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65yo dies in helicopter mustering accident on NT cattle station

A 65-year-old chopper pilot has died following a helicopter crash on limbunya Station in the Northern Territory. A 65-YEAR-OLD mustering pilot has died following a helicopter crash on Limbunya Station in the Northern Territory’s Victoria River District. NT Police say they were called to the crash at 12:20pm yesterday and the pilot was confirmed deceased […]

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Domestic market awash with beef as exports prove tough going

LAST weekend in Brisbane, it was possible to buy whole cryovaced 100-day grainfed certified Angus rumps, with an attractive pack-date of late April, for just $12.99/kg. It’s been five years, at least, since quality beef has been that cheap. $12.99/kg 100-day Angus rumps fort sale in Brisbane last weekend. Ignoren the references to pack date […]

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Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 28 June 2023

A SERIES of cold fronts crossing southern Australia brought some high weekly totals, with many daily rainfall records for June and flash flooding in South Australia on the 23rd. Weekly totals exceeding 100 mm along parts of the south coast of Western Australia, and in the Mt Lofty Ranges and at Kangaroo Island in South Australia. […]

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Foreign investors returning to Aus ag

Michael Whitehead addressing the Rural Press Club of Queensland last Thursday. Picture: Rodney Green 10 years ago Michael Whitehead and his ANZ agri market intelligence team released a major report predicting investment patterns in Australian agriculture over the next decade. “We made a series of predictions and we got them all wrong,” he said in […]

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Roma sale 27 June 2023: Weaner turnoff lifts yarding to 8330

  Pictured at Roma last week (June 20) were Stuart and Angela Cockerill, Darr Creek, Jandowae who sold (via Nutrien) Santa Gertrudis cross steers to 362c/kg, reaching a top of $1,054 to average $932. Yarding 8330 Change +736 The inclusion of several vendors selling their annual weaner turnoff increased supply by 836 head to 8,330 […]

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