Can anyone please tell us what the produce is along the Peak down hwy
from Emerald to mackay.
Smallish palnt with a reddy husk on top.
Thanks For you help
bill12 said
02:34 PM May 13, 2011
I think it might be canola. They grow a lot in that area.
eagle one said
02:53 PM May 13, 2011
bill12 wrote:
I think it might be canola. They grow a lot in that area.
Hi Bill,Canola has a yellow flower.Not sure if this changes as it matures.I know it is grown for the Rapeseed.Hope this helps.
robell said
03:22 PM May 13, 2011
Could be sorgum, depends on how smallish.
rosco said
04:07 PM May 13, 2011
Yes could be sorghum, thats a rust colour.
Definitely not canola, thats yellow. You'd know if you drive past a crop of canola in full bloom, beautiful yellow as far as the eye can see. A lot of it grown in western Victoria.
Ross
petengail said
04:27 PM May 13, 2011
My brother, a farmer, allbeit a dairy farmer from Western Victoria told me it was sorghum. I came down that way last year and put the same question to him.
Steve said
06:48 PM May 13, 2011
thanks everyone, you have settled my intuition.
Still thing farmers need to put signs on their fences for us travellers
I think milo and sorghum are one and the same thing? Correct me if I'm wrong.
goinsoon said
08:10 PM May 13, 2011
jimricho wrote:
I think milo and sorghum are one and the same thing? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Err!! that is what I said in my post milo or sorgham
jimricho said
08:20 PM May 13, 2011
Sorry mate, I interpreted your post as suggesting alternative answers. My post was quite genuine as I wasn't sure that they were the same, thanks you've cleared the air on that for me. (I'll be able to sleep tonight now )
Cruising Granny said
08:21 PM May 13, 2011
Dah! Now I'm really confused. How did Milo get in the Sorghum? Or is that, how did sorghum get into the Milo? I saw a lot of that stuff last week, and a lot of other crops I couldn't identify. As the descendant of a farmer I find it frustrating. That sign on the fence for the tourists is a good idea. Cotton is the only one I recognised, only because of those little white fluffy balls. (Don't go there guys. Resist! Resist!) Those little white fluffy balls are everywhere. Some are still in the paddock on the bushes (Don't go there either), and some are on the trucks, but there are a lot on the road side.
jimricho said
08:27 PM May 13, 2011
Cruising Granny wrote:
That sign on the fence for the tourists is a good idea.
I've seen that done in the San Joquin Valley in California, especially helpful as there'a lot of orchards and nut and olive groves in that area.
Cruising Granny said
08:30 PM May 13, 2011
That way we'd know what we were helping ourselves to. Perhaps we should leave a note for the farmer suggesting the concept in Australia. Or...... we could write a letter to the editor in the farming publications.
goinsoon said
08:31 PM May 13, 2011
Cruising Granny wrote:
Dah! Now I'm really confused. How did Milo get in the Sorghum? Or is that, how did sorghum get into the Milo? I saw a lot of that stuff last week, and a lot of other crops I couldn't identify. As the descendant of a farmer I find it frustrating. That sign on the fence for the tourists is a good idea. Cotton is the only one I recognised, only because of those little white fluffy balls. (Don't go there guys. Resist! Resist!) Those little white fluffy balls are everywhere. Some are still in the paddock on the bushes (Don't go there either), and some are on the trucks, but there are a lot on the road side.
When I was a kid I really that the drink MILO was made out of sorghum because my dad always called it milo
Cruising Granny said
08:43 PM May 13, 2011
Oh, I'll have to read the label. Or maybe I shouldn't it. Love my Milo.
goinsoon said
09:16 PM May 13, 2011
Cruising Granny wrote:
Oh, I'll have to read the label. Or maybe I shouldn't it. Love my Milo.
