'We've lost some friends': resilience takes a toll as renewables ramp up Mental health professionals and landholders described a 'wearing down' of resilience.

Grief has been one word used by those on both sides of the proverbial fence near renewables projects. With some great insights from mental health professionals, I asked what it will take to find a productive way forward.

www.theland.com.au/story/9137927

#AusAg #AgChatOz #AgSky

Former police prosecutor leads nearly $500k fight against new gun laws Crowdfunding will support a court campaign to test new gun reforms.

More than 4000 people have donated to a crowdfund campaign to test new gun laws in NSW, following the December 14 Bondi terror attack, raising nearly $500,000.

www.theland.com.au/story/9146411/

#AusAg #AgSky #AgChatOz #GunReform

UN photographer turns lens on women of rural Australia Parisian-born UN photographer Martine Perret turns her lens to capture the resilience and strength of women in rural Australia.

World-renowned photographer Martine Perret has turned her lens to Western Australia's Midwest, bringing to life the stories of women from regional towns through her Women of the Hinterlands project.

#auspol #ausag #agchatoz #photography
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Fab day to be out at Henty Field Days! 🚜 👩🏾‍🌾
Come meet us at Block N sites 564 - 566 to see & hear about all the amazing #AgInnovations & #AgEducation we do at Charles Sturt University @csu.edu.au, @gulbali-institute.bsky.social & CSU AgriPark!

#AgChatOz #AgSky

Ah, Queensland. Completely corrupt one day, fabulously fraudulent the next. Also the tip of the iceberg re: various fraud in the farming industry. A few mill is nothing compared to carbon credits.
#QldPol #AusPol #agchatoz #ausag

FARM WORKERS: Killer thread re: paying farm workers a living wage, that applies to any established country bring in migrant workers eg: Australia, USA, NZ etc
🧵 #agchatoz #agriculture #farming #ausag #foodsystems #AusPol #NZPol

What she said 👇🏻

#agsky #agchatoz

Bless you Jess Piper.
Signed with love from: Tasmania, Australia. #agvocate

"Bring on the bad times, so they (oligarchs) can buy all the farmlands"

"Very few number of small farmers left"

"Bring on the recession, so you can make people desperate"

#agsky #auspol #foodsecurity #politas #agchatoz

WA pastoral lobby? Bunch of criminals? Seems like they're not alone...
#WAPol #AusPol #AgChatOz #Agriculture

5/11
I *was* looking for you ❤️
Should we stick with ye olde #agchatoz for small farmers + those who love them @tammois.bsky.social ?

Not a bad use for ChatGPT, although I still had to specify it also check the wind speed, or it said conditions were good. As always with ChatGPT, it's good if you could already do the task without it. #agchatoz.

New year, new rules: Mandatory eID scanning begins at saleyards See how some of the first sales of the year are handling the change.

Dubbo's Tom Pollard says eID is here "here to stay," with an opportunity for agents and producers to set the standard of eID technology going forward. See how saleyards have responded to the rollout 👀 🐏

#AgSky #AgChatOz #eID #livestock

www.theland.com.au/story/8862111/

The annual Aussie Lamb ad has dropped. I'm not always a fan of the creative direction of these ads. This one has tapped into the worst of us and I'm really not sure lamb is the fix. Thoughts? #agchatoz www.youtube.com/watch?v=75BA...

👋🏻 Hello to peeps & peers communicating via #agchatoz #ozsky #aussietrends #wildoz #ozplants #ozflora #birdlifeoz

For AU/OZ summer community comms and access to key local information; seeking input + information on state+territory 🦋 hashtags.

Eg X:
Tas is #TasAlerts
Vic is #VicEmergency
& so on. 👇🏻

Merry Christmas from me and Missy the ginger cat. Can you tell she liked her Santa gift!?! 🎄🎁🎉😘🎅🏻🌹⭐️🐈 #agsky #agchatoz #christmas

Hello, South Eastern Australians working and farming in today's heat spike.

Here's my favourite Canadian Wild Ice skater Ellad J.Balldè video. 📽 Watch, take in a breath to cool down for a minute. youtu.be/HvivEC5uBBM 2m13s

Take it easy, stay hydrated and be safe.

