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The free version of “Club Notes” for Saturday, the 25th of April, 2026.

By Dwain Duxson - Ag Content Creator

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• 4 new contributors - We are about to release our 4th writing contributor to The Farmers Club newsletter. This week, we had Michael Bagshaw on Monday, who wrote about the ramifications of the instant asset write-off scheme. He said this: "If you've fully depreciated an asset, and you trade this in, the value of that trade becomes assessable income. The caveat, of course, is that it all depends……"

• We welcomed Caleb Schwartz on Tuesday, who did his first column this week about his move to Alice Springs for work. Caleb is 22 and will give us a young person's perspective, which we are looking forward to. He said this in his column: "Seeing Agriculture here in Central Australia has certainly challenged some of my paradigms from my upbringing and studies".

• Bec Lindert is on her second article and is our star on Thursdays. Bec spoke about traceability and said this: "Growers standing in paddocks wearing Australian Cotton. Great story, fantastic marketing campaign. But no real commercial value back to the grower, just intrinsic and feel-good value. Traceability solved a brand problem for the likes of Nike".

• Vic Hoffmann Dohle is the 4th one to come on board. Vic has deep roots to the Land and Farming life, and she writes with great passion. Like here: "Reflecting on the recent Vodafone ad, depicting regional Australia where 'nothing's out here', which at first I dismissed as a bit irritating and mildly offensive, but not an unexpected ignorance. It was peculiar and brazen to highlight their own service supply shortcomings, justifying it by implying nothing of importance exists out here anyway. A weird marketing strategy".

• See the latest Farm Tender Hay Report here.

• Our latest writings:

• The crew over at Farm Tender is busily filling the Fertiliser and Urea contracts. The Ships are arriving as they said they would, and Farmers are picking up what they ordered. We give a rundown on what the Fert game is looking like.

• We highlight a great story of a Farmer backing a young businessman 30 years ago, and they still work together today.

• Vic Hoffmann Dohle sent in her bio, which made for interesting reading.

• Vic wrote about how we are perceived in the bush these days and how sentiments might be changing.

• By using AI, you can have Elon Musk on your advisor board and give opinions on your ideas. Fair dinkum. We explain how this all works. It's fascinating.

• We talk about how Saturdays and Sundays can look very different when you have staff who only work weekdays.

• We are seeing a changing Hay and Feed Grain market. Due to the extreme freight rates, everything is becoming localised, leading to a wide price spreads.

• Bec Lindert write about the traceability, and how it has no real commercial value to the Farmer.

• We write about how a company is reimagining weed control in Crops using a method other than Spraying.

• We write about how wild Pigs are the modern-day rabbits and some of the destruction they are causing.

• Cash is coming back, and there is one particular strong reason as to why.

• Have a great Saturday, and subscribe to get access to our 4 new contributors.

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