FEEDER cattle and feed grain prices are usually inversely related, meaning when one increases, the other decreases and vice-versa. There are two main reasons for this, MLA analyst Tim Jackson said. Firstly, both these commodities react differently to weather conditions. In a drought, grain is scarce due to poor harvest yields. Whereas cattle turnoff increases […]
There’s more to the Bloomsbury Group than squares, circles and triangles, says Rosemary Hill, who explores what drew its members to London’s WC1 in the first place and the lasting effect they had on it. It was the American wit Dorothy Parker who described the writers and artists of the Bloomsbury Group as a circle […]
How Wrotham Park has grown from Shorthorn and Herefords to today’s operations. Click to check the original article.
Macintyre High School teachers’ aide Nathan Fenton, Jackson Burley (Year 8, MHS) with a grinder, RDANI executive director Nathan Axelsson, Lincoln Sharpley (Yr 8, MHS), Josh Niven (Yr 8, MHS) and MHS careers advisor Deb Snaith. Picture supplied by RDANI Click to check the original article.
A LARGE-scale study of Australian farms has found a strong links between opportunities to enhance capital and profitability through agriculture. Phase two of the Farming for the Future research program has collected financial, ecological and social data from 130 Australian grazing and cropping enterprises, the preliminary results of which were unveiled today at the National […]
This week’s Weekly Grill podcast focusses on the labour ‘drought’ sweeping Australian agriculture. Host Kerry Lonergan has conversations with two ag recruitment specialists – one working at the executive/middle management level, and the other in general labour resourcing. Tom Reardon Tom Reardon is the co-founder and director of People Infrastructure and AWX – Partners in […]
His licence was suspended, and his number plates were seized. Click to check the original article.
Latest listings on AgJobs Central recruitment page: Case Ready Manager – WA (Harvey Beef) Station Manager, Minderoo – WA (Harvest Road) Station Hand, Hernani – NSW (Lucas Group client) Farm Manager, Moree – NSW (Spinifex Recruiting client) Export Sales & Trade Manager, Meat – Vic (Rimfire client) Technical Officer, Alice Springs (NT Government) Cattle Manager/Couple, […]
Rockleigh is a meticulously managed 588 hectare mixed farming operation producing crops, pastures and livestock. Click to check the original article.
The top priced bull was Talana Poll Taurus; a pure French, 17-and-a- half-month-old weighing in at 640kg with a scrotal circumference of 38cm, eye muscle area of 132 square centimetres, P8 and rib fat measurements of 6 and 4mm and an IMF of 3.2 per cent. Click to check the original article.
The Nobbs families annual bull sale at Moura was well supported by commercial and stud buyers on Friday. Click to check the original article.
Having a ball: Cows at play in real life, and below, how they are depicted in Norco’s Cows Play augmented reality game. IT’S not unusual to see headlines highlighting how little children know about how their food is produced, with research showing many kids think their food simply comes from a supermarket or their […]