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Australia has the best solar resources in the world: We should learn how to make our own panels
Australia has the best solar resources in the world, the best innovators in the world, and leads the world in solar rooftop installations. A whopping 3.9 million solar systems have been installed across Australia – cutting electricity bills and helping save the planet. Until now, Australia lagged in one critical area – we let other countries take our innovation, commercialise it and then sell back to us.
Nuclear energy is not viable for Australia, for a number of reasons
Nuclear energy is not viable for Australia, for a number of reasons By John Grimes, Saul Griffith, Tim Buckley, Blair Palese, Janaline Oh, John Hewson, Mara Bun, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8456455/debating-viability-of-nuclear-power-in-australia/ December 13 2023 The prospect of nuclear power generation in Australia is now a live debate.
Nuclear energy is not viable for Australia, for a number of reasons
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The prospect of nuclear power generation in Australia is now a live debate. There are a number of barriers that make nuclear unviable as a solution for Australia's energy transition in a timeframe necessary to respond to the climate, energy and cost-of-living crisis. We outline these below. We need energy, decarbonisation and cost of living solutions this decade. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends a 50 per cent emissions reduction by 2030.
By John F. Grimes, Saul Griffith, Tim Buckley Verified, Blair Palese, Janaline Oh, John Hewson, Mara Bun
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Joyce and LNP using offshore wind concerns in a political game at the expense of local jobs
Barnaby Joyce has rallied Liberal National Party and One Nation supporters to join him at Saturday's anti offshore-wind protest at Port Stephens. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong On Saturday, Barnaby Joyce is headlining a so-called anti-offshore wind rally in Port Stephens. I say "so-called" because the rally isn't really about offshore wind. It's about Barnaby Joyce wanting to be the leader of the National Party again at the next federal election.
Marketing Considerations During the Breeding Season
By John F. Grimes The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) is announcing an event of potential interest for both the buyers and sellers of beef breeding cattle. On Friday evening, November 24, the OCA will be hosting their fifth annual Replacement Female Sale.
Marketing Considerations During the Breeding Season
By John F. Grimes The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) is announcing an event of potential interest for both the buyers and sellers of beef breeding cattle. On Friday evening, November 24, the OCA will be hosting their fifth annual Replacement Female Sale.
DER: Market rule-maker breaches faith with households, business and industry
The Australian energy market is changing fast – from coal to renewables, and from centralised generation to distributed resources – and regulation needs to change swiftly to meet consumer needs. Origin Energy late last month flagged an early exit from coal generation with the closure of Eraring – the country’s biggest – brought forward to 2025 from 2023. It also announced a game-changing, ten-fold increase in its aggregation of distributed energy resources (DER) to 2000MW within four years.
Brindlee Mountain's Ian Garner on the run
Football coaches will tell you, there are no moral victories.
Opportunities with the 2020 OCA Replacement Female Sale
August 26, 2020 Livestock, Top Headlines By John F. Grimes, Ohio Cattlemen’s Association Replacement Female Sale Manager The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) is providing an opportunity for both the buyers and sellers of beef breeding cattle this fall. On Friday evening, Nov. 27, the OCA will be hosting their eighth annual Replacement Female Sale.
2020 OSIA LEAD Marketing Advantage Sale date set
January 6, 2020 Livestock, Top Headlines The date has been set for the second annual Marketing Advantage Sale for the OSIA LEAD Council and the Ohio State Fair — January 14, 2020. The event is hosted online by Breeders World. The Marketing Advantage Sale is the exclusive opportunity to secure advertising visibility during market lamb and breeding sheep events at the 2020 Ohio State Fair through the purchase of one or more sale lots.
OCA Replacement Female Sale Results
By : John Grimes, OCA Replacement Female Sale Manager The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) held their seventh annual Replacement Female Sale on November 29 at the Muskingum Livestock Auction Company in Zanesville, Ohio. A large crowd was on hand to bid on 93 high quality females in the sale. The sale represented an excellent opportunity for cow-calf producers to add quality females with documented breeding and health records to their herds.
Final Reminder for OCA Replacement Female Sale
By : John F. Grimes, OCA Replacement Female Sale Manager Approximately 95 females, either bred or with calf at side and less than 5 years old, will sell Friday evening. This is the final reminder to attend the seventh annual Ohio Cattlemen’s Association Replacement Female Sale.
OCA Replacement Female Sale Fast Approaching
By : John F. Grimes, OCA Replacement Female Sale Manager This is a reminder to attend the seventh annual Ohio Cattlemen’s Association Replacement Female Sale. The sale will be held Friday, November 29 at the Muskingum Livestock facility located at 944 Malinda Street in Zanesville and will begin at 6:00 p.m. This sale represents an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to add quality young replacement females to their herd.
