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Combo is king when it comes to drenches

WHEN it comes to managing worms in sheep, combination drenches are one of the most valuable tools in your toolkit. However, often the questions ‘but why is this the case?’ and ‘if I use a combination drench, won’t the worms develop...

21 Feb 2025
Livestock

Shake-up at the saleyards

THERE was a new colour, and a new name, but still plenty of familiar faces when the livestock team from McKean McGregor took the rail at the first Ouyen sale of the year. The Mildura branch of the Bendigo-based business only opened its door for...

21 Feb 2025
Livestock

Ouyen sheep sale stays strong

OUYEN’S sheep sale on Thursday has maintained its strong start to the season, with another big yarding of more than 14,000 head. Exchange manager Colin Mole said that included 8491 lambs and 6002 mutton (totalling 14,493) selling to...

14 Feb 2025
Livestock

Preparing your sheep for joining

ELDERS livestock production specialist Emma Shattock provides some timely top tips, strategies and targets on preparing ewes and rams for joining. She said pre-joining ewe and ram preparation is vital to meet maximum conception...

08 Feb 2025
Livestock

Caution called for on hot stock

AGRICULTURE Victoria staff have urged farmers to take steps to safeguard livestock as warmer weather poses risks to both animal welfare and production. Senior veterinary officer Jeff Cave highlighted the importance of proactive measures to mitigate...

03 Feb 2025
Livestock

Stage your own show to pick top of the flock

MALLEE sheep producers have the opportunity to stage one-day workshops designed to lift the lifetime performance, productivity and value of their Merino ewes. The workshops embrace the year-round potential of breeders through fleece...

22 Jan 2025
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Livestock

Mallee ram sales shine in 2024

ELDERS Victoria/Riverina stud stock manager Ross Milne is upbeat about the 2025 ram selling market after Mallee studs outperformed during the 2024 spring ram sale season. He said the industry “has been in its ram selling season since...

03 Jan 2025
News

King Rat

Some people run screaming into the night if they run into a rat, but Heath Verhey is seeing rodents in a whole new light – he has started farming them. You might have a few rats in your backyard, from time to time, but Heath has thousands and...

23 Dec 2024
Livestock

The need for correct feed is real

WHEN sourcing supplementary feed for your livestock, there are two key issues to consider before purchasing a seemingly cheaper feed: feed testing and commodity declarations. You need to know exactly what you are getting. This will ensure that the...

23 Dec 2024
North West Farmer

MLA says meat is safe

THE growing global controversy surrounding feed additive Bovaer has prompted Meat & Livestock Australia managing director Michael Crowley to publicly step into the debate. Growing consumer backlash here and overseas, fuelled by social media, has...

16 Dec 2024
North West Farmer

Nanotechnology’s big play in flystrike war

It’s summer in a fortnight – and it’s been hot in plenty of places already. And for sheep breeders and woolgrowers across northwest Victoria that means one thing – flystrike. Particularly if we end up with another wet spell through December...

25 Nov 2024
North West Farmer

Why Wyndham Station is no carbon copy of a pipedream

People are pretty pragmatic out in the pastoral country. It’s big country which can have big problems – but also big rewards. Where no day, season or year is ever the same. Right now at Wyndham Station, on the anabranch, north of Wentworth, it’s...

20 Nov 2024
Farming and Environment

Stubbles an important forage

WITH headers coming out of sheds across the Mallee in the next few weeks there are some big numbers involved which tend to escape people. Such as stubbles, and what they are truly worth to mixed operations and graziers. Across Australi...

22 Oct 2024
Livestock

Kerang group dominates prime lamb competition

THE annual Swan Hill Show Prime Lamb Hoof & Hook competition has unveiled one championship success story, but the final results will not be available until next week. Kerang’s D.I. Gitsham grabbed the prizes in the Heavy Prime and...

20 Oct 2024
Livestock

Broad-ribbon bonanza for Tamaleuca

OUYEN-based Poll Merino stud Tamaleuca is on a roll. Coming off the back of a rock-solid annual on-property ram sale in August, it has now swept through the showring at the Adelaide Royal and come home with the reserve grand champion Poll Merino...

19 Oct 2024
Livestock

Get rams ready

WITH the ram selling season now in full swing across the Mallee and northwest Victoria and Elders’ Swan Hill livestock specialist Matt Rowlands explains how you can make sure your rams are in tip top condition ready for joining. The success of any...

19 Oct 2024
Livestock

Sheep farmers asked for input

WOOL growers are being urged to participate in a process seeking to help set the levy rate for the fiber during the coming three years. Participation in WoolPoll - a voluntary vote of wool levy payers who have paid at least $100 in levies over the...

19 Oct 2024