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Winegrapes oversupply hits Murray Valley farmers

The Australian January 23-24, 2010  p 32Tried and tested irrigation region becomes a vineyard graveyardThe oversupply of winegrapes has hit the inland areas of the Murray hardestAsa Wahlquist     On a hill near Merbein, high above a bend in the … Continue reading

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Too few agricultural scientists

The Australian  November 18, 2009   page 27Agricultural scientists are too thin on the ground  Agricultural science, food and natural resource management, have never been more important, argues Mark Adams, dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at … Continue reading

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Clancy blogs about Stig

We have a new dog. Actually he is a really old dog, nearly as old as me, but a bit more wobbly on his paws.

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cattle and methane

Cattle and Methane, broadcast on Ockham's Razor, ABC Radio National, August 12, 2012. A lot of people, amongst them Britain's Lord Stern and Sir Paul McCartney, argue that eating less meat could help save the planet. But there is a … Continue reading

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Black Saturday bushfire

The Australian, February 10, 2009   p. 13Scorched EarthThe long-term forecast is hot and dry, with frequent megafires: all we can do it learn to live with them reports Asa Wahlquist.

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Clancy’s blog 3

If they had given prizes for silliness at the Wentworth Park Games Day maybe Emmylou would have won something.

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Clancy’s blog 2

Hi, Clancy here. Emmylou and I have been very busy, helping Åsa look after her niece and nephew, Paloma and Ronan, who were visiting from New York. They live in something called an apartment and can’t have a dog. The … Continue reading

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Emmylou

Hi, it’s Emmylou here at last. I have been asking and asking Åsa and Clancy. Can I write a blog, I said, please, please, please. But they told me I had to wait, and I hate waiting. I had to … Continue reading

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Clancy and Emmylou

Hi, it’s Clancy here. Åsa has been asking me to write a blog, but I was worried.  I said to her there are so many things I just don’t understand. And she said that was OK, I didn’t have to … Continue reading

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Drying basin

The Australian    June 7 – 8, 2008  p.28Dry future well ahead of schedule      For the past decade, the autumn rains that heralded the grain planting season and produced winter pasture have failed in south-eastern Australia. This year was no exception: … Continue reading

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