COGATI: A tax on renewables paid to fossil fuels
There has been a ridiculously long list of stupid energy policy ideas over the past decade. The renewable energy industry, in particular, has faced a conga line of policies that have either deliberately or inadvertently curtailed the industry. But the Australian Energy Market Commission (the AEMC) may well have taken the cake with its bizarrely named COGATI – the Coordination of Generation and Transmission Investment proposal.
Many Wet-Condition Crop Concerns Ahead
June 24, 2019 National Headlines By Bryce Anderson DTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) — Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the USDA Midwest Climate Hub are worried about how summer 2019 conditions will treat crops that are already behind the development time curve because of wet and cool weather.
Plan now for the 2019 OCA Replacement Female Sale
June 24, 2019 Livestock, Top Headlines By John F. Grimes, OCA Replacement Female Sale Manager The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) is announcing an event of potential interest for both the buyers and sellers of beef breeding cattle. On Friday evening, Nov. 29, the OCA will be hosting their seventh annual Replacement Female Sale.
A few final thoughts…
John Grimes May 6, 2019 Livestock, Top Headlines By John Grimes, Ohio State University Extension Beef Coordinator, retired I have had the pleasure of writing articles regularly since 2011. Over the years, I have written about several wide-ranging beef management topics and timely industry issues including a few “editorials” along the way. I hope you have found them worth the time it took you to read them and gained some useful information along the way.
Long-term impact of a few days
By John F. Grimes For spring-calving beef herds, the breeding season is underway, or soon will be. Many decisions have been made in terms of the genetic makeup of the 2020 calf crop. Natural herd sires or sires to be used through artificial insemination have been selected. Mature cows have been retained, and replacement heifers have been introduced to the breeding herd. Hopefully, the genetic decisions that have been made will prove profitable when next year’s calf crop is sold.
Long-term impact of a few days
By John F. Grimes For spring-calving beef herds, the breeding season is underway, or soon will be. Many decisions have been made in terms of the genetic makeup of the 2020 calf crop. Natural herd sires or sires to be used through artificial insemination have been selected. Mature cows have been retained, and replacement heifers have been introduced to the breeding herd. Hopefully, the genetic decisions that have been made will prove profitable when next year’s calf crop is sold.
Time for some “defensive driving” with cattle production
John Grimes April 17, 2019 Livestock, Top Headlines By John Grimes, Ohio State University Extension Beef Coordinator The term “defensive driving” may seem like an odd choice of words to start an article about beef cattle. Stay with me on this one. When I think about defensive driving, I think about watching out for factors such as the surrounding traffic, weather conditions, time of day, driver fatigue, etc. and how they may affect your ability to travel safely from point A to point B.
Time for Some “Defensive Driving”
By : John F. Grimes, OSU Extension Beef Coordinator The term “defensive driving” may seem like an odd choice of words to start an article about beef cattle. Stay with me on this one. When I think about defensive driving, I think about watching out for factors such as the surrounding traffic, weather conditions, time of day, driver fatigue, etc. and how they may affect your ability to travel safely from point A to point B. How does this concept relate to beef cattle production?
Time for some ‘defensive driving’ with beef cattle
By John Grimes The term “defensive driving” may seem like an odd choice of words to start an article about beef cattle. Stay with me on this one. When I think about defensive driving, I think about watching out for factors such as the surrounding traffic, weather conditions, time of day, driver fatigue, etc., and how they may affect my ability to travel safely from point A to point B. How does this concept relate to beef cattle production?
It’s Time to Get Serious About Reproduction and Genetics
By John F. Grimes The first quarter of any calendar year is an important time for most commercial cow-calf producers. If it has not started already, calving season will begin soon. Shortly after the onset of calving season, decisions must be made in regards to breeding season. Management choices in the areas of reproduction and genetics made during this timeframe can certainly influence a cow-calf operation for years to come.
Value and evaluate herd sire in cow-calf operation
By John Grimes and Stan Smith, OSU Extension Perhaps to the inexperienced, or uninformed, it sounds simple enough. Purchase bull; put bull with cows; calves appear in about 283 days; collect calves 205 days later; sell calves for good prices. Well, maybe it should be that simple, but I think most Ohio cattlemen will agree it is not. When considering all of the traits of importance to today’s cattle producer, a primary focus of any cow-calf producer must be getting a live calf on the ground.
2019 Ohio Beef Cattle School Approaching on February 5
By : John F. Grimes, OSU Extension Beef Coordinator The OSU Extension Beef Team will be hosting the 2019 Ohio Beef Cattle School. The School will be held on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 starting at 7:00 p.m. As in year’s past with the Beef School, county or area Extension offices will serve as hosts for local clientele. Cattlemen have faced many environmental and production challenges thus far in the winter of 2018-2019.
