CPC buys at Booragul Angus sale
Total clearance at Booragul Angus sale with a top of $50,000 for a $19,304 average. Click to check the original article.
A metre of rain on 1000 acres
It gets over a metre of rain a year, has nearly 10 kilometres of water frontage and is just shy of 1000 acres. The three statistics make the 391-hectare (966 acre) property known both as Karinya Vale and Mukki at Nowendoc on NSW’s Northern Tablelands something of a triple treat. Click to check the original […]
Dalby’s Soya Feeds changes hands for first time
Stephen Aisthorpe, Smarter Nutrition, and Philip Kelly, Colliers, with former Soya Feeds owners Margaret and Greg Bailey. AFTER 35 years, Darling Downs soybean industry pioneers, Greg and Margaret Bailey, have sold their Dalby-based manufacturing facility Soya Feeds to Queensland animal-nutrition business, Smarter Nutrition. It wasn’t an easy decision for the Baileys to call time on […]
Iron ore price: China pays for Australian iron ore in yuan
The US dollar might be a thing of the past when it comes to global trade, as Australia’s iron ore industry welcomes this new payment method. A ship carrying Australian iron ore docked in China’s Shandong province last week. As Australia’s biggest buyer, there’s nothing unusual about that. What was remarkable was how that iron […]
Bali travel ban is "commonsense" says FMD survivor
Having lived through the worst experience of their lives during the foot and mouth disease outbreak in Britain, these sheep breeders are calling for a complete travel ban between Australia and Indonesia until the problem is brought under control. Click to check the original article.
Foot and Mouth Disease will become endemic in Australia unless drastic action is taken on travel from Indonesia says farmer who lived through horrific experience in Britain | The Land
“This country is already behind the eight-ball,” said the farmer from Cudgee via Warrnambool, and formerly from Glencoe near Glen Innes. “The federal government should have already put in place a temporary ban on tourism to Indonesia. It is not if FMD comes to Australia but when and then it will shut down the whole […]
Mayor's plea to graziers, travellers
A foot and mouth disease outbreak would be “devastating” for Goondiwindi’s $591 million agriculture industry, prompting the Mayor to release an important message. Click to check the original article.
Be wary of managing disease with your pets: Opinion
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Windorah’s new health centre to be delivered by the end of the year | Queensland Country Life
Ms Gilbert thanked the council for making the site available, saying that it would ensure that health services could continue to be delivered uninterrupted from the current Windorah Primary Health Centre on Victoria St, behind the Western Star Hotel, while the new facility is being built. Click to check the original article.
Recruitment: Eight good reasons to listen to your employees
Latest listings on Jobs Central recruitment page: Sales Executive, Brisbane – Stockyard Senior Station Hand, Crowther – via DroverAg Farm Hand, Vic – via DroverAg Design & Project Management Rep, Proway – via DroverAg Farm Operations Manager, SA – via DroverAg Farm Manager, Intensive Grazing, Vic – via DroverAg Farm Hand, Riverina NSW – via […]
Varroa mite threat continues
The number of Varroa mite infestations has grown to 39 with the addition of a site north-west of Bulahdelah. Click to check the original article.
Final wool clip sold for retiring couple
Len and Gail retire from the farm and check out their final wool bale sale. Click to check the original article.