Top tips for optimising your silage
“In drought years, get it, it’s the best thing you’ll ever get for your money.” Click to check the original article.
More than $3m will be shared across communities for future drought impact | The Land
The Murray and regional North West are just two of 11 regions sharing the funding; which aims to deliver a range of projects, events, initiatives, training, capability building and small-scale community infrastructure projects to assist local people prepare for future droughts. Click to check the original article.
Forum offer beef production insights
About 100 people filled the shed at Mr Camarri’s Cundinup property, listening to a range of talks. Click to check the original article.
Experienced agronomist joins Hybrid Fertilisers
Riaan Breedt has been appointed regional sales manager at Queensland-based Hybrid Fertilisers Click to check the original article.
Riverina college awarded by NSW Angus for carcase win | The Land
The shield has travelled to many parts of NSW and was once presented to a Queensland school. Past winners have been Abbotsleigh, Barker College, Chevalier College, Coonamble High School, Downlands College (Toowoomba), Dubbo High School, Frensham, Hunter Valley Grammar, Karabar High School, The Kings School, Kinross-Wolaroi College, Knox Grammar, Mudgee High School, Pymble Ladies’ College, […]
Talk of the Town: Support needed for local shows
After attending my local show last weekend I am calling for patrons to actively take part in their local show. Click to check the original article.
An incredible Dorset manor house that’s up for sale for the first time in 287 years
An opportunity that’s not so much once-in-a-lifetime as once-in-four-lifetimes has arisen as The Manor House in the wonderfully-named Dorset village of Sandford Orcas has come up for sale. Penny Churchill tells more. In March 1966, Country Life ran a two-part article on The Manor House in Sandford Orcas, near the Dorset market town of Sherborne. […]
Your ultimate cattle chute buying guide
Written by Kaydence Michalsky Imagine a world where handling and processing your livestock is seamless. A world where safety and efficiency merge to create the ultimate cattle handling experience. This can easily become reality by purchasing a cattle chute designed with you and your livestock in mind. Here are some key considerations to keep in […]
Curious Questions: Are heat pumps actually worth it?
Mention heat pumps and you’ll get a decidedly mixed reaction — but do the sums actually add up? James Fisher investigates. ‘There isn’t a building in the country that can’t be heated effectively with heat pumps,’ says Will McCarthy, senior consultant at ISO Energy in Horley, Surrey, ‘and it’s a myth that it can’t be done. […]
New shearing shed put to good use at Muresk
They were a good crew, they all wanted to learn, they were enthusiastic and they got through the whole 420 sheep by the end of the week. Click to check the original article.
Online listings decline 26pc, as clearance falls to 53pc and prices ease further
These two even lines of 72 Brangus and Ultrablack PTIC heifers 19-22 months averaging 411kg from Morven, Southern Queensland, averaged $1205/head on Friday. AuctionsPlus commercial cattle listings slipped 26 percent to 7284 head last week, while clearance fell to 53pc. Prices for young steers and heifers were lower across the board as substantial rain […]
Kate Stuart-Smith and the creation of her effortlessly romantic English country garden
Stopping spraying and allowing plants to self-seed was the first step in the gradual and brilliant reinvention of the walled garden at Serge Hill, Hertfordshire, the home of Kate Stuart-Smith. Non Morris paid a visit; photographs by Jason Ingram. When one thinks of the garden at Serge Hill, what comes to mind is a handsome, […]