Farm Weekly
Saturday, April 27, 2024
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Old Rams unite for annual charity lunch
Old Ram Muster committee members Shane Keenan (left), Dalkeith, Patrick Dawkins, Peppermint Grove, Bill OHalloran, Mt Claremont, Owen Grieve, Mosman Park and David Goyder, Peppermint Grove.
Wendy Gould
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Solid prices and clearance at Mordallup sale
Solid prices and clearance at Mordallup sale
Jodie Rintoul
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Millions put up for emergency drought relief
Perri Polson
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Minister for Agriculture, Jackie Jarvis, has said farmers can access an immediate $5000 grant or a $25,000 interest free loan to assist farmers in carting hay and water.
Rare package of land near Albany
Perri Polson
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The farm features near-new farming infrastructure including storage facilities and sheds.
Artwork that tells a story
Belinda Morrissy
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Mural artist Brenton See with a mural he painted in Rockingham that featured male and female red-tailed black cockatoos with a background silhouette of eucalyptus flocktoniae and casuarina.

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Property
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Quality black soil inner Darling Downs farm makes $3.5 million
Mark Phelps
A top quality farming property presented with a 450 acre sorghum crop has sold at auction for $3.5 million. Picture supplied
Top quality north west farming property sells for $4589/acre
Mark Phelps
A 3269 acre North West NSW grain growing property has sold at auction for $4589/acre. Picture supplied

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Cropping
Internal biosecurity can't be ignored warn officials
Farmers are warned to ensure fodder they bring in from interstate is free from pests and disease. File photo.
Gregor Heard
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Mango Conference 2024 heading to Cairns
Exports and labour challenges will be two items on the agenda at the 2024 Australian Mango Conference.
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The highly revered tropical fruit will be the focus of the 2024 Australian Mango Conference happening in Cairns from May 21 to 23. Picture supplied
Grains industry news in brief
Gregor Heard
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The Oat Grain Quality Consortium was launched earlier this month. Photo by Gregor Heard.
Machinery
Hybrids extend lead over battery electric vehicles for Australian sales
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Hybrid cars are continuing to grow in popularity with Australian drivers. File picture
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NFF urges farmers to take an active interest in their data management
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The NFF is urging farmers to consider their data security. File picture
Farm Weekly winners collect their prize
Rhys Tarling
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Competition winners Yvonne Meares (left) and Scott Mauger, Winnejup, Boekeman Machinery group sales manager Ben Boekeman and Boekeman Toyota general manager Matt Read with the Landboss 800D vehicle.
Sheep & Goats
Second highest quarter for sheep transfers
West to east sheep transfers reached the second highest quarter one levels on record this year.
Brooke Littlewood • 1hr ago
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Old Rams unite for annual charity lunch
Wendy Gould
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Old Ram Muster committee members Shane Keenan (left), Dalkeith, Patrick Dawkins, Peppermint Grove, Bill OHalloran, Mt Claremont, Owen Grieve, Mosman Park and David Goyder, Peppermint Grove.
Wool market not yet recovered from COVID hit
Victoria Nugent
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AWI trade consultant Scott Carmody address the IWTO Congress in Adelaide. Picture supplied.
Agribusiness
Agribusiness buzz in brief
In 2022-23 the Australian Signals Directorate received one cybercrime report every six minutes, costing small and medium businesses an average $71,600.
Andrew Marshall
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Rural Australia's small business backbone getting older, weaker
Andrew Marshall
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Key reasons small businesses fold include a lack of capital to expand, and reluctance by next generation family members to take over and commit to a lengthy debt repayment period. File photo.
More than Kokoda: PNG-Australia bonds grow stronger via rice farming
Andrew Marshall
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Farmers involved in the SunRice-supported rice Smart Farmer program graduate near Lae in Papua New Guinea. Photo supplied.
Politics
Oakey red fire ant crisis deepens with turf from exclusion zone blamed for outbreak
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Oakey red fire ant crisis deepens with turf from exclusion zone blamed for outbreak
Jason Gregory
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Millions put up for emergency drought relief
Perri Polson
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Minister for Agriculture, Jackie Jarvis, has said farmers can access an immediate $5000 grant or a $25,000 interest free loan to assist farmers in carting hay and water.
Doubts rise that government's biosecurity levy will ready by July 1
Jason Gregory
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Nationals Senator Matt Canavan. Picture by Keegan Carroll.
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Inspiring young women for 132 years at RGGS
The school's executive team of Clair Applewaite, Stacey McCarthy, Dr John Fry, principal, Kara Krehlik, Sammy Cobon, and Kasey Mitchell. Picture supplied
Livestock is the second highest killer on farms - keep yourself and others safe in the yards
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Almurta cattle farmer Peter Miller. Picture supplied
The time to use hormone-free IVF is now
Landfall Angus co-principals Ed and Frank Archer plan on utilising Vytelle's hormone-free IVF in their herd for the next three years to trial the benefits of the breeding technology and improve their rate of genetic gain. Picture supplied
Journey to generational bred Charbrays has proven a success
Georgia Cameron
Huntington Charbrays, Matt Welsh with Charbray bulls ready for display at Beef Week. Picture supplied
RaboResearch insights direct from the US at Rockhampton for Beef 2024
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Rabobank's team of world-leading RaboResearch analysts will be at Beef 24. Picture supplied
Rural Life
Citrus industry contributors awarded in 2024 | PHOTOS
Some of the citrus industry's brightest stars have been recognised at the Australian Citrus Annual Awards.
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Greg and Sue Chislett, Chislett Farms, Victoria show off their award for being inducted into the Citrus Australia Hall of Fame. The Chislett's interest in budwood and varietal development has turned a third-generation family-run orchard into multiple farms and a world class, wholesale container nursery, supplying citrus, avocado and pistachio trees to industry. Picture supplied
First Australian memorial to Vietnam nurses unveiled in Morven
Sally Gall
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Janet Glasson had to learn how to fire an M-16 assault rifle while working as part of the combined Civilian Surgical Team in Vietnam. Already familiar with shooting as part of her rural upbringing, she managed to outshoot one of the US colonels on the range. PIcture: Sally Gall
Dairy
Saputo workers walk off the job amid pay dispute
Sean Ford
Saputo maintenance team walking off the job with support from AMWU and CEPU union members. Picture by Katri Strooband
Certainty and systems underpin business growth for Victorian dairy farm
Managing risk: Dairy farmer Jade Clymo with his son Fynn and their new Entegra barn. Picture: Supplied
Studstock
Travelling 4458km is nothing when it comes to exhibiting at Beef
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Harry and Denyss Alers are travelling from WA to Beef2024. Picture: supplied
Round-Em-Up Red Angus: Leading Red Angus Genetics in Australia
Kate O'Neill
David Hobbs, of the Round-Em-Up Red Angus and Simmental and Moorwatha Red Angus studs said interest for the breed is growing in Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Western NSW. Picture supplied
Special Features
Mixed rainfall impacts supply and demand at sheep and lamb markets
Leann Dax
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Colin and Adam Black, Caltowie, SA, were having a look at sale conditions at Mount Pleasant, SA, last month. Picture by Kiara Stacey
Lamb prices are continuing to take a downward trajectory at saleyards
Leann Dax
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Donna Markey, Gilgandra, NSW, sold 19 Border Leicester lambs for $86 a head at Dubbo, NSW, on Monday. Picture by Elka Devney