Talk of the Town: Living in the lucky country
I may have grown up in Zimbabwe, but I now consider myself an Australian. Click to check the original article.
Limousin steer from NSW/SA partnership wins Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza
All the results from the live judging of the Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza, Scone. Click to check the original article.
Tellarup Brook Poll Dorset sells to $2200 at on-property ram sale at Manjimup | Farm Weekly
Three powerful bidding forces clashed on the same rams in the early stages of the sale and almost invariably it was a tussle between Len and Elaine Brookes, Yornup, Pardee Grazing, Kendenup, and Elders Manimup representative Cameron Harris who held a bidding order from perennial sale supporter DM & JM Hallett, Boyup Brook. Click to […]
Ida Vale White Suffolk peaks at $5100 at Tamesha Gardner and Andrew Greenup’s 26th annual sale at Kojonup | Farm Weekly
Sophie Greenup (left), 12, Elders Kojonup branch manager, Cameron Grace, top-priced Western White Shedders and equal top-priced White Dorper buyers James and Rebecca Raffan, Hill River and Ida Vale co-principal, Tamesha Gardner, with the $4000 top-priced Western White Shedders ram the Raffans purchased. Click to check the original article.
Supermarket wants this cherry farm's output to blossom
Australia’s largest organic cherry grower has won major supermarket support to build weather protection over his orchard. Click to check the original article.
Chinchilla Grandfather Clock campdraft finals start today after wet weather delays
Campdraft finals to commence today after 30mm of rain fell on the Chinchilla campdraft arena on Friday evening. Click to check the original article.
NSW Northern Rivers region on flood alert
Communities in NSW’s Northern Rivers region are again on flood watch with heavy rain lashing the area. Click to check the original article.
Mutt is Queensland's fossil favourite
The Muttaburrasaurus langdoni will become part of Queensland’s official identity after it topped a public poll to select the state’s fossil emblem. Click to check the original article.
This Week in Agribusiness, Oct. 22, 2022
It’s gathering time for FFA, as members head to the National FFA Convention. Max talks to Lisa Homer, senior communications manager, FMC Group, about mental health and safety, as well as normalizing diagnoses and how FMC is working with organizations to break the stigma of mental health. Walter Kunisch, senior VP, HTS Commodities, joins Mike […]
The burial mounds that pre-date Stonehenge by seven centuries
Long or round, large or small, prehistoric tumuli dot the countryside. Vicky Liddell explores the history, folklore and literary influence of burial mounds or barrows and reveals how they were nearly lost to the 18th-century digging mania. And one tree-crowned long barrowStretched like a sow that has brought forth her farrowHides a king’s bonesLying like […]
Inland Australia on the alert as conditions ripe for pimelea poisoning | Queensland Country Life
Mitchell’s Bim Struss was one of those and he said that as well as grazier surveillance and action to minimise contact in the short term, it would be important to continue to highlight pimelea toxicity as a priority national cattle production issue, through regional beef research committees, which provide direction to MLA research projects. Click […]
Major award wins for Mitch Taylor at Shorthorn Youth Expo
Up and coming stud producer Mitch Taylor, MT Livestock, Quipolly, had great success at the 34th National Shorthorn Youth Expo, taking home a swag of ribbons and being awarded some top scholarships. Click to check the original article.