#agsky #ausag #agchatoz #heatwave

From the trusted team at Feed Central comes LocalAg – Australia’s most comprehensive and secure agricultural marketplace. A new way to buy and sell is coming in 2025!

Learn more: www.localag.com.au

#AusAg #AgChatOz #AusFarmers

Home - AFSA Collectivise, organise, act Collectivise, organise, act The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) is a farmer-led civil society organisation of people working together towards socially-j...

Hi Shanna, recommend using ye olde #agchatoz which is more granular and findable than #agsky.
It's great to have you here, alcohol in rural areas is huge @birdmichael.bsky.social might know a bit...

Seeking The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance farmers afsa.org.au are they here yet? #ausfood

The World’s Largest Landowners Individuals interested in building their retirement accounts through investments in raw land and developed properties may choose to invest through Self-Directed Real Estate IRAs, which are specialized...

Hello @calltoactivism.bsky.social this is your friendly reminder of who owns the most land globally:
www.madisontrust.com/information-...

#democracy #landownership #colonialism #AusPol #UKPol #AUKUS #Australia #agriculture #agchatoz

The Jonai — Jonai Farms & Meatsmiths

Honestly? Multinational owned abattoirs closing their doors on small farmers is not a loss. Means more small scale on farm/mobile butchers like Jonai Farms, who I would love to go visit sometime:
jonaifarms.com.au
#ethicalbutchers #sustainablefarming #ausag #agchatoz

Sharing @sobergal.bsky.social’s Rural Women starter pack so you can join and follow this list! #agsky #agchatoz go.bsky.app/QqrCT4h

Happy #WorldSoilDay! 🌱
🌐 The theme for this year is "Caring for Soils: Measure, Monitor, Manage".
If you're a #pedhead or not, caring for #soil is everyone's responsibility. 🫶
👇 Check out our web resource on "Building #ResilientSoils" to know the "O to R" of soils!

#AgSky #AgChatOz #SoilExtension

Beef exporter says it will take time to resume trade with China as sanctions lift An Australian beef exporter caught up in a trade war with China says the company has learned not to become overly reliant on a single market.

With its #export licence now reinstated, Australian Country Choice says being caught up in a #trade war with #China taught the company not to become overly reliant on a single #market. #agsky #agchatoz

www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...

Good morning. #AgSky! 🌄
✈️ on our way to #Perth, WA 🇦🇺 to learn from AHRI UWA team & 🌾 growers about #NextGenWeeds integrated/ multilayer weed control approaches.
📍 Did you know that #Wagga airport has been identified as a herbicide resistance hotspot for ryegrass?
@weedsmartau.bsky.social #AgChatOz

🎤 In this market update episode of the Feed Central Hay Matters Podcast, host Jon Paul Driver and Dave Clothier discuss the state of the Australian hay market as the harvest season winds down.

Listen to the full episode: www.feedcentral.com.au/hay-matters-...

#AusAg #AgChatOz #AusHay

🚜 how many of #AgChatOz mob are here now @farmerrenee.bsky.social?
Maybe they are too busy harvesting? 🤔

So pleased to be seeing your posts here @lisettemill.bsky.social ! #ausag #agchatoz

Groundwater Baseline Data Needed Before Fracking Begins Baseline data of groundwater and bores quality in Northern Territory and Western Australia is vital before fracking starts in case of legal action

Farmers, ranchers & landholders are advised to do baseline water studies of their bores & rivers BEFORE #fracking begins in their neighbourhood.
Northern Territory & Western Australia farmers in Australia should grab a water test kit ...

#ausag #agchatoz
1earthmedia.com/groundwater-...

Has anyone from #AgChatOz made it over?

Randal and Juanita had no farming experience. Now they're feeding 80 families a week The first-generation farmers made an ambitious 100-year plan to repair land stripped of vegetation with tree plantings and chemical-free regenerative practices.

Community-supported agriculture helping first-generation farmers heal their land www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2... #ausag #agchatoz