Miranda McGufficke says the importance of shearer foundation training should not be overlooked. Click to check the original article.

Building a $25 million oilseed crushing plant near Emerald “will be a catalyst in starting and reviving the oilseed industry in central Queensland”, according to the company behind the project. Click to check the original article.

Repeat buyers at the All Stars sale, Rosetta Grazing, Collinsville, secured four females at an average price of $9250, while Baralaba stud Elmo Brahmans purchased four at an average $8250, an Chatfield Brahmans, Richmond, took home four averaging $13,250. Click to check the original article.

Receding floodwaters in the Gulf of Carpentaria have unearthed a trail of muddy wreckage. Click to check the original article.

A and C Grams, Toogoolawah, sold Charolais cross feeder steers 20 months old for $1650/hd. A D Brennan, Beaudesert, sold Droughtmaster cross feeder steers 18-20 months old for $1610 and $1550/hd. K and J Horrex, Anduramba, sold Angus cross steers 16 months for $1440/hd. Click to check the original article.

Landfall Angus has had a huge day at its autumn bull sale. Click to check the original article.

Expectations for a lift in the market after a wet weekend before the Tamworth Livestock Agents’ regular store cattle sale were not met Click to check the original article.

Notwithstanding some dark moments where he questioned the direction he was taking, the gutsy larrikin, raised in Malanda, west of Cairns, has made a remarkable return to a profession he enjoyed prior to his accident – contract fencing, with his business, Roll Out Contracting. Click to check the original article.

Less than three months since the equivalent of five Sydney Harbours flooded their town, Menindee is now having to cart water due to a massive fish kill. Click to check the original article.

Up to half of Welbon has been farmed in addition to sheep and cattle production. Click to check the original article.

Shannon Meyer, agronomist with Elders at Coorow in the region, said annual ryegrass, wild radish, barley grass and brome grass were prevalent every year and, hence, needed to be targeted in every crop grown, particularly with ryegrass control in barley, limited available herbicide options made it difficult to achieve robust weed control in those crops. […]

Highlights of the lighter steer categories included light Charbray feeder steers from T Watson, Mt Ossa, which went for $1210, while four-month-old Charbray calves from the same vendor sold for $790 with younger calves in the draft making $570, and Droughtmaster weaner steers offered by GR and AE McFadzen, Sarina Range and G and F […]