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My Favourite Painting: Paul Chesney

Paul Chesney of Chesneys Fireplaces chooses a classic Renoir. Paul Chesney on Hills around the Bay of Moulin Huet, Guernsey by Renoir ‘I love impressionist paintings and this one has a personal connection for me because I grew up on the island of Guernsey and swam in Moulin Huet Bay as a child. The painting is […]

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How the agtech sector is navigating connectivity issues

AS THE livestock industry becomes more reliant on technology to automate tasks and improve production systems, connectivity is still proving to be an issue for the growing agtech industry. The sector has promised a lot over the past five years, with dozens of start-ups popping up and pitching themselves to the industry. While some products […]

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Vale Les Brownlie – Beef Central

Pioneering Australian meat scientist L.E. (Les) Brownlie passed away on 20 June, aged 85. Mr Brownlie’s contribution to the modern Australian meat industry has been extremely significant and lives on in the description and trading systems taking the industry forward today. Les Brownlie Retired for some years, he was university-educated in microbiology and was recruited […]

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‘Hand-to-mouth’ biosecurity funding must end: NFF

A long-term, sustainable biosecurity funding pipeline to help protect agriculture, communities, the economy and the environment must be a top priority for the new Federal Government. This was the message delivered by the NFF to new Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister, Senator Murray Watt at the first industry Ministerial roundtable in Canberra last week. “Biosecurity, […]

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Grassland Society returns to in-person conference in 2022

In his previous work as an agronomist, Gippsland beef producer Tim Wilson saw how farmers went wrong when cutting corners to save a few dollars. Mr Wilson has avoided making the same mistakes on his Labertouche farm near the West Gippsland town of Drouin, and will get to show the formula for his success when […]

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