11 Mar 10 | THERE were 170 registered bidders at the clearing sale of Allan Beinke, Kimba, who is retiring from farming. The top-price item was a Case IH 2166 header, which made $93,000.
11 Mar 10 | A JOHN Deere 9100 tractor with 3300 hours of drive-time was the big-ticket item, making $84,000 at Donald and John Schumann's reacent clearing sale at Darke Peak.
04 Mar 10 | WITH warm soils following many weeks of sunny weather, the first rains of the year will produce an abundance of unwanted weed growth that will need controlling before the new cropping season starts in earnest.
| Rabobank tips bumpy road to ... | Farm export earnings to rise ...
25 Feb 10 | ANY cropper looking to upgrade their combine before the next harvest should start checking out what is available.
| NFF launches 2010 Innovation in ... | Precision ag network expansion ...
18 Feb 10 | WITH just an 8.5-metre working width, this reasonably-priced Flexicoil airseeding rig on offer by WSB Distributors, Clare, this week, represents an ideal entry machine for a smaller area farmer wanting to upgrade into airseeding.
| Zero-in on crop tillage | Rain improves summer crop yield ...
17 Feb 10 | LAST year’s crop of bumper combine harvester sales has seen a leading supplier flag the need to place orders to ensure delivery in time for the 2010 winter crop harvest.
11 Feb 10 | IT IS a well looked-after tractor that has been used principally for crop spraying and one that has many, many hundreds hours of service left in it.
| ABARE survey of irrigators in ... | Woolworths invests $3.25m in ...
06 Feb 10 | KYBUNGA cropper Ben Wandel says using Leica Geosystems mojoRTK autosteer on a continuously operating reference station network reduces his overall inputs by about 10 per cent.
| Kuhn baler launched in SA
| Farmers must tighten belts again
04 Feb 10 | ARGUABLY one of the best units of its type his dealership has ever offered. This is how Staines of Esperance spokesman, Simon Staines explains the Miller Nitro 2275 HT self-propelled sprayer his company is offering this week.
| Flood watch 'heads up' for SA: BOM | Early canola set to impress
03 Feb 10 | TOUTED as square baling technology at its best, the Kuhn LBS 1290 large square baler - the only machine of its type in the country - has featured in a round of demonstrations in South Australia, drawing rave reviews from those who saw it action. At a demonstration organised by regional distributor Peter Hood Machinery at Yumali last week, the company also released details of its range of variable chamber round balers and its round and square bale wrapper range of equipment.
21 Jan 10 | MAXIMISING animal feed intake while at the same time reducing feed wastage is a sure way of increasing livestock productivity and profitability, according to Phillip Stanway of the Clare-based dealership of WSB Distributors.
| Ruralco ready to fill Viterra ... | Push to pull: No market for ...
15 Jan 10 | BOOSTING the nitrogen level in his soils will be the focus of Eyre Peninsula farmer Bryan Beinke's cropping program this year.
| Machine of the Week: ... | Close watch on Hindmarsh barley ...
15 Jan 10 | A SIMPLE attachment for firefighting appliances that extends resources and puts emphasis on control in low bush and stubble has been successfully trialed in the Lower South East.
| Heavy rain quenches parts of SA | NFF call for tax zone rebate
14 Jan 10 | WITH harvest out of the way, the next task for many farmers will be controlling any summer weed growth.
| Heavy rain quenches parts of SA | Can livestock and no-till ...
06 Jan 10 | WHILE IT won't actually reduce fox numbers, one mixed farmer has invented a product that repels the predators so well that his lambing rates have increased from 120 per cent to 145pc in the past five years.
| Suicide can be stopped: ... | Sam Kekovich takes on the world ...
31 Dec 09 | AT THE time of its release in 2001, the Case IH STX 450 equal wheel drive tractor was considered to be the most advanced 4WD tractor available with the industry's highest engine and drawbar horsepower rating.
18 Dec 09 | FARMERS are expected to make a mad dash for the 50 per cent tax deduction on new equipment and machinery purchases before the incentive ends on December 31, 2009.
| Value of farm exports to fall ... | Fed tax break deadline looms
17 Dec 09 | THE New Holland T9050 on offer by AW Vater & Co at Saddleworth is a well- maintained tractor in mint condition, according to company spokesman Scott Nichols.
| Agri-Index rises 4.8pc in November | Value of farm exports to fall ...
10 Dec 09 | A LAST-MINUTE cancellation has provided a golden opportunity for a buyer wanting a rotary hay tedder at less than $2280 on the recommended retail price.
| Cobb has new food security focus | SA farmer confidence falters
03 Dec 09 | IN the face of variable weather conditions and water rationing, the importance of feeding livestock - particularly dairy cows - a year-round balanced diet has seen a sharp rise in the interest in feed mixer cum feed-out carts.
| Cooranga ewe lambs to $164 | Good result for Naracoorte sellers