Opinion

I WELL remember the old man telling me about the good old days, when a bale of wool bought him a new car. Well, those…

IT’S probably the realm of the old to sit back and think about those good old days, when the world really was a much better…

IT’S not my style to stick the old nose in where it may not necessarily be required, as you would all know, but watching things…

IT’S Easter again. Seems like Christmas was only last week. But more importantly, for me, next week it’s also Anzac Day. And before you put…

The old Whacker is feeling pretty ancient as you read this, looking for my normal dose of inspiration and rock-solid advice. There’s this thing about…

This is the first of a regular series of columns coming from the VFF president Brett Hosking, a northwest Victorian graingrower, which will appear in…

RIGHT now, Australian farming has got bigger problems than climate change. We are struggling to simply cope with climate constant. This is the stuff of…

HAD some ag college kids out at the home farm the other day, probably thinking they might get their little hands a little dirty for…

DO you ever look up at the clouds? Not to check the weather, just to look. I used to do it a lot as a…

THERE I was, sitting in the editor’s office at the local newspaper the other day. Mind you, I say editor and office with a slight…

THE old Whacker has been known to make the odd protest or two over the years (very odd, some have suggested). Such as the times…

THE old Whacker has been fielding a few questions of late.About field days. Obviously, I would be the person to ask for the best advice,…