27/08/2008 | RISING grain prices and dry seasons are putting pressure on livestock production, but Glen Tilley, Bethel, is finding ways to save money, time and maximise paddock efficiency.
26/08/2008 | Livestock producers fighting Paterson’s curse on their properties now have access to a single one-stop-shop resource that will help them control the weed through the use of insects.
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25/08/2008 | WATER is the lifeblood of all farming businesses, and irrigation the key to guaranteed production.
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25/08/2008 | The Combined Sheep Breeders will hold their Royal Adelaide Show dinner in the Sheep Pavilion this year on Saturday, September 6 after judging.
25/08/2008 | MOST judges are known for ruffling a few feathers among exhibitors.
But the 2008 Royal Adelaide Show White Suffolk judge Anthony Ferguson will be hoping the only flying feathers are on his show pigeons.
22/08/2008 | DESPITE a general decline in buying demand so far this season, the Bolinda Poll Merino ram sale defied the odds by again securing a total clearance of its 73 rams last Thursday.
21/08/2008 | BRITISH Breed ram sales may feel the pinch of the national flock reduction, with South Australia's entire ewe flock estimated at less than 11 million head.
21/08/2008 | THE expectations of 9 registered buyers at last week's Ridgway Advance Merino stud annual ram auction were confirmed soon after the first call as it became one of the best on-property sales held in Australia.
21/08/2008 | By RICHARD JAMES
THE expectations of 9 registered buyers at last week's Ridgway Advance Merino stud annual ram auction were confirmed soon after the first call as it became one of the best on-property sales held in Australia.
21/08/2008 | CONGRATULATIONS to the Australian Livestock and Property Agents Association for convening last week’s auctioneers school at the Dublin saleyards.
The role of the auctioneer has always been, and still is, an integral part of the livestock marketing scene.
19/08/2008 | VOICES bellowed out of the Dublin Saleyard last Wednesday for South Australia’s Annual Young Auctioneers Competition last Wednesday.
The Australian Livestock and Property Agents Association held the competition in conjunction with a two-day training and education school for aspiring auctioneers.
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15/08/2008 | LOCAL and interstate buyers showed a big interest in Calcookara Merino and Poll Merino stud's bare-breech sheep at its annual on-property sale at Cowell last Thursday, with Western Australia's Prospect stud paying the top price of $3200 for a Poll ram.
15/08/2008 | LAWRAL Park's goal of breeding conformationally-correct prime SAMM rams with quality fleece struck a nerve on Monday with a resounding vote of confidence from new and existing clients at its fifth annual sale.
13/08/2008 | AN EXCITING shearing competition drew a big crowd of onlookers at Crystal Brook Show on Saturday, and youngsters were entertained by rides, but it was all business for Merino breeders, with the Royal Adelaide Show just around the corner.
12/08/2008 | Sheep producers in South Australia should be on the look out for signs of ovine brucellosis in their flocks and make sure they manage their properties to keep the disease out, according to PIRSA.
9/08/2008 | The fact that livestock producers are price-takers - as opposed to price-setters - remains as true today as when the phrase was first coined.
8/08/2008 | ROEMAHKITA'S Poll Merino Stud, Cummins, held its 18th on-property auction on Wednesday last week, selling 72 of 80 15-month-old rams to $3500.
8/08/2008 | IT WAS another successful annual pilgrimage for South Australia's British Breed and Corriedale exhibitors taking home a swag of awards at the 30th anniversary of Hamilton Sheepvention on Monday.
6/08/2008 | FARMING biodynamic beef cattle provides strong premiums with minimum input costs for Phillip Duguid, Mount Compass.
4/08/2008 | FARMING biodynamic beef cattle provides strong premiums with minimum input costs for Phillip Duguid, Mount Compass.