Martin Fone considers the beautiful and ancient fern, once commonly held to have mysterious properties. Dense stands of Britain’s most common fern, Pteridium aquilinum, bracken, carpet the floor of the woodlands near where I live, marking the progress of the year. Their tightly curled fronds appear in spring, slowly but inexorably unfurling into three large, […]
Sheep and wool confidence remains IT has been another exciting and challenging 12 months for the sheep and wool industry. Producers once again saw record high sheep and lamb prices, while wool prices have again tracked upwards and now sit at their highest level for the past two years. When it came to the challenges, […]
Les McIlveen reflecting on his happy years working in woolsheds. Shearers quarters at Carandotta, near Dajarra in 1932. Photo: John Oxley Library Les McIlveen has no regrets about his lifetime career as a shearer. “None whatsoever,” he said. “It was very good to me, it clothed and fed my family and educated them including sending […]
Local north west residents descended upon Hughenden this weekend for the annual Hughenden Show. Hosted by the Hughenden Show Society, the agricultural show has a proud and rich local history dating back over 100-years. Cattle judging, horse events, trade displays, face painting and a pet competition took center stage during the daytime activities among a […]
Around 17 commerical meat goat producers exhibited 153 bore goats in Springsure on Saturday. Pictures: Ben Harden Australia’s first ever open meat goat show was held at Springsure in Central Queensland on Saturday. Held in conjunction with the Springsure Show, the meat and dairy goat show was held over two days. The event welcomed both […]
Tattykeel Poll Dorset stud has etched its name into the history books of the 149th annual NSW State Sheep Show, taking a ninth consecutive win of the supreme sheep exhibit of show. The Gilmore family of the Black Springs-based stud exhibited the champion short wool interbreed ram which also won supreme champion interbreed ram before […]
The Tails of the Brahman Herd podcast is set to showcase some of the breed and the beef industry’s most iconic characters. A NEW podcast series is set to explore the characters which have helped establish not only the Brahman breed, but the Australian beef industry as a whole. Tails of the Brahman Herd, hosted […]
Supreme exhibit of the 2022 Casino Beef Week stud cattle program Santa Gertrudis Riverina Ricardo R90 exhibited by RL Pastoral Company at Kyogle with sponsors, the Beef Week committee, judge Matt Hann, handler Bailey Gardner and stud owners Rob and Lorraine Sinnamon. Supreme exhibit of the 2022 Casino Beef Week stud cattle program went to […]
With the $10,000 top price bull of the Elders Albany Winter bull sale at Mt Barker were Ballawinna Angus stud principal Mick Pratt (left) and Elders Mt Barker agent Dean Wallinger. The top price Ballawinna Angus sire was purchased by Steve Moir, Woodburn Grazing, Porongorup. THE continued demand for bulls meant a new initiative, the […]
From Forbes NSW, this line of 50 Shorthorn weaned steers 9-10 months averaging 290kg returned 771.6c/kg or $2240/head. AN increased offering of light steers was matched by strong buyer interest out of southern Queensland this week, as overall AuctionsPlus commercial cattle numbers jumped eight percent to 19,543 head. Given the recent rain through Queensland it […]
Photos by Hannah Powe & Kate Loudon Day two of the 149th annual NSW State Sheep Show and the Dubbo Show today welcomed 268 head of sheep from four breeds to the mat. Breeds shown included Merinos (feature breed), Border Leicester rams, Corriedales and Suffolks. Click here to see all the results from day one. […]
Workshop attendees and guests were welcomed to the Muresk Institute during dinner by facilitators and Value Creators directors Maree Gooch (left) and Ann Maree O’Callaghan. THE importance of networking, commitment to community, backing your own ability and setting your individual style were top of mind at the third Women’s STEM JumpStart program two-day bootcamp held […]