No it is made from milk product, malt and assorted chemicals like all good food
Happywanderer said
09:38 PM May 13, 2011
Its definitely sorghum and not anything to do with milo, I googled it. Milo is from malted barley. Sorghum is a different grain as per the photo further up on here.
Cruising Granny said
11:21 PM May 13, 2011
Now we really do have a dilemma. We have a fellow GN called "Milo". I'm sure he's not made of malted barley, but he seems sweet. I think I'll stop now, while I'm still in front.
shep said
09:19 PM May 14, 2011
Laughing out loud...meaning ( LOL ) after two red wines... its been so wonderful to read your banter its very nice ...my hubby Bry (Brian ) and i are about to set off on 10 - weeks to Far north QLD thats if it does not flood and then turn inland and cross to far west of QLD before turning into the top NSW and then head through the top half of NSW and head home to the hunter ....and i hope to chat along the way to you all...its lovely to read you stories ...
Cruising Granny said
09:24 PM May 14, 2011
I've just come home from some of that country and apart from the crappy roads and roadworks the country is looking just bonza! Enjoy.
gold dandelion said
03:36 PM May 15, 2011
sorghum is only used for feed purposes in australia, cattle can put on 2 kg a day, you also have forage sorghum or sudax as it is sometimes called, it is cut for hay. canola is planted now, good for the oil and a break crop from wheat, it also puts nitrogen back into the soil. sorghum is harvested now or a little earlier.
jimricho said
06:02 PM May 15, 2011
Cruising Granny wrote:
Now we really do have a dilemma. We have a fellow GN called "Milo". I'm sure he's not made of malted barley, but he seems sweet. I think I'll stop now, while I'm still in front.
Don't know anything about Milo being made from malted barley but right now I'm having a drink of some stuff that is
Can anyone please tell us what the produce is along the Peak down hwy
from Emerald to mackay.
Smallish palnt with a reddy husk on top.
Thanks For you help
Definitely not canola, thats yellow. You'd know if you drive past a crop of canola in full bloom, beautiful yellow as far as the eye can see. A lot of it grown in western Victoria.
Ross
thanks everyone, you have settled my intuition.
Still thing farmers need to put signs on their fences for us travellers
Could be it is milo or sorghum.
Does this look like it
looks like the first picture
thanks
Err!! that is what I said in my post milo or sorgham
Sorry mate, I interpreted your post as suggesting alternative answers. My post was quite genuine as I wasn't sure that they were the same, thanks you've cleared the air on that for me. (I'll be able to sleep tonight now
)
I saw a lot of that stuff last week, and a lot of other crops I couldn't identify. As the descendant of a farmer I find it frustrating.
That sign on the fence for the tourists is a good idea.
Cotton is the only one I recognised, only because of those little white fluffy balls. (Don't go there guys. Resist! Resist!)
Those little white fluffy balls are everywhere. Some are still in the paddock on the bushes (Don't go there either), and some are on the trucks, but there are a lot on the road side.
I've seen that done in the San Joquin Valley in California, especially helpful as there'a lot of orchards and nut and olive groves in that area.
When I was a kid I really that the drink MILO was made out of sorghum because my dad always called it milo
No it is made from milk product, malt and assorted chemicals like all good food
Milo is from malted barley.
Sorghum is a different grain as per the photo further up on here.
I think I'll stop now, while I'm still in front.
Laughing out loud...meaning ( LOL )
after two red wines...
its been so wonderful to read your banter its very nice ...my hubby Bry (Brian ) and i are about to set off on 10 - weeks to Far north QLD thats if it does not flood 
and then turn inland and cross to far west of QLD before turning into the top NSW and then head through the top half of NSW and head home to the hunter ....and i hope to chat along the way to you all...its lovely to read you stories ...
Enjoy.
canola is planted now, good for the oil and a break crop from wheat, it also puts nitrogen back into the soil. sorghum is harvested now or a little earlier.
Don't know anything about Milo being made from malted barley but right now I'm having a drink of some stuff that is
Cheers