of farmers, all courtesy of one super-keen grain and lamb farmer from Western Victoria. #TheProjectTV

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

Me: "I've had such a great week. Sunmax is up, Barley is in, went for my first solo flight." Universe: "Slow down there buddy..." 🙄

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

6 years

First tweet in over three years! Sorghum harvest is underway in 2019. This crop of @pioneerseedsau A66 is going 2.5t/Ha @ roughly 13kg/Ha/mm WUE on the Western Downs. #ausag #qldharvest19

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

Happy New Year folks, from my mad fam to yours. May '23 be filled with optimism, new challenges and new achievements. All the best! #AusAg

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

Fences through melonholes? Ain't nobody got time for that. #AusAg #TheLevelStory #AgTwitter

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Finally a break in the weather to get some grain up. 4mm out of the forecast 50mm last night. Is this event a fizzer for everyone bar @cottonfarmgirl

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

Sexi Flexi won't take no for an answer. And just like that, 2022 is in the history books. Good job team. #Harvest22 #WeLoveOurPeople

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Just the right amount of dust. 👌 #Plant21

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

My question for the #AusAg community and don't hold back. Why is it that when someone "sees the light" and decides to stop flogging the hell out of their patch of dirt do they think they deserve special recognition and a premium for their product because it's #RegenAg ? #AgChatOz

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

2 years

Sporting a new livery today. Thanks lads for dropping in, having a play in my sandpit and helping me refine my designs to make them even more efficient. @stupocknee @T3rra101 @t3rradesign #TheLevelStory

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Just your average Saturday visiting the neighbours for a beer. #Balonne

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Well here it is. Stay safe all you southerners. This too shall pass.

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

@mining47 They missed the eviction notice deadline...

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Finally got back in a header, even if it's just to do my trials. Very impressed with this #Sunflex . If it's maturity is as advertised it definitely gets a gig in our rotation. #Harvest21

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Happy Australia Day folks! 🇦🇺🇦🇺 #QldSummer

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

4 years

#Moist

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Whatever Monday's forecast may bring, at least the barley can't fall over anymore... #Harvest21

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Irrigated #JadeAU Mungbeans making the header work for it. #Harvest21 #JustAddWater

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Well that didn't take long. Dogwood Creek at Miamba (Teys Feedlot). Expect Condamine Highway to be closed for some time. #QldSummer

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Jake Hamilton

@jakeonfarm

3 years

Shout out to @TMRQld for using my image (without credit). To be clear, your SURVEYOR has inspected and your ENGINEERS are stopping @WesternDownsRC from conducting repair work. I put the bloody road closed sign up myself before someone drove into it, you weren't there for a week.

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