ROMA-BASED beef producers Cam and Sharon Colley have taken over stockfeed manufacturer Top Country, signalling plans to grow the business and bring fresh ideas to its product range…Read More
Emma Alsop, April 30, 2025
AFTER the Easter break delivered little of the rainfall needed to bolster planting confidence across southern New South Wales, western Victoria and South Australia, growers are once again pinning hopes on showers forecast for the weekend…Read More
Emma Alsop, April 24, 2025
A REBOUND in the Australian dollar — up four cents from a low of below US60 cents — has pared back some of the recent gains in grain prices…Read More
Emma Alsop, April 22, 2025
AUSTRALIA’S largest stockfeed miller, Ridley Corporation, has agreed to sell its Wasleys Feedmill in South Australia to poultry meat producer Baiada for $22 million…Read More
Sheep Central, April 22