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Skins market crash worst in 10 years
3:30 AM | WITHDRAWAL of Chinese and eastern European buyers from the skin market has caused the fall in lamb and sheep skin prices of $8 to $10 a head on average, and even up to $20 a head.  | Outdoor brands evolving with ... | Big miners say they won't pay ...
Sheep disease outbreak simulation in Adelaide
15 May 12 | AUTHORITIES are preparing to simulate an outbreak of the serious sheep disease, bluetounge, as part of a major national training event Exercise Phantom Fox.  | Cut and come again canola | Low-rainfall canola for winter ...
Big brother keeps an eye on wild dogs
14 May 12 | IN A remote wilderness bordered by sheep country and plunging cliffs, big brother is watching the locals' every move.  | CommentsComments (7)
Moby sails through
12 May 12 | A DESIRE to increase production on the family farm led young Mid North farmer Andrew Hall down the path of trialing Moby forage barley three years ago.
Evidence mounting for targeted worm treatment in sheep
11 May 12 | Evidence is mounting that selective treatment of adult sheep to control worms can work under south east Australian conditions and help prevent the build-up of drench resistance, following the completion of year one of a two-year field trial.  | CommentsComments (2)
Two in a row for Rodgers
11 May 12 | DOUGLAS Rodgers attributes his second consecutive Queensland young judges Merino sheep title to the tutelage of his boss Duncan Ferguson and overseer Mick Campbell.  | CommentsComments (1)
Canberra delay on wild dog baiting
11 May 12 | A VICTORIAN Government application to aerial bait wild dogs in inaccessible areas has still not been approved by the Commonwealth Government.
Push for national approach to wild dogs
11 May 12 | FARMERS are calling for a national approach to help control wild dogs, now seens as the largest threat to Australia's sheep and wool industry.   | Wool industry questions nucleus ... | Broader microns buck downward ...
Pastoralist buys Gingin abattoir
10 May 12 | BROOME pastoralist Jack Burton has bought a Gingin abattoir with the intention of processing sheep and goats.
10 May 12 | THE dramatic change in the season last summer, from scorching bushfire conditions to extreme flooding, affected the wool results for the sheep in the Barcoo Pastoral Society wether trial.
Khancoban farmer’s wild dog plea
08 May 12 | IN A desperate plea for help in controlling wild dogs, a farmer in southern NSW has taken radical action.  | CommentsComments (6)
Perennial path to profitability
07 May 12 | KNOWING your land type and adjusting your farming practices accordingly is the best way to get the most out of your pastures and livestock according to Mark Jefferies, Tenterden.
Sound management makes Sam the man
07 May 12 | FOR Sam Mumford and family, sound business principles 'free for all to learn' drive their mixed livestock production enterprises.
ASBVs deliver early maturing Merinos at Violet Town
04 May 12 | THE addition of genetic tools to the armoury when selecting rams has delivered Victorian commercial breeders Lyndon and Sharon Kubeil a profitable, early-maturing Merino without compromising wool cut and quality.
Lamb slides on large yardings
03 May 12 | LAMB'S golden run has come to at least a temporary end as prices ease by more than $1.50 a kilogram on the same time last year.   | CommentsComments (2)
Posing the question on dual-purpose
01 May 12 | LISA Warn was a guest speaker at the recent Sire Evaluation Field Day and agronomist with the Mackinnon Project, a University of Melbourne affiliated sheep and cattle research group, asked the crowd at Edenhope, ‘is there any purpose going dual-purpose?’
Can earlier joining accelerate flock rebuilding?
01 May 12 | High lamb prices and low supply mean that many producers are keen to build flock numbers, but how best to do it?  | CommentsComments (2)
Lamb prices set for wild market ride
29 Apr 12 | What a shocker for lamb producers last week: buyers slashed prices in saleyards and on-hooks at rates that made many agents' and vendors' heads spin.   | Producers unscramble free-range ... | Strategies to boost the ...
Lamb survival seminar to provide latest research
28 Apr 12 | SHEEP farmers will hear the latest results from lamb survival research during a free national phone seminar on Friday 11 May from 12pm to 1pm AEST.
How to Holt environmental degradation
28 Apr 12 | THE ENVIRONMENT has always been a key consideration for the Holt family, Burn Brae, Flaxman's Valley.   | CommentsComments (2) | Fox control can boost State’s ... | Strategies to boost the ...
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