NEW South Wales stock agent Justin Oakenfull from Elders Rural Services at Inverell has won the 2024 ALPA National Young Auctioneers Competition from a top field of contestants from five states…Read More
Sheep Central, March 25, 2024VICTORIAN sheep producers are leading a national increase in farmer confidence, according to results from the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey released last week…Read More
Sheep Central, March 18, 2024AUSTRALIAN agriculture is celebrating International Women’s Day today with new data highlighting the increasing role of women in the sector and the National Farmers Federation opening applications for its next Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program intake…Read More
Sheep Central, March 8, 2024AUSTRALIAN Government farm business lender, the Regional Investment Corporation, will lift the variable interest rate on all concessional farm business loans — including AgriStarter, Farm Investment, Drought, and AgBiz Drought — by 47 basis points to 4.99 percent from 1 February 2024…Read More
Sheep Central, January 24, 2024RIDLEY Corporation’s subsidiaries CSF Australia Subsidiary and CSF Protein NZ have entered into an agreement to acquire Oceania Meat Processors NZ for around A$52.8 million…Read More
Liz Wells, January 15, 2024AUSTRALIA’S peak farmer body has renewed its call for a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct with the ‘teeth’ to fix a supply chain system it says is failing farmers and consumers…Read More
Sheep Central, January 10, 2024TRANS-TASMAN agricultural badge of honour, the Zanda McDonald Award, has revealed its shortlist of ten young candidates from Australia and New Zealand for 2024…Read More
Sheep Central, November 22, 2023DIVERSIFIED agribusiness service provider Elders has reported pre-tax earnings of $170.8m and net profit of $101m in its annual results for the year ended 30 September…Read More
Sheep Central, November 13, 2023OPTIMISM is growing among Australian farmers, but a third of those surveyed in the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey still expected economic conditions to worsen with the impacts of excess rain and flooding…Read More
Sheep Central, December 14, 2022ANIMAL management solutions company Datamars has bought New Zealand-based livestock handling equipment manufacturer Prattley Industries, as part of its Datamars Livestock business…Read More
Sheep Central, September 20, 2022Livestock finance provider StockCo has this morning announced that its shareholders StockCo NZ and Elders have entered into an agreement with NZ banking group Heartland Group Holdings Limited under which Heartland will acquire StockCo’s Australian business…Read More
James Nason, April 1, 2022MIXED farmer Courtney Mraz has a lot on her plate, but she has still stepped up to help women in agriculture by joining the Australian Rural Leadership Program…Read More
Terry Sim, March 23, 2022