Good-quality hay bales are like precious gems. They’re valuable and worthy of your safest storage, says Charles Ellis, University of Missouri Extension field specialist in agricultural engineering. Proper storage is one way producers can reduce hay waste. Ellis offers a few steps to consider when deciding what hay to store: Know your hay’s nutritional value. […]
Unlike the two most recent presidential elections, the November mid-term election outcomes did little to swing farmer sentiment. The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer came in at a reading of 102 in November, unchanged from October. There was, however, slight movement in both of the barometer’s sub-indices. The Current Conditions Index declined 3 points […]
Max Armstrong reports on denial of a request to get an exemption from the 11-hour driving rule and 14-hour driving window. The truckers who haul livestock, insects and aquatic life requested the exemption in 2018 asking for flexibility to consider the live nature of the cargo they haul. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration claimed […]
Farmers gather for an annual update on the WA dairy industry. Click to check the original article.
With its thatched roof, historic details, impeccable interiors, quirky features and amazing views, Upper Porthkerry Farm in the Vale of Glamorgan is the ultimate ‘country life’ home. When doing the rounds at various drinks parties, it is not uncommon for people to say, when they find out I work at Country Life, that they ‘love […]
CBH says investing in its network is critical to grow the business and make it sustainable for the long-term. Click to check the original article.
In response, Mr Furner referred to the characteristic of impatience, which he attributed to his star sign, Aries, as a way of commenting on the number of days since Mr Perrett had asked him a question, before reflecting on how good it was to be able to say the words ‘Albanese Labor government’. Click to […]
Vendors from three states sold ewes which topped at $206 in Cloven Hills online annual sale. Click to check the original article.
Two of the best in the equine business, Ken May and John Arnold have been inducted into the ASHOF Click to check the original article.
Plodding home in the gloaming, through a wood stripped bare by November gales, John Lewis-Stempel stumbles across a magical fairy ring of wood-blewit fungi. Into the November wood, the low mist seeping in from a Victorian graveyard. And it is cold, the sort of cold that enters the marrow of the bone and the core […]
Along with senior Queensland Police Service officials and Balonne Shire Council representatives, local leaders opted to form the committee in the hopes it could help tackle the recent crime wave, which has included property thefts and break and enters, in the town of about 600 people. Click to check the original article.
Colin Cork consigned weaner steers that sold to 539.2c/kg to return $1128. Weaner heifers from Allan Sellin made 425.2c to come back at $846. Emervale sold weaner bulls for 467.2c to realise $957. Ross Sticklen and Janine Lau sold backgrounder steers for 449.2c and feeder heifers for 407.2c to return $1482 and $1343 respectively. Click […]