Solid demand pushes prices up at Maitland
Steer prices were as much as $150 a head dearer during the Maitland store cattle sale. Click to check the original article.
Purple zone beekeepers now eligible for payments
The NSW Government recognises beekeepers in surveillance zones have also been adversely financially impacted by the Varroa mite response. Click to check the original article.
Watch for black nightshade in cornstalks
While droughty areas or corners in cornfields can raise concern about potential nitrates when grazing residue, one must also be aware of black nightshade in your corn residue that you are grazing or planning to graze. If these fields have too much black nightshade, be careful; it might be toxic. Black nightshade is common in […]
A Georgian gem on the fringes of the Salisbury Plain that is on the market for the first time in nearly 80 years
Forming just one of 17 houses within the village of Fittleton, Fittleton House is an elegant home where good taste and fine architecture meet. Red-bricked, sashed-windowed and pleasingly symmetrical, Fittleton House is, from the outside, everything good about Georgian architecture. The seven-bed former rectory is just as lovely internally, too, where tall ceilings, well-proportioned rooms […]
Axiota Animal Health, Resilient Biotics to co-develop BRD technology
Axiota Animal Health, a global animal health company based in Colorado, announced this week a development and licensing agreement with Resilient Biotics, a North Carolina-based company pioneering new microbiome-based animal products using advanced multi-omic approaches, data science, and in vitro screening technologies. The agreement grants Axiota exclusive global rights to Resilient Biotics’ proprietary treatment of […]
Kansas State develops new test for cattle diseases
The Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, a part of the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, has developed a new test for two major blood-borne diseases in cattle. The laboratory’s Molecular Research and Development section, under the leadership of Jianfa Bai, clinical professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, has developed a unique polymerase chain […]
Rolls-Royce fire up the Spectre, the all-electric car that they say is ‘the most perfect product’ in their history
Charles Rolls predicted the rise of electric cars some 122 years ago, and while it might have taken a little longer than he’d have expected, the Rolls-Royce Spectre has finally been unveiled to the world. It’s a curiosity of motoring history that the electric car was invented long before the petrol-engined car. A Scot named […]
How the methane pledge will affect the beef industry
Australia looks likely to join more than 100 countries around the world, including the EU, the US, and Indonesia pledge a 30 per cent global cut in methane emissions by 2030. The Opposition says it will ‘put an end to the BBQ’, and drive up prices, but will it be that bad? We talk to […]
Samples sought to understand Rutherglen bug
Affected grain crops include sunflower, sorghum, canola and safflower. Click to check the original article.
Farm Progress America, October 18, 2022
Max Armstrong shares insight from Howard G. Buffett who has taken an interest in immigration policy, conservation and what’s happening in Ukraine. Buffett’s foundation has been spending money in Ukraine to provide equipment for those farmers. Max shares a look at some of the equipment provided for those war-torn farmers. Buffett’s push sidetracked equipment headed […]
Elders Boyanup store sale to offer 1400 head on Friday, October 21 | Farm Weekly
An example of the 80 Black Simmental, Limousin and Angus cross weaners (60 steers, 20 heifers) aged seven to nine months to be offered by Norsca Holdings, Bridgetown, at the Elders store cattle sale at Boyanup on Friday, October 21, commencing at 9am. Click to check the original article.
A charming former station house that will delight train fans young and old
Live out your rail master dreams at this former Station House and Old Waiting Room, in the village of Leyburn in North Yorkshire. With roll-top baths a plenty, plush interiors and a unique setting adjacent to the Heritage Wensleydale Railway, the fully renovated Station House and the Old Waiting Room is a unique property that […]