Producers hit with $3 penalty for no value lamb skins
Agents say the $3 a head cost is much higher than other processors have charged. Click to check the original article.
Methane measurements will prove climate footprint of cattle on grass and grain | The Land
Currently under the Low Methane Beef Project, featured in our recent lift-out edition of Spring Angus, steers from Angus Sire Benchmarking Project and the Southern MultiBreed reference population are being monitored for methane emissions in the UNE’s Tullimba feedlot, while their grass-fed sisters are being measured on NSW DPI stations. Researchers are already finding that […]
Elders Boyanup cattle sees beef steers top $1739 | Farm Weekly
A selection of cows and calves rounded out proceedings with values topping at $2600 on age and quality for six second to fourth calving Angus cows with Angus calves at foot which had been running back with a Keston Vale Angus bull since May 25, offered by KM Sanders & TL Kilner, Kojonup, knocked down […]
2024 Mitsubishi Triton packs more power
The new Mitsubishi Triton will arrive in February 2024, initially only in club-cab and dual-cab ute bodies with a single bi-turbo diesel engine option. Click to check the original article.
Angus sets Australian all-breeds record bull price at $360,000
A NEW Australian all breeds record price for bulls has been set during the Texas Angus annual sale at Warialda earlier today. The Mayne family sold yearling bull Texas Thunderstruck T383 for $360,000 to Mackas Angus at Salt Ash, NSW. The price exceeds the previous all-breeds bull record of $325,000 for Brahman bull NCC Justified […]
Weaner steers at Wodonga sell to $1305, heifers to $1110 | The Land
Sales of grown steers included nine Table Top Angus-blood Angus weighing 487kg for $1520 on account CG Dale and RJ McGowan, Indigo Valley, Vic: EL and CA Glass, Allans Flat, sold ten Angus, 14-15 months and weighing 320kg for $1090 and C and D Newman, Chiltern, Vic, sold 15 Freisian steers, 16-18 months and weighing […]
Weaner steers at Wodonga sold to $1305, heifers to $1110 | The Land
Sales of grown steers included nine Table Top Angus-blood Angus weighing 487kg for $1520 on account CG Dale and RJ McGowan, Indigo Valley, Vic: EL and CA Glass, Allans Flat, sold ten Angus, 14-15 months and weighing 320kg for $1090 and C and D Newman, Chiltern, Vic, sold 15 Freisian steers, 16-18 months and weighing […]
Have electric motorbikes become a viable option for the livestock industry?
One of Justin Hoad’s motorbikes, called the Ultra Bee, which he says weighs 85kg. AS THE technology for electric motors improves through a wave of investment across the world, a New South Wales producer says electric two-wheel motorbike have become a practical option for working livestock. Justin Hoad, who runs a property near Uralla in […]
Vets association says vet shortage can be fixed
WHILE deregulation of veterinary services may be seen as the answer to the current veterinarian shortage, the Australian Veterinary Association believes improving regulation to include all members of the veterinary team, such as veterinary nurses is one to the strategies needed to address the challenges facing the sector. “Rather than lowering standards of animal care […]
WAFarmers kicks off legal challenge on ACH | Farm Weekly
However if, subject to the ACH Act, freehold property rights are overridden, the groups have proposed the State fund a comprehensive heritage survey across the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and South West farming estate region “to identify and map those physical sites of significant aboriginal cultural heritage that exists on undisturbed freehold farm land”. Click to […]
Values improve at Charters Towers
The yarding was drawn from Mt Isa, Cloncurry, Normanton, Croydon, Mt Garnet, Greenvale as well as local and coastal areas. Click to check the original article.
Cotton disease research receives a $10m boost | The Land
“As cotton growers, we pride ourselves on getting on the front foot and solving any issues that come our way. I believe this newly developed research initiative, the ACDC, can make some real headway into the growing issue of soil borne diseases by attacking the problem in a coordinated and collaborative way, bringing together the […]