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Dwain Duxson
September 13, 2024
Farm Tender Daily - All the news from Friday, the 13th of September, 2024.
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By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast
Farming legend Harry Bourchier - I was very lucky to be presented at the Janmac Farm and Community Forum event at Goroke, today. In doing my research on Goroke, I came across an old article about Harry Bourchier, who was arguably one the most famous Farmers in Australia in the 1960s. And it was in 1963 that he put pen to paper to secure the 17,500-acre property "Mortat", a few miles west of the town.
Harry was a massive risk-taker when it came to purchasing Rural Property. He paid something like 400,000 pounds, which was believed to be the biggest Land deal in Australia at the time. Harry loved Growing Wheat, and when he first took over Mortat, he aimed to grow 8000 acres (weather permitting) in the first year upon settlement. Those sorts of numbers are big today, let alone in the 60s.
Harry went on to own more Properties, which in turn helped some of his seven kids get into Farming. Interestingly Harry married a Duxson, who was Gwen Duxson. This line of Duxsons has the Farm next door to our Family Farm 15km South East of Marnoo. We are cousins and generational friends. They have always known as the rich Duxsons, and we were the poor Duxsons. There's another story there for another day. See at the bottom of the page the story about Harry purchasing "Mortat". Do you have any Harry Bourchier stories?
PS - I first released this story in The Farmers Club newsletter this morning, and Bill Bourchier (Harry’s son) is a subscriber. He kindly asked if I wanted to have a look around, so I took up the offer. Amazing. I will write more about it next week. Thank you, Bill. Reply to [email protected]
The Farmers Club headlines - Our 3 topics tomorrow are:
1) My trip to Mortat yesterday, as per the story above……
2) This year it’s all about gross proceeds. Money in……
3) They say past performance is an indicator of future performance……
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National Cattle prices - EYCI 669 (NC), WYCI 599 (-3), Feeder Steer 364 (-6), Heavy Steer 353 (+8), Processor Cow 293 (+5). National Sheep prices: Trade Lamb 807 (-30), Heavy Lamb 821 (-27), Restocker Lamb 659 (+25), Mutton 311 (-39). Goat prices: 287 (+2). All prices are up until Friday, the 13th of September in cents/kg. Ranges are from a week ago. Source MLA.
Today's Trends - Sales trends included Wheat, Vetch Hay, Oaten Hay, Wheaten Straw, Lucerne Hay, Headers, Straw Choppers, Tractors, Pressure Washers, Tractor Tyres, Roller Mill, Wheat, Feed Mixers, Engines, and Wheaten Hay.
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Dwain Duxson
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