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News ArchivesTO help local farmers, Skye Louise Newling has organised a mini-field day with expert suppliers, the Local Land Services veterinarian and the Rural Resilience Officer on hand, to give farmers advice and information. Skye works MacCallum Inglis and is one of ten young people selected from throughout Australia to be part of the Australian Independent […]
By Stuart Sheldrake THERE were 850 cattle yarded yesterday in a market that was fairly firm for all descriptions. Good cows were firm to five cents dearer, lighter cows were fully firm. There was a good run of heavy feeder cattle. Steers were fully firm, heifers were slightly easier but still a good result. Calves […]
LONGHORNS from throughout the eastern seaboard are headed to Scone this weekend for the 10th annual national sale. The sale has been held in Gunnedah for the last nine years, but the new facilities at White Park has become the new mustering point for the breed’s big event, explained John Hoare, sale co-ordinator for Texas […]
THE NSW Department of Primary Industries is urging farmers to be on the lookout for pasture dieback, which has spread to New South Wales from Queensland and is believed to be spreading through hay. Dr Suzanne Boschma, research scientist with the NSW Department of Primary Industries, said producers needed to be aware of the disease […]