Max Armstrong reports on the interest rate scenario and what it might mean for agriculture. Max looks back at the 1980s when the second highest cost back then was interest, which in 1982 it was 18% of total cash farm expenses. It did decline by 2014, but could be on the rise again. Max shares […]
Other bigger sales included Kohat sale (100, 102, $171,300), Lukin Springs on-property sale, Boyup Brook (111, 111, $163,800), Stockdale on-property sale, York, (121, 122, $160,400), Glenbrook sale, Darkan, (128, 128, $130,925), Rhos Gwyn sale, Mt Barker (111, 120 $137,400) and Heddingham sale (100, 100, $156,050). Click to check the original article.
After facing extinction due to the Traveston Crossing Dam in the late 2000s, the small town of Kandanga in the Mary Valley is still rebuilding its agriculture and tourism industries. Click to check the original article.
“Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner” is an American advertising slogan and marketing campaign aimed at promoting the consumption of beef. The ad campaign, originally launched in 1992, has been long-lived, highly effective and award winning. The slogan is said to be recognized by more than 88% of Americans, accordingly, I borrowed from this well-known phrase for my […]
“Dingoes are highly mobile, and we know from research they will not stay within the confines of the park. If they do escape, they could spread across the state using uncleared forest on private and public lands coming from the Grampians with devastating impacts for livestock producers across the region and the state,” he said. […]
To cater for increased grain deliveries in the area, the CBH Group has purchased land in the Avon Industrial Park. Click to check the original article.
Auctioneer Andrew Meara, Elders, Toowoomba, did not have to wait long to knock down the sale’s top seller, as the 12th ram in the catalogue VID 2011909 was secured by Tullinga Dorper stud, Condobolin for $12,000. Elders stock agents Keith Richardson, Charleville, and Scott Thrift, Dubbo, were locked in a bidding war as they were […]
In the most successful sale yet, the GDL Premium Wagyu sale held last Thursday on AuctionsPlus grossed just over two million dollars. Click to check the original article.
The government revealed the decision in budget estimates hearings last week. Click to check the original article.
A wintry dip in the ocean revitalises Jonathan Self. Fog, with apologies to Dickens, everywhere. Fog up on the hill behind the house, fog down in the valley. Fog on our little stream, where it meanders through the water meadow. Fog in the town, fog in the village. Fog in the harbour, creeping into the […]
A mixed yarding of backgrounder cattle sold to a firm market. Click to check the original article.
Water Users along the NSW Coast and in the Southern Inland will be given extra time to install non-urban metering equipment in the wake of unrelenting rainfall and widespread flooding. Click to check the original article.