Winter weather impacts cattle markets
January 22, 2019 Livestock, Top Headlines By Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension A major winter storm this past week extended in a belt across the middle of the country from Denver east to the mid-Atlantic coast. Heavy snow hit parts of feedlot country across eastern Colorado, Kansas, southeastern Nebraska, southern Iowa and the eastern Corn Belt.
It Is a Matter of Trust
By : John F. Grimes, OSU Extension Beef Coordinator Changes on the horizon suggest that simply having the best PRODUCT is no longer enough, merely telling the best STORY is no longer enough, and delivering great CUSTOMER SATISFACTION is no longer enough. We must also elevate consumer TRUST. Over the past week or so, two of the largest buyers of beef in the U.S. have placed stronger requirements for the beef they will purchase in the future.
2018 OCA Replacement Female Sale Results
By John F. Grimes The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) held their sixth annual Replacement Female Sale on November 23 at the Muskingum Livestock Auction Company in Zanesville, Ohio. A large crowd was on hand to bid on 107 high quality females in the sale. The sale represented an excellent opportunity for cow-calf producers to add quality females with documented breeding and health records to their herds. Buyers evaluated 107 lots of bred heifers, bred cows, and cow-calf pairs at the auction.
2018 OCA Replacement Female Sale results
By John F. Grimes, Ohio State University Extension Beef Coordinator The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) held their sixth annual Replacement Female Sale on Nov. 23 at the Muskingum Livestock Auction Company in Zanesville. A large crowd was on hand to bid on 107 high quality females in the sale. The sale represented an excellent opportunity for cow-calf producers to add quality females with documented breeding and health records to their herds.
Clean energy politics, engineering and economics on show in NSW
The New South Wales Smart Energy Summit on 4 December will be an historic event. With the former Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, talking about Politics, engineering and economics: Opportunities for a clean energy transition, the stage is set for a fair dinkum discussion of Australia’s clean energy transition. We all know the engineering and economics is the easy bit, compared to the politics. But there is a sense that the politics may just be changing.
What Are We Doing For Our Customers?
By : John F. Grimes, OSU Extension Beef Coordinator (originally published in The Ohio Cattleman) “Today’s consumer appears to be more willing than ever to pay for quality.” Few enterprises are as productive as American agriculture. The American farmer is very good at their specialization: efficient food production. Farmers and ranchers are at their best when it comes to using recommended practices and modern technologies to achieve profitable yields from their available resources.
The Definition of Insanity
At some point in time, you have probably seen in print or heard in conversations the title I am using in my article this issue. The phrase typically goes something like this: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” While you may not find this definition of insanity in a Webster’s dictionary, I have found this “real-world” definition of insanity to be very accurate.
Now isn’t the time for business as usual
By John F. Grimes The fall harvest season is wrapping up, and cattle producers are weighing their options as most of the spring 2017 calf crop has been weaned. Decisions are being made as to whether calves should be sold as feeders, placed in backgrounding enterprises, sent to a feedlot or heifers retained as future herd replacement females. Many important beef management decisions are made late in the calendar year.
What Path Will You Choose?
Based on reports from USDA and industry analysts such as Cattle Fax, it appears that the aggressive expansion of the U.S. beef cowherd will peak in 2019 and level off in the early part of the next decade. From the time the most recent herd expansion began in 2014, producers will have added over 3 million beef cows to the nation’s herd. Our primary protein competitors, pork and poultry, have also been in expansion mode recently which adds more competition for the consumer’s food dollars.
What path will you choose for this cattle cycle?
Based on reports from USDA and industry analysts such as Cattle Fax, it appears that the aggressive expansion of the U.S. beef cowherd will peak in 2019 and level off in the early part of the next decade. From the time the most recent herd expansion began in 2014, producers will have added over 3 million beef cows to the nation’s herd. Our primary protein competitors, pork and poultry, have also been in expansion mode recently which adds more competition for the consumer’s food dollars.
Nomination Deadline for 2018 OCA Replacement Female Sale is October 1
The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) is providing an opportunity for both the buyers and sellers of beef breeding cattle this fall. On Friday evening, November 23, the OCA will be hosting their sixth annual Replacement Female Sale.
BQA: A Commitment to Quality
What is Beef Quality Assurance (BQA)? BQA is a nationally coordinated, state implemented program that provides systematic information to U.S. beef producers and beef consumers of how common sense husbandry techniques can be coupled with accepted scientific knowledge to raise cattle under optimum management and environmental conditions. BQA is certainly not a new program.
BQA: A Commitment to Quality
What is Beef Quality Assurance (BQA)? BQA is a nationally coordinated, state implemented program that provides systematic information to U.S. beef producers and beef consumers of how common sense husbandry techniques can be coupled with accepted scientific knowledge to raise cattle under optimum management and environmental conditions. BQA is certainly not a new program.
