Livestock
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Lake Boga stud produces a rare breed
IT was as if Lake Boga’s Scott Bruton had never been away last weekend, when Rochester staged its first Great Northern Agricultural Show in three…
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Modular race system takes shearing test
AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation chairman Jock Laurie says extensive work continues to tackle the challenge around shearing – and the lack of shearers. Mr Laurie said…
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Busy days ahead in big paddocks
I HAVE to confess to feeling more than a little daunted – but excited at the same time – at what lies ahead in the…
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Update code details
WITH foot and mouth disease on Australia’s doorstep in Indonesia, Australian woolgrowers are strongly encouraged to make sure they include their property identification code (PIC)…
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Abattoir a business boost for emu farm
Pioneering can, sadly, often be the path to penury. Particularly in agriculture, where people who dare to do things differently to the generations who have…
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Abattoir a boost for emu farm
JEFF Long’s $2.5 million investment in a processing facility is about to start paying dividends at his Tragowel emu property. The delayed completion of the…
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Hayley beefs up business model
What’s the last thing you need when running an online enterprise – of the agricultural kind? Bricks and mortar? Exactly. So why is Wakool beef…
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Managing flystrike in sheep
RECENT rainfall and warm temperatures have brought with them an increased risk of flystrike from the dreaded blowfly Lucilia cuprina. Flystrike is the most important…
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Sale shows opportunity for breeders
THE Elders Swan Hill livestock team has raised the prime lamb bar to new heights for a Balranald-based client with “premium marketing” of their merino…
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This brand’s abit egg-centric
A boutique Moulamein egg business has engaged in some serious lateral thinking to create markets for the unmarketable – eggs almost too big to believe,…
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Disease always threat to sheep industry
Australia’s sheep industry may have been insulated from the world’s major ovine diseases, but the Sheep Sustainability Framework’s sustainability steering group is warning that could…
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Call for producer help Anthrax ICT kit project for sheep
Dr Jeff Cave Senior veterinary officerAnthrax has been the cause of sudden deaths in livestock at some point in time in most districts in Victoria.…
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