A QUEENSLAND wool grower’s son working in Victoria has taken out the 2019 Rabobank Business Development Prize from a field of some of Australia and New Zealand’s leading young farmers…Read More
Sheep Central, July 15, 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
AGRICULTURE Victoria will run series of two-day workshops to give livestock farmers the “nuts and bolts” around good grazing management…Read More
Sheep Central, May 20, 2019
LABOR was accused of lying over its national native vegetation law intentions and federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud was roasted over the Coalition’s inaction on ag visas at the National Press Club’s agricultural leaders debate yesterday…Read More
Terry Sim, May 9, 2019
QUAD bike safety is under the spotlight again after two young boys were killed in quad bike incidents last weekend in Western Australia and Tasmania…Read More
ANIMAL activists have occupied abattoirs, protested at other processing plants across Australia and been arrested at a Melbourne demonstration as part of a series of planned actions today…Read More
Sheep Central, April 8, 2019
AGRIBUSINESS leader Ruralco has attributed its 3 percent growth and after tax of $16.6 million for the half year ended 31 March 2019 to its diversification strategy…Read More
Sheep Central, May 15, 2019
A FALL in Australia’s Farm Management Deposits balance from a peak of $6.6 billion in June 2018 to $5.37 billion at the end of the March 2019 quarter shows the..Read More
Terry Sim, May 6, 2019
VICTORIAN engineer turned entrepreneur Jock Lawrence has returned home to his farming roots on a mission to simplify the farm management recording system. ..Read More
Sheep Central, April 18, 2019
NEW South Wales police are investigating the recent thefts of hundreds of sheep across the state in separate incidents, including one case potentially involving a drone…Read More
Sheep Central, February 27, 2019
THINGS are moving for farm-based agtech company Swarm Farm Robotic Agriculture, but founder and chief executive officer Andrew Bate is adamant the business will stay true to its bush roots…Read More
Terry Sim, February 22, 2019
SOME Australian agtech start-ups are not thinking big enough, according to venture capitalists at the evokeAG conference in Melbourne this week…Read More
Terry Sim, February 22, 2019