Financial, Management Benefits of Pregnancy Diagnosis
By John F. Grimes We are entering an exciting time of the year for cow-calf producers. They have started or soon will be weaning their spring-born calves. Weaning is an excellent time to prepare the calf crop to become herd replacements or for future marketing opportunities by implementing health programs and transitioning to feed rations. It is also a great time to determine the pregnancy status of the breeding herd.
BQA; A Commitment to Quality
What is Beef Quality Assurance (BQA)? BQA is a nationally coordinated, state implemented program that provides systematic information to U.S. beef producers and beef consumers of how common sense husbandry techniques can be coupled with accepted scientific knowledge to raise cattle under optimum management and environmental conditions. BQA is certainly not a new program.
Financial, management benefits of pregnancy diagnosis
By John F. Grimes We are entering an exciting time of the year for cow-calf producers. They have started, or soon will be, weaning their spring-born calves. Weaning is an excellent time to prepare the calf crop to become herd replacements or for future marketing opportunities by implementing health programs and transitioning to feed rations. It is also a great time to determine the pregnancy status of the breeding herd.
The Importance of Exports
The subject of trade seems to be a daily topic in the national and agricultural media in recent weeks. The President appears to be determined to create an environment for “fairer” trade between the U.S. and many of our trading partners. Thus far, negotiations between the U.S. and other countries have yielded few results, tough talk, and the threat of tariffs. Much of the uncertainty surrounding the issue of trade has created a level of anxiety within several U.S. industries.
Keep your cattle breeding season short
It is my experience that there is no single best calving season for all operations. Each is unique in terms of labour, facilities, feedstuffs, and ultimately, the selection should be determined by the likelihood of achieving the highest conception rates and calf crop percentage weaned with your available resources. Regardless of when you calve, there is little justification for a lengthy breeding season.
The Importance of Beef Exports
By John F. Grimes The subject of trade seems to be a daily topic in the national and agricultural media in recent weeks. The President appears to be determined to create an environment for “fairer” trade between the U.S. and many of our trading partners. Thus far, negotiations between the U.S. and other countries have yielded few results, tough talk, and the threat of tariffs. Much of the uncertainty surrounding the issue of trade has created a level of anxiety within several U.S. industries.
The Importance of Exports
The subject of trade seems to be a daily topic in the national and agricultural media in recent weeks. The President appears to be determined to create an environment for “fairer” trade between the U.S. and many of our trading partners. Thus far, negotiations between the U.S. and other countries have yielded few results, tough talk, and the threat of tariffs. Much of the uncertainty surrounding the issue of trade has created a level of anxiety within several U.S. industries.
The importance of beef exports
The subject of trade seems to be a daily topic in the national and agricultural media in recent weeks. The President appears to be determined to create an environment for “fairer” trade between the U.S. and many of our trading partners. Thus far, negotiations between the U.S. and other countries have yielded few results, tough talk, and the threat of tariffs. Much of the uncertainty surrounding the issue of trade has created a level of anxiety within several U.S. industries.
5 tips to avoid forage shortages
By John Grimes Any successful beef producer understands the importance of effective management of grazed and harvested forages. Cow-calf producers, stocker operators and feedlot managers share a common need for plentiful supplies of high-quality forages for the entire year. Unfortunately, environmental factors can make the availability of consistent supplies available from year to year. USDA NASS reported hay stocks on Ohio farms on May 1 were 280,000 tons, down 33% from this time last year.
Gaining market access for Ohio feeder calves
You do not have to look long and hard to find plenty of evidence that feeder calf marketing is undergoing significant changes across the country. The market is currently sending a clear message that buyers are demanding more for their purchasing dollars. Significant discounts are occurring in the market place for feeder calves that are not weaned 45-60 days, castrated & healed, dehorned, and given two rounds of a modified live vaccine for the shipping fever complex.
Making Forage Improvements
By : John F. Grimes, OSU Extension Beef Coordinator (originally published in The Ohio Cattleman) We are currently at a very important point in the annual beef and forage production calendar. We are concluding the winter hay feeding season and transitioning to the spring grazing season. Most producers are welcoming this change as we have just experienced a difficult winter with extreme conditions ranging from bitter sub-zero temperatures to excessive mud.
Breeding Season: Stretch It Out Then Cut It Short
A few years ago, I wrote an article relating to shortening the breeding season titled “Utilize the K.I.S.S. Method!” The acronym used in the title of that article referred to my preference for the appropriate length of the beef cattle calving season and imminent breeding season. In this situation, K.I.S.S. refers to “Keep It Short and Sweet!” In this article, I want to remind you of the primary advantages of a shorter breeding season.
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