Agriculture news

• SA producers shore up levee as river peak approaches

  12-01-2023 23:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  Dairy farmer Ian Mueller said his family were about as prepared as they could possibly be for a River Murray peak.
  
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• Bureau confirms 2022 25pc wetter than average season

  12-01-2023 22:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  Australia's overall rainfall for 2022 was well above average according to the BOM but surprisingly it was also warmer.
  
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• Photos from Dubbo Turf Club's first race meeting of 2023

  12-01-2023 21:30 via theland.com.au
  
  There was a good crowd at the track on Monday.
  
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• $35b green energy venture collapses over billionaires' feud

  12-01-2023 21:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  A feud between billionaires has led to the collapse of a $35 billion solar farm in the Northern Territory, which was meant to produce green energy for the NT and Singapore from 2026.
  
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• New look at cattle production

  12-01-2023 20:00 via theland.com.au
  
  Real comparisons between breeds from conception onwards to create more confidence in BREEDPLAN
  
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• Meet Bella, the newest member of the brush-tailed bettong family in the Pilliga

  12-01-2023 20:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  See photos and watch the video of the bettongs translocation.
  
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• Brokers expecting high demand from buyers

  12-01-2023 20:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  Wool brokers are hoping recent history repeats itself this week with the return of live wool auctions at the Western Wool Centre (WWC) after a three-week Christmas-new year break.
  
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• Storms spark fires

  12-01-2023 10:30 via farmweekly.com.au
  
  A regional bowls club became an evacuation point after fires broke out in the Wheatbelt this week.
  
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• Kempsey steers follow price trend, with $1500 weaners the pick of a good lot

  12-01-2023 10:00 via theland.com.au
  
  A fast-moving price correction in the cattle market was certainly reflected at Kempsey on Thursday, where quality calves made the most of bidder attention.
  
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• Pinedale sold at auction

  12-01-2023 09:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  Pinedale, a property able to run up to 100 cows and calves, has sold at auction for $1.5 million.
  
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• CBH Group celebrates a century with new book

  12-01-2023 09:00 via farmweekly.com.au
  
  The book documents and celebrates the century of trading grain by CBH's marketing and trading division, which was formerly known as The Grain Pool of WA.
  
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• Donnybrook fire downgraded to watch and act

  12-01-2023 08:30 via farmweekly.com.au
  
  The fire is not controlled or contained, but with favourable weather conditions it continues to stay stationary.
  
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• Hereford breeders Yarram Park and Injemira Beef Genetics clash at Hamilton heifer sale

  12-01-2023 08:00 via theland.com.au
  
  Agents yarded about 1400 cattle at the mixed-breed Hamilton heifer sale on Thursday.
  
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• Dairy scholarship inspires young farm manager

  12-01-2023 08:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  Rachael McGrath is investing in dairy cows and sheep.
  
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• Stock losses from WA floods could be 'in the thousands'

  12-01-2023 07:00 via farmweekly.com.au
  
  WA Agriculture and Food Minister Jackie Jarvis says stock losses could be in the thousands.
  
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• Attica offers growth potential | Video

  12-01-2023 07:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  Attica is a 21,931 hectare cattle property with an estimated carrying capacity of 1800 backgrounders or 900 cows and calves.
  
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• Outstanding quality at first sale

  12-01-2023 06:00 via farmweekly.com.au
  
  Great weaner quality at first WALSA sale of the year.
  
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• How artificial intelligence could help farmers test for carbon

  12-01-2023 06:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  Researchers are hoping that a project that uses artificial intelligence and satellite imagery could make it cheaper and easier for landowners to realise the potential of carbon on their farms.
  
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• Lift-off: Bonza finally gets its licence to take to the skies

  12-01-2023 05:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  The airline is now finalising its preparations to go on sale with its first wave of flights out of the airline's home base on the Sunshine Coast.
  
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• Breeders at NVLX Wodonga sold to $4160

  12-01-2023 05:00 via theland.com.au
  
  Solid inquiry for the better presented females but a discount for any cattle a bit underdone.
  
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• Mining leads stock market rally

  12-01-2023 04:00 via theland.com.au
  
  Australia's ASX200 was up 1.01 per cent last week, with metals and mining leading the rally.
  
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• Kimberly's Christmas Creek sale process presses ahead despite flood

  12-01-2023 04:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  The expressions of interest sale process for the Kimberly, WA, cattle station Christmas Creek is proceeding, despite major flooding in the region.
  
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• Baton changes hands in Great Southern

  12-01-2023 04:00 via farmweekly.com.au
  
  After 38 years with Elders, Peter Hassell, is looking forward to semi-retirement.
  
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• Aussie expats play big role in global beef sustainability

  12-01-2023 04:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  Beef can, and should, be 'nature positive': GRSB leaders
  
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• Divide in SA's eID steering committee, lamb producer ups calls for tag exemption

  12-01-2023 03:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  Mount Burr producer Duan Williams cannot see any benefit of eID in his prime lamb business and says he has strong support for an exemption for truckloads of vendor bred lambs or sheep being consigned to the abattoir.
  
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• Rehydrating their landscapes

  12-01-2023 02:00 via theland.com.au
  
  Western landholders' take a strategic approach to landscape rehydration
  
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• Add a grader and some rain - returning life to the landscape at Broken Hill

  12-01-2023 02:00 via theland.com.au
  
  Western landholders' take a strategic approach to landscape rehydration
  
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• New safflower showing promise in South Australia

  12-01-2023 01:00 via theland.com.au
  
  Researchers looking at the possibility of super high oleic safflower gaining a foothold in SA's cropping industry say there is big potential, but agronomic factors, such as sowing time, weed management and nutrient uptake are still being investigated.
  
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• 'Carpageddon' hits irrigators, leading to disease fears

  12-01-2023 01:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  Catchment Management Authority tries to slow down the northern Victorian carp spread.
  
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• Quality cattle and cropping opportunity

  12-01-2023 00:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  Wooroona and Tralee is a mix of quality livestock and cropping country.
  
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• Health authorities send out virus warning as mosquito numbers explode

  12-01-2023 00:00 via farmonline.com.au
  
  Rainfall, flooding and summer heat have formed the perfect environment for disease-carrying mosquitoes to boom, health authorities warn.
  
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• Buyers back local beef

  12-01-2023 00:00 via farmweekly.com.au
  
  Long-term vendors again rose to the challenge at this year's mated beef female sale.
  
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