30 Sep 08 | IT was a "complete package" with very good sire outlook for his stud that attracted $10,500 to become the top priced ram at the South Australia Mount Bryan Collinsville Merino ram sale recently.
30 Sep 08 | Victorian sheep producers will now get a new brand of subsidised electronic National Livestock Identification System sheep tags, thanks to State Government funding.
30 Sep 08 | At its September meeting, the Board of Goulburn-Murray Water (G-MW) deferred setting a start date for the implementation of basin pricing to allow time for the development of a transition strategy that addresses a range of evolving issues and customer needs.
30 Sep 08 | Hamilton agents conducted another successful monthly store cattle sale last Friday.
30 Sep 08 | FOR THE majority of the nation’s cropping belt, it is a case of no news is good news in the latest round of Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) climate forecasts, with neutral conditions prevailing through most key areas.
30 Sep 08 | CHASING reliable rainfall and a central location Philip and Louise Cain headed south from their Casterton property in 2001 to settle at Oakbank in the coastal rainfall zone of Heywood, in south west Victoria.
30 Sep 08 | Moderate, thick and soft, Mr Raven Thor C013, exhibited by Mark Baker and Mike Todd, Kanimbla Partnership, Holbrook, NSW, got the nod for the supreme sash in the Poll Hereford ring for his sire appeal and market suitability.
30 Sep 08 | WITH last week's Uardry Merino stud foundation sale at Hay opening at $5500, the bar was well and truly set for what went on to be a remarkable sale.
30 Sep 08 | Fire crews have been granted permission to take water from Victoria's north-south pipeline, in a move that has raised questions about a Labor MP's lobbying.
30 Sep 08 | A LONG-TIME Western District wool grower paid the $3200 top money at the Kopp family’s 28th annual Towalba Merino stud sale at Peak Hill, Orange, NSW last month.
30 Sep 08 | GROWN steers sold to $784 or 176 cents a kilogram at the Warrnambool monthly store sale last Friday, with yearling steers to $755 or 195c. Young steers sold to $624 or 200c.
29 Sep 08 | With Victoria's north-west cropping and hay season again displaying signs of doubt, strong local buying delivered a better than expected demand for the 14,000 store sheep offered on Friday at Wycheproof.
29 Sep 08 | A STRAPPING Beef Shorthorn bull blitzed the beef interbreed at Melbourne Royal.
29 Sep 08 | QUALITY and a sizeable run were the key to success at Pakenham’s fortnightly store sale held last Thursday.
29 Sep 08 | IN A yarding of 2200 head at Bairnsdale on Friday steers sold $40 a head cheaper, while heifers held their ground to return firm to dearer rates.
29 Sep 08 | BACK in the Royal Melbourne show ring for the first time since his Kensal Limousin, Deniliquin, stud was dispersed in 2007, Michael O’Sullivan, now of Tamborine, Queensland, ‘jumped the fence’ to take on the role of judge at this year’s Limousin competition.
29 Sep 08 | One of the North Central Catchment's regionally prohibited weeds has been detected growing in the Lake Boga and Tresco areas, prompting immediate action to eradicate the threat.
29 Sep 08 | Work has begun on the $501 million Wodonga Rail Bypass, which is aimed at creating an interstate rail freight super-highway and delivering major passenger rail service improvements.
29 Sep 08 | Biological Farmers of Australia says the Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme could cost farmers using environmentally friendly methods of production.
29 Sep 08 | A patchy and dry winter, and a dry start to spring in many parts of Australia, are expected to pull Australian wool production back even further in 2008/09, according to the latest forecasts from the Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee.
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