Aug 29, 2017
Nantoura Polls Merinos to $4100
Nantoura Poll Merino Stud, Tumby Bay, SA sold 69 of the 70 rams offered to an average of $2202 and a top of $4100The sale grossed $151,938
Aug 29, 2017
Rices Creek Poll Merino's total clearance
The Vandeleur families Rices Creek Poll Merinos held it ram sale today and recorded a toral clearance. The top price of the 130 Rams sold was $5200 and a solid average of $2,235The Sale grossed $290,550
Aug 27, 2017
Performance Plus total clearance
The Performance Plus Doughtmaster Stud, Toogoolawah, Qld had a total clearance of both Bulls and Females at it sale last week.The 49 Bull sold to a top of $27,000 (Lot 43) and a very healthy average of $9,551. The 30 Females sold…
Aug 27, 2017
New Dimension Females total clearance
The New Dimension Bull Sale, Qld, was held on Friday and they sold 12 of the 18 Bulls offered for a top of $18,000 (twice) and and average of $8,333.There were also 36 Females offered and they all sold to an average of $2,382 and…
Aug 26, 2017
Coolie Angus total clearance
Coolie Angus Stud, Merriwa, NSW offered 36 bulls at it on-property sale yesterday and cleared the lot. The top priced Bull (Lot 3, Coolie L31) yielded $11,000.Sale average came in at $7055 and grossed $253,980
Aug 26, 2017
Ironbark Herefords Lot 95 makes $24,000
Ironbark Hereford Stud at Barraba, NSW held it 44th Annual Bull yesterday. A large line up of 188 Bulls paraded through the ring of which 144 sold.The sale top was for lot 95 (INB Victory Blend L031) which sold for $24,000.The sale…
Aug 26, 2017
Kilburnie Angus to $16,000 top
Kilburnie Angus Stud, Walcha, NSW held its annual Bull sale yesterday. Of the 73 Bulls offered 69 sold to a healthy average of $6869.Top price was $16,000 and the sale grossed $473,961
Aug 25, 2017
Hurricane Harvey looking stronger than first thought
Hurricane Harvey is about to unleash in Texas, US which may reach a category three causing destructive winds but its the torrential rainfall for days on end which is going to cause catastrophe flooding through large parts of southern…
Aug 25, 2017
Calcookara Merinos lift average
Brenton and Jane Smith's Calcookara Merino Stud, Cowell, SA held its on-property sale on Thursday and saw a $300+ lift in average from 2016. The sale for 76 of the 81 Rams offered averaged $1697Hansi Graetz's Pepperwell-Keyneton Stud,…
Aug 25, 2017
Glen Fosslyn Droughmasters to $16,500
Glen Fosslyn Droughtmaster Stud, Surat, Qld held its annual Bull and Female at Roma Saleyards yesterday.Of the 56 Bulls offered 43 sold to a top of $16,500 for lot 18. The average for the bulls was $516810 Heifers were offered and…
Aug 25, 2017
John Deere introduces new Air Boom for dry fertiliser in the US
At the MAGIE show in Bloomington, Ill., John Deere introduced the AB485 Air Boom option to its F4365 High-Capacity Nutrient Applicator.Two years ago at the same show, the company unveiled its F4365 with spinner spreader.Now, the new…
Aug 25, 2017
Karawatha Park Merinos to $6,300 top
A rewarding day for Karawatha Park, Kimba, SA yesterday realising a $2,148 average to a top of $6,300 for a ripper lot 3 sold to Ridgway-Lameroo at its annual on-property Ram Sale92 offered 92 sold.Equally as impressive was lot 4…
Aug 25, 2017
Whitaker Brahman to $16,000 top
Whitaker Brahman, Charbray and Charolais Stud held their Open Day Bull Sale today and sold 22 of the 25 lots offered to a top price of $16,000 and average of $5432The top priced Bull was lot 22Sale grossed receipts totaled $119,504
Aug 24, 2017
$13,500 Glemandyke Angus top
Glemandyke Angus, Orange, NSW held its annual Spring Bull Sale yesterday and posted a really good result. The large Stud and commercial operation presented the bulls in fine fettle and missed out by one on the total clearance of 51…
Aug 24, 2017
Bulliac Angus top of $16,000 three times
Bulliac Angus, Miles, Queensland held it on-property auction yesterday and cleared 60 of the 68 Bulls offered.The $16,000 mark was a significant figure as this priced was reached three times and end up being the sales top price. This…
Aug 24, 2017
New approach to fertilising crops in-season shows promise
Trials of a relatively new approach to fertilising dryland cereal crops during the growing season have entered their second year, following promising results in 2016.Mid-row banding of nitrogen (N) in-season increased uptake of nitrogen…
Aug 24, 2017
NSW Farmer fined for NLIS breach
Failure to attach permanent NLIS identifiers to cattle presented for sale at Dubbo has cost a Central West primary producer $1370 in a fine and costs.The Dubbo stockowner was fined $550 and ordered to pay professional costs of $820…
Aug 24, 2017
Raising awareness on Multi-Peril Crop Insurance
National grain farmer representative body, GrainGrowers, today released a report highlighting the Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) options available this year for grain farmers.The report, Managing risk using Multi-Peril Crop Insurance,…
Aug 24, 2017
RSPCA's conflict of interest
Questions hang over the decision today by RSPCA Victoria to renounce its activist campaigns including attacks against the farm sector, with the group still to hold a seat on the board of its parent organisation RSPCA Australia.The…
Aug 24, 2017
New NZ Sheep Dairy expected to milk 5000 Ewes
Super Organic Dairy Farm taking shape near Lake Taupo. Super Organic Dairy Farm taking shape near Lake Taupo.A new sheep milking business using a world-first combined milking/feeding platform will start operating by October.The Chinese-owned…
