December 2017 - MikePlowman.com

$100 per Tonne

by Mike Plowman | Dec 31, 2017

Hi people. It is the end of the year. My, where did the last one go. The later part of 2017 has been difficult, the move did not go smoothly, the swamp we bought quickly turned to desert, and I mean a desert. The local dairy unites are in strife feed wise, having...

Eels and Carbon.

by Mike Plowman | Dec 4, 2017

Hi guys. Whilst I am supposed to be semi retired I am pretty hard out over the back fence repairing fences on a 1300 cow property with some new 1-2 wire around drains etc. I had a snigger to my self last week, when the manager stopped for talk. He had just got back...

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