A SHORTAGE of high quality hay across the country has been attributed to a combination of widespread flooding in prime growing areas and high grain prices…Read More
Eric Barker, December 8, 2022
SOUTHERN feed wheat and barley prices have dropped around $10-$15 a tonne in the past week, reflecting an improving outlook for harvest and deliveries…Read More
Liz Wells, November 30, 2022
AUSTRALIAN farmers are being urged not to hold back ordering hay if they believe they will need high-quality feed this winter…Read More
Sheep Central, May 17, 2021
AUSTRALIA’S winter crop production will be the second biggest harvest on record, the national commodity forecaster has predicted…Read More
Sheep Central, February 17, 2021
WARAKIRRI Cropping is achieving production and economic efficiencies by switching to stripper-front harvesting and reintroducing sheep…Read More
HIGHER Australian crop production is expected to help cropping products take over from livestock in export volumes in 2020-21, according to ABARES’ December quarter 2020 Agriculture Commodities report…Read More
Sheep Central, December 7, 2020
AUSTRALIA’S fodder industry needed to focus on producing better products year-round for livestock producers, according to the sector’s new leader…Read More
Sheep Central, September 28, 2020
WATER trading will be the focus of the first in a series of irrigation webinars to be run this Spring by Agriculture Victoria…Read More
Sheep Central, September 9, 2020
MEAT & Livestock Australia and the Federal Goverment will invest $5.4 million in new research projects investigating pasture dieback after it re-emerged following widespread rain across parts of Queensland and was confirmed on New South Wales’ north coast…Read More
Sheep Central, April 15, 2020
HAY from failed crops with high nitrate levels could be kill livestock this year, recent testing data from the NSW Department of Primary Industries has shown…Read More
Sheep Central, October 31, 2019
MORE than 25 percent of pasture productivity could be lost by not matching stocking rate to carrying capacity during dry times, according to grazing consultant Bart Davidson…Read More
Sheep Central, June 12, 2019
A FREE test service to determine the oestrogen content of sub clover pastures is being offered to southern Australian sheep producers keen to maximise their lamb production…Read More
Sheep Central, April 16, 2019
