A picturesque setting and smorgasbord of delightful local food and drink offerings makes New South Wales’ Tweed Valley tourism spot a veritable treat for the senses. It’s just past dawn in peaceful art-deco Murwillumbah where an early-morning queue has formed outside a tiny hole-in-the-wall bakery at the trendy end of town. There are plenty of […]
Quality gear was snapped up by the buyers at this clearing sale at Cascade. Click to check the original article.
“They seek an end to our livelihoods because they believe farming and the people who do it to be evil.” Click to check the original article.
An Australian marketing expert has laid out why, in business terms, an iconic beer producer has decided not to market its latest high-alcohol product to the Northern Territory. In early March, Victoria Bitter, one of Australia’s most iconic beers, announced its plan to launch a new brew called Victoria Bitter Xtra, or VX. The beverage […]
A NEW mobile phone app is set to change the habits of livestock producers, transporters and others in the supply chain because it does what most apps can’t – it works without internet connectivity. The eNVD Livestock Consignment app is the faster, easier way to complete livestock consignments, using QR code technology to transfer data […]
The unconditional love of a dog is a wonderful thing, but when they get so attached that they can’t bear to see you leave then they need your help. Ben Randall explains how to stop a dog getting upset when you leave the house. Having a strong, happy bond with your dog is one of […]
The sympathetic restoration of the delightful Chandler’s House — in Alton Barnes, Wiltshire — has created new, liveable and stylish interiors within potentially awkward constraints, as John Goodall discovers. Photography by Paul Highnam for the Country Life Picture Library. Chandler’s House stands in Pewsey Vale with a clear view of the Alton Barnes White Horse, […]
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.
Find out how this farmer has increased lamb survival rates by about 5-10 per cent in multi-bearing ewes and 12pc in single ewes. Click to check the original article.
The early April 2021-drop, AI-bred bull weighed in at 806 kilograms and has estimated breeding values (EBVs) of +6.9 for calving ease direct, +3.8 for calving ease daughters, -6.0 gestation length (GL), +3.9 birthweight (BWT), +55, +89 and +122 for 200, 400 and 600-day weights, +117 mature cow weight (MCW), +13 milk, +1.6 scrotal size, […]
Their 714kg purchase is a son of Summit Fleetwood Mac N133 and out of Summit Gucci L139 and has expected progeny differences (EPDs) of 2.05 calving ease (CE), 0.3 birthweight (BWT), 16.4 weaning weight (WWT), 24.2 yearling weight (YW), 1.8 for milk, 4.6 maternal calving ease (MCE), 10.0 maternal weaning weight (MWWT), -0.1 scrotal circumference […]
“We examined the effect of strategic deep tillage timing (from March to June) at Corrigin and Mingenew, on wheat and canola yield and found that grain yields from ameliorated treatments were similar irrespective of the timing of amelioration, for a given time of sowing,” Dr Mwenda said. Click to check the original article.