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.
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.
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 | 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 | 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.
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.
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.
3/08/2008 | EYRE PENINSULA Prime South African Meat Merino breeder Campbell Lawrie is proof of the scope for success for those with a top-quality product and plenty of vision.
2/08/2008 | MASSIVE opportunities exist for Australia's lamb producers with booming global demand and shrinking supply.
2/08/2008 | THE LOW-maintenance White Dorper is reducing costs for northern sheep breeders.
31/07/2008 | LOCAL buyers and one pastoral order helped Canowie Poll Merino stud clear 23 of the 30 rams penned at its annual Coonalpyn on-property auction last week.
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31/07/2008 | A SMALL yarding at Jamestown last week, coupled with much stronger grazier demand, pushed prices on most categories up $10.
31/07/2008 | STUD breeders were challenged to breed a balanced meat-fibre sheep at Friday's Karoonda & Districts Merino field day, which featured a new set of judging criteria.
30/07/2008 | The Karoonda and Districts Stud Merino Field Day presented South Australian graziers with an excellent opportunity to assess the future of their flocks for both wool and sheepmeat production.
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