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How do we mitigate heat stress in feedlots?

Summers in the Midwest are hot. That’s just a fact of life that farmers and livestock producers work around every year. But there are times when the heat and humidity can be more than normal for humans and animals alike. June 10-12, there was one such heat-load event that covered western Kansas. With daytime temperatures […]

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Kansas offers resources to assist cattle feeders after heat event

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced June 17 her administration has made resources available to support cattle feeders in southwestern Kansas whose cattle died over the weekend of June 10-12 due to heat stress. A combination of temperatures spiking in a short amount of time, high humidity, and little to no wind caused cattle losses during […]

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Tombola buys Lorena Gold Mine for $8 million | The North West Star

The facility is 30km from Tombola’s Mt Freda Gold Mine and 15km from Cloncurry and include fully permitted mining and exploration leases, the existing open cut gold and copper mine, a 250,000-300,000 tonne per annum Carbon in Leach gold / copper processing plant, and permitted tailings storage facility. Click to check the original article.

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My Favourite Painting: Teresa Dent

Teresa Dent of the GWCT chooses a glorious Renaissance masterpiece. Teresa Dent on The Procession of the Magi by Benozzo Gozzoli ‘I first saw this in 1981 and again 35 years later. It was restored in 1992, so its colour is now even more sparkling and exquisite detail even more obvious. I love that Gozzoli […]

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Alumni scholarship for HayInc

The Hay Inc Rural Education Program completed another successful training course with the addition of a new scholarship for the Hay Inc Alumni. Click to check the original article.

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Popular bush vehicles caught up in Toyota class action

A CLASS action, which has successfully sued car manufacturer Toyota for defects on one of the most popular bush vehicles in the country, is calling for more owners to come forward and claim compensation. Run by law firms Balance Legal Capital and Gilbert + Tobin, the class action was successful in claiming financial compensation for […]

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Mechanic and spare parts shortage creating major disruptions in ag

A GLOBAL shortage of spare parts is starting to have a serious impact on the agricultural industry, with lengthy delays forcing operators to make costly and inconvenient contingency plans. Beef Central has heard first-hand accounts recently of feedlot operators having to hire equipment while they wait for parts and machinery dealers scrambling to keep up […]

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Big $149m boost to isolated patients’ medical travel scheme | The Land

Members of the ICPA NSW who have been lobbying the NSW Government and other NSW MPs to expand the IPTAAS medical travel assistance scheme. From left to right at rear Robin Beckwith, David Butler, Bree Wakefield, Libby McPhee, L-R Front Annabel Strachan, Tanya Mitchell President, Myfi Kellahan, Laura Stalley. Click to check the original article.

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