“Horse numbers are always very good at all three meetings, and with feature races like the NSW $50,000 Picnic Championship Final now on the racing calendar, more people are trying to win races on the picnic circuit across NSW,” said Moree racing writer and horse owner, Bill Poulos. Click to check the original article.
Letters to the editor – Sheep markets, the weather, Basin Plan, Namoi Cotton sale, and nuclear power. Click to check the original article.
All of that, though – the atoms, molecules, and gas that make it all up – accounts for only 5 per cent of the universe. Another 25 per cent is in something called dark matter, which makes up most of the mass of galaxies. We think it is a weakly interacting massive particle. It does […]
Martin Fone talks about one of the great quirks of language which divide Britain and America. Unerringly, Oscar Wilde pointed out in a short story, The Canterville Ghost (1887), that ‘we really have everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language’; while George Bernard Shaw is often quoted as having said that Britain […]
Part 1 Mike Pearson kicks off the show with a look back at Commodity Classic. He spoke with the new CEO of the United Soybean Board, Lucas Lentsch. In the markets segment, Garrett Toay, AgTraderTalk joins Mike to talk about how grains are going. Part 2 Garrett Toay, AgTraderTalk, rejoins Mike to discuss the livestock […]
Deeside Muirs paid $6000 on two occasions, firstly for a Wallawong Xyris son, Southend Tyrant, which ranks in the top 5pc for CWT, top 10pc for BWT, 200-day weight and milk and top 15pc for 400-day weight, while the other $6000 sire Southend Tomas, by Southend Narssist, ranks in the top 5pc for 400-day weight, […]
This all-inclusive, luxury adventure lodge in Iceland’s northern wilderness is a must-visit for active travellers — and if you’re lucky you might just get to see the Northern Lights. Our Travel Editor, Rosie Paterson, checks in. If you find yourself in Iceland when a wispy fog rides in off the Arctic Ocean and catches itself […]
New stud purchased top priced heifer at the National Droughtmaster Female Sale Click to check the original article.
THE beef industry was strongly represented among the major category winners in the 2024 Australian Organic Industry Awards announced in Melbourne on Friday night. Hosted by Australian Organic Ltd, the awards ceremony marked the conclusion of the two-day 2024 Australian Organic Conference. The event celebrated the successes of businesses and individuals and their outstanding contributions […]
Partial to a poodle? Loopy about labradors? Cuckoo for cocker spaniels? You are not alone, says Victoria Marston, as she discovers the nation’s favourite dog breeds, decade by decade, using figures from the Kennel Club. Set off for a walk around the country lanes and I wager £5 that you can’t make it home without […]
Part of a line of 93 Hereford x Angus steers 6-7 months averaging 201kg from Quirindi NSW that returned 398c/kg on Friday. They were part of a large offering of 838 weaned steers from Romani Pastoral Co, all Angus or Hereford x Angus 6-7 months, with average weights ranging from 163kg to 219kg. The eight […]
ANIMAL health product manufacturer Zoetis has purchased an eight hectare manufacturing site in Melbourne to expand its current operations and increase future capabilities to manufacture cattle, sheep and horse vaccines. The site in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville was purchased from the Victorian State Government. It has a rich history of supporting Australian agriculture, going […]