Farmer loses faith in BoM forecasting Click to check the original article.

Farmers Across Borders truck more than 15,000 bales of donated fodder across almost a million kilometres, thanks to a large number of volunteers Click to check the original article.

A six-year field experiment in the North China Plain which found diversifying crop rotations had benefits for long-term agricultural resilience and soil health, has implications for Australian producers, according to The University of Western Australia’s Institute of Agriculture director, hackett professor Kadambot Siddique. Click to check the original article.

Alasley Almonds and Mirrool Park cover a total area of 671 hectares at Benerembah, NSW. Click to check the original article.

The tour has so far included visits to a range of red meat operations across five states including JBS beef processing plant in Greely, Colorado, Cargill’s Beef Processing plant in Friona, the 100,000 head Five Rivers Feedlot, All American Pet Proteins, and various retail operations. Click to check the original article.

GDL livestock agent Charles Pitman is a talented whip cracker. Click to check the original article.

He said there was a 40pc growth in export volumes last year compared to the year before.”Now we have a market like Saudi, which is the biggest importer of sheep in the world and already imports eight million sheep, come into the picture,” Mr Harvey-Sutton said. Click to check the original article.

Queensland Country Life asked five experienced livestock agents their predictions for the bull selling season. Click to check the original article.

An in-depth look at how weaner steers and heifers performed at the major Victorian saleyards in the first two weeks of January. Click to check the original article.

The first stage is expected to be completed next year, and will include the new police station, the first Policelink call centre outside south-east Queensland, a domestic and family violence and vulnerable persons unit, and specialist units such as the tactical crime squad and the Stronger Communities Action Group. Click to check the original article.

50 ag groups are united against a proposed new biosecurity levy. Click to check the original article.

Gregor Heard is ACM’s national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during […]