Farmers turning to solar for water pumps
Solar water pump technology is being swept up by Goulburn farmers says a supplier and the company behind it. Click to check the original article.
Gandy Angus thrice sells to $17,000 | Farm Weekly
Values reached a $17,000 top price on three occasions at the Gandy Angus yearling bull sale at Boyanup last week. With one of the equal top-priced bulls Gandy Paratrooper T70 (by Millah Murrah Paratrooper P15) were Elders Manjimup/Pemberton representative Brad McDonnell (left), buyer Tom Oates, Illginup Farms, Busselton, Gandy Angus stud principal Kim Gandy, Manjimup, […]
Reliable Rosevale remains on the market
Renowned 39,077 hectare property Rosevale Station remains on the market after being put to auction. Click to check the original article.
Two hospitalised after Outback Wrangler airboat crash in croc-infested water
Two women had to be airlifted to hospital after being injured in an airboat crash at Outback Wrangler Matt Wright’s Northern Territory Top End Safari Camp. Click to check the original article.
Weekly property review: More challenging conditions appearing in Qld market, with season and cattle price shifts
IT’S BEEN an interesting month in the Queensland grazing property market, with cattle price adjustments, seasonal outlook and rises in cost of production starting to have an impact. In one location, those eager to get their hands on a quality asset battled it out on auction day to achieve a district record price. In other […]
Is the housing market’s spring boost a corner turned, or ‘just a blip in a downward trend’?
Surprisingly bright numbers from the nation’s big mortgage lenders have caught analysts on the hop — but is the property market growing again, or is there more to it? Annabel Dixon takes a look in this week’s Property Talk. Spring seems to have finally arrived and about time too. And it’s not just the weather that […]
Orange Regional Museum plays host to ‘Ribbons, Rides & Ring Events: Agricultural Shows in the Central West’ | The Land
Beginning with an exploration of the origins of agricultural shows in NSW and the Central West, the exhibition is structured like a show, taking visitors through the pavilion exhibits, ring events and sideshow, with historical images and objects presented alongside hands-on interactives for children. Click to check the original article.
Oversupply hits Gracemere prime and store cattle market
Stock and station agents predicted prices were back by 15 to 20 cents across most categories at the Gracemere prime and store sale on Wednesday at CQLX. Click to check the original article.
Federal budget: Investment incentives, biosecurity support fall short
AUSTRALIA’S agricultural sector biosecurity, worker and market access was boosted by $1.5 million of new spending in the Federal Budget tabled in parliament last night. But farmers, travellers and importers will pay more to underpin Australia’s first ongoing sustainable biosecurity funding model, sketched out by Minister of Agriculture Murray Watt in a media statement last […]
US scientists develop gene-edited calf resistant to pestivirus
AMERICAN Scientists have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus, otherwise known as pestivirus. Ginger is a gene-edited calf resistant developed to be resistant to pestivirus. Photo: US Agricultural Research Service The recent study waspublished in PNAS Nexus results from a collaboration between the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, the […]
Farmers and truckies see food costs rising under Federal Budget
FARMERS will pay more to get livestock and produce to markets and food consumers will pay more at the check-out with increases in transport charges and fees in the Federal Budget, farmer bodies and truckies believe. The increase in road transport costs is a counterpoint to the significant $14.6 billion in general community cost of […]
Early winter fodder crops starting to take cattle after mixed season
A LARGE variation of winter forage is starting to show in New South Wales, with some areas able to plant early and put cattle on crops and others struggling through the first of the frosts. Pasture crops have been a big driver of cattle movements in the past couple of years, with NSW and Southern […]