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Horses for a variety of needs

Horses running the gamut of needs, both recreational and for work, was the primary selection focus for the 85 lots catalogued for the Ag-Grow Elders Elite Horse Sale. Click to check the original article.

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Biosecurity gets more money | The Land

“The regions continue to make a remarkable recovery after a really difficult few years, however a biosecurity incursion that could put our agricultural industries in jeopardy could reverse all of the hard work that has been done to get our communities back on their feet,” Mr Toole said. Click to check the original article.

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Why do we say that cats have nine lives?

Martin Fone set off to investigate the origins of the saying that cats have nine lives. In the process he discovered something less supernatural, but no less incredible. ‘A cat has nine lives’, the proverb goes, ‘for three he plays, for three he strays and for the last three he stays’. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and […]

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This Week in Agribusiness, June 11, 2022

Mike Pearson joins us from the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa and is joined by Courtney Knupp, National Pork Board. Courtney shares what it’s like to be back in person for this expo and the opportunities for the pork market in the future. Don Roose, U.S. Commodities, Inc., joins Mike at World Pork […]

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Herefords Australia CM Hocking Scholarship: Emily Taylor | The Land

The application process for the scholarship included some very difficult and industry based questions including; briefly outline two challenges that the Hereford breed currently faces and discuss ways that Herefords Australia, breeders, and other stakeholders can address these challenges, discuss two opportunities and two challenges for the wider Australian beef industry in 2022, and outline […]

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The Halfway Bridge Inn review: A dog-friendly South Downs oasis

If you’re looking for a spot to lay your head in West Sussex, The Halfway Bridge Inn seems a tempting and brilliantly located spot between Midhurst and Petworth. Octavia Pollock paid a visit. ‘Have the venison,’ exhorted the exuberant manager of the Halfway Bridge Inn, Nick Dobson. I did — and was immediately delighted I […]

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Folly Farm gardens, Berkshire: A masterclass in maintaing an historic garden

After decades of thoughtful restoration, the gardens at Folly Farm in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, blend historic and contemporary planting, finds Tiffany Daneff. Pictures by Jason Ingram. ‘Today,’ Lanning Roper, wrote in Country Life, May 15, 1975, after visiting Folly Farm near Sulhamstead, in Berkshire, ‘such a garden is beyond the realms of possibility in this country.’ […]

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