Steers in demand at Sarina market launch
The first sale of the season saw steers in high demand as local vendors and buyers flocked to a mud-soaked sale yard Click to check the original article.
Yasloc lamb rams strike a note with bidders
Yasloc Rams sell to repeat buyers keen on growth and eating quality. Click to check the original article.
Becoming a winner in cattle marketing is a process
Last night at the Nebraska girls state basketball tournament, our local high school girls team won a thriller to advance against a team that beat them twice earlier this season. With 13 seconds left on the clock a freshman drained both her free throws giving our team the lead by one point. The other team […]
Housing market back on the up, and buyers ‘resorting to bribery’ to secure their dream homes
Why the housing market could be turning a corner, how a quarter of buyers have tried to ‘bribe’ sellers to bag their perfect home, and more. Here’s our round-up of what’s happening in the world of bricks and mortar. February is a dreary month, isn’t it? New year motivations tend to slip (if they haven’t […]
Spring calf market heating up
By Katelyn McCullock, Livestock Marketing Information Center Spring is in the air and across the auction markets calf prices are starting to heat up. A quick round-up across the U.S. implies that many markets are almost $100 per hundredweight (cwt.) higher than they were last year at this time. Montana auctions are up $90 and […]
Cattle surviving wildfires need immediate care
Cattle owners assessing land and livestock after the recent wildfires need to carefully examine their animals to determine next steps, say Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. First and foremost, without risking personal safety, make efforts to either move cattle out of the path of a fire or at least cut fences or open gates where they […]
London’s most exotic place to stay, the heartbreakingly beatiful suite in Alec Guinness’s favourite old haunt
The Connaught’s Mughal-inspired King’s Lodge is intricate, spectacular, and enlessly romantic. Rosie Paterson went to take a look. Sir Alec Guinness (The Lavender Hill Mob, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and yes, Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars) was so fond of The Connaught that the hotel ensured a suite was always at his disposal. […]
‘The equation is inescapable. Our rich societies will simply have to pay the proper price for food’
Country Life’s columnist Agromenes urges us to take a cold, hard look at the way we grow and consume food. ‘The rain it raineth every day’ — Feste’s song rang in my ears as, yet again, only the 4x4s could get through from home to the village and we had to reroute our London visitors […]
Inside the extraordinary hotel that put a remote Indonesian island on the map
Sumba is famous for three things: surfing, wild horses and NIHI. We sent Emma Love to investigate whether the island and hotel that everyone is talking about is really worth the hype. NIHI is the hotel that first put Sumba on the map. This and surfing. In the 1980s, clued-up wave chasers flocked to the […]
Farm Progress America, March 1, 2024
Mike Pearson tells listeners what is happening in U.S. pistachio industry and how the supply is compared to the rest of the world. The United States is the largest pistachio producer in the world and produces half a million tons of pistachios every year. Growers actually produce more than quadruple the amount of the next […]
Bank celebrates 20 years in Narrogin
The Narrogin branch has serviced the community for 20 years. Click to check the original article.
Lighter steers and heifers lose ground in smaller 16,700 head online offering
Part of a line of 260 Droughtmaster backgrounder steers 359kg at 13-21 months from Muttaburra QLD that made 357c/kg or $1280 today LIGHTER steers and heifers lost ground, but medium and heavier weights improved in average value in online trading this week. AuctionsPlus cattle listings fell by 10 percent to 16,743 head, which met […]