Farmer’s Voice – Online Magazine
As a modern day bush telegraph Farmer’s Voice is an online magazine sharing stories, opinions and information of interest and benefit to rural Australia.
Australian Farmers are the experts of their own story and it is important to have a place where their voice can be heard. By sharing challenges and celebrations we aim to showcase the greatest assets in Agriculture – the people.
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Farming Wife: I’m proud to be a farmer
No more excusing what I do, no more apologising. I’m a farmer and proud of it. I turn bare paddocks into fields of golden wheat. I grow the cotton for your socks and the wool for your winter jumpers. I grow the barley that makes your beer, the grapes that make your...
Farming Wife: the truth about farming in Australia
Telling our stories As someone who loves to communicate her thoughts and feelings it really nice to know I’m connecting with likeminded people out in the country as well as some who may not have access to information about farming and the people who farm. I write in...
Bush Gardens – some tips to surviving the drought
Drought is, as they say, an insidious creature that gradually takes over the land, its people, and the gardens of the bush. It cares not for beautiful old established gardens with years of history and sentiment. It cares not for a new garden being nurtured by a young...
Back in the day – farm life insights
Back in the day, ha ha, isn’t that something your grandparents said? Well back in the day, which was only around 30 years ago, my married life started in a long rectangular building. Verandahs down either side, 6 bedrooms and a dining room which ran the width of the...
Farming Wife: Australian farmers, is your defence ready?
Just recently I managed a trip away to the big smoke. I left my husband on the farm to fend for himself and I believe he lived on oven baked chips and sausages while the laundry piled up beside the washing machine. A bit of time away from the farm reminded me how...
2018 NFF Congress and AFI Roundtable
Attending the National Farmers Federation Diversity Congress and the Australian Farm Institute 2018 Roundtable provided an interesting opportunity to observe Australia's agricultural policy makers and thought leaders in action. From little things big things grow My...
Bush Kids are Grit Personified
I see many old souls when I talk to kids off the land. In their short life, they have more life experience than people decades older. For many, the images of drought are confronting. There is an emotional reaction to seeing animals and land not in prime condition. If...
Mulga – the feed in the trees
I find myself talking a lot about Mulga these days. To neighbours who howl in despair while cattle starve and trees remain a protected species. To town friends who ask ‘why can’t you just feed them and be dammed with the consequences?’ To farmers without Mulga I...
Are you ready to defend Australian farmers?
Last week I managed a short visit with my daughter and grandkids. I guiltily left my husband on the farm to fend for himself and I believe he lived on oven baked chips and sausages while the laundry piled up beside the washing machine. A bit of time away from the farm...
Can you spot your pit crew?
In car racing, drivers need to stop at various intervals to refuel, change tyres, or have engine checks performed. The pit crew are the people who perform these duties. They wait for the time they have to leap into action. They get the driver back on the track fast...
Are you and your business protected?
Working in insurance has made me sit back and evaluate my own working life and look at where I have gone wrong. This thought process has lit a fire under me. It never occurred to me in my 20’s when I was working on the land that I could have been sued for damages to...
Why the drought is really hurting Australian farmers
According to my city friends I am an Aussie farmer. Technically, I am a grazier as we grow grass for beef cattle and do not farm land to grow crops. But in terms of an easily identifiable profession I call myself a farmer. Why? Because they don’t care about...
Do you have an interest in fostering a positive narrative for Australian Agriculture and farming families? Please get in touch with Brigid Price at info@ruralresources.com.au