No images? Click here Welcome to the Big Paddock, a fortnightly publication from Waterpool Trading to showcase agriculture all around this great land and abroad. AUSTRALIA'S PADDOCK Red-hot market for Australian farmland Just like the residential housing market, Australia's farmland property market is running hot, with a string of recent sales leaving onlookers "gobsmacked" at the amount of money changing hands. Pacing for PinkVictorian harness racing tracks are set to turn pink to raise much-needed funds for the McGrath Foundation and continue the fight against breast cancer. For the first time, reinsmen will join reinswomen to wear sponsored pink pants throughout the entire month of May, with 69 drivers signed up to take part in the Pacing for Pink effort. New study tour open to all young Victorian dairy people United Dairyfarmers of Victoria (UDV) is inviting young dairy people (aged 18 to 35) to join the first 'Victorian Dairy and Agricultural Study Tour' funded by Gardiner Dairy Foundation. Mother's Day flower crop is blooming big and beautiful The Endeavour Foundation's supported employees and volunteers have spent several weeks harvesting what is expected to be a particularly beautiful bumper crop. SEASON 2020/21 Waterpool are always here to help with your planning for the 2020/21 season. Call us on 03 5853 2333 to discuss your requirements. WORLD PADDOCK The largest flower on earth - Rafflesia arnoldii Among all of the large flowers, Rafflesia arnoldi produces the largest single bloom. Native to rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, the flower can be up to three feet in diameter and has weighed in at more than 24 pounds. More than its size, however, Rafflesia is known for its scent. Dubbed the "corpse flower," the large bloom reeks of rotting meat—an adaptation it has developed to attract the flies that help pollinate the plant. The unusual flower only grows on the tendrils of the Tetrastigma vine, which in turn only grows in pristine rainforest. JOKE IN THE PADDOCK
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