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Dairy farmer, North West Vic, Australia. AuDHD, She/Her. Dairy data hound. Don't get me talking about breeding values. 👀

A cow waiting at the open gate photo comes in the dairy when the gate is shut then opened again.
The Duncan 23 run mk3 seeder only just fits though the gate to paddock 1. 😬😬
Light shining between Cottonwood trees. In the foreground is paspalum grass, a C4 plant that loves the heat and especially the humidity.
The suns rays shining though light scattered by trees. In the foreground the dairy cows are passing.
Cows walking from left to right along a track. The sun is not far off setting so the dust they kick up creates a pretty almost misty background just behind them.
A ground level perspective of a grazing dairy cow with the late afternoon sun shining under her belly.
I'm driving the old 4440 John Deere tractor with a 23 run Duncan seeder on the back. These corners are far tighter than 90 degrees, but with no front wheel assist I can turn very very tight without jackknifing it.
Feeding vetch to the herd with the hustler feed out wagon.
Ibis eating crickets and other bugs that pop out of the ground while irrigating.
A very blue sunset photo. Water is running onto paddocks and reflecting the blue sky.
My other half, Chris, is scratching the cow called Stalker with his brush attachment on the drill.
A very orange sunset, no clouds are in the sky for it to reflect off this time.
Tractor of choice is the ancient old faithful John Deere 4440. The tractor is much older than I am.
The suns rays shining though the branches of a large box tree.
If it's very typical in Northern Victoria to get very colourful sunsets. This one has pink, orange, yellow, with a very pale blue background & scattered wispy clouds. It's reflected in the irrigation water in the foreground, with willow trees along the skyline.
Bringing a small mob of cattle in along a track with trees to the right. The dog is easily visible but the cattle are not due to all the dust. Tilly the dog remains very unimpressed by the effects of the light and the dust.
The view of a poorly worn cows foot in the hoof crush. The types are long and the foot has not worn down properly at all.
A red dairy heifer in a pose that looks like she's in a Maybelline advert, the part where they swish their hair around.
Dairy cows walking to the paddock, kicking up dust. Very typical for our area as we are on the edge of the Mallee.
A view from the seat of a red tractor, the irrigated pasture is green & gets mowed when it gets too long to be palatable for the cows
A hefty red and white dairy cow facing the camera with bright green grass as a background.
It makes absolutely no sense why they kill everything when they have bird flu outbreaks. It's all about breeding resistance. Survival of the fittest. They want mass outbreaks to continue to drive inflation. That's why they mass kill. --- no they don't want it to drive inflation. What the heck have you been smoking. It's standard procedure to do this for any outbreak. See NZ m bovis and other such outbreaks.
The black and white cow here is 110 for heat tolerance.
Dust is rising behind dairy heifers being moved to their next lawn mowing assignment. The interplay between sunset and the rising dust is so pretty. I explained to the dog, Tilly, that it looks fabulous, she remains unamused. Probably because she's hidden in the picture by the dust. I think she's just a critic.
Dairy cows are walking along a lane kicking up dust. The morning sunlight & the dust makes pretty rays through the trees. The black dog in the front of the image, Tilly, isn't as impressed as I am with this effect
The cows surrounded the Nutrien reps vehicle & trailer while he was taking soil cores for nutrient testing.
A view across a paddock of green grass and a vibrant blue sky with fluffy clouds.
Stalker the pet cow not letting me stand and wait for the cows to pass. I must scratch her. I got a gentle reminder from her that it is my task.
Dairy cows kicking up some dust while exiting an area. The sunrise is making shafts of light through the dust.
It's 6.40 pm, the temperature according to the bureau of Meteorology is 38.8C (about 102F) in the dairy while we are milking the cows.
A Jersey calf asking for scratches by rubbing her head on my legs, then sniffing at the camera. She was almost 4 weeks premature so I'm lucky she's managed to survive.
A picture of cows being milked in a dairy, the whole picture is red due to the use of red lights to keep the flies away. Red or amber lights both help, we went with red due to amber bulbs being glass only.
Dairy cows grazing summer pastures, the sky is full of grey clouds.
Sunrise on the edge of the Mallee. There are cows in the bottom of the picture under dark trees. In the middle of the top of the picture there are red highlights on foreground clouds.
Dairy cows sitting in the shade of large trees.
An orange sunset looking at land being irrigated
A very black cat is walking in front of the humans feet, while they are walking.
A black and white cow staring at the camera over a wooden rail fence. She's peeved as I stopped giving her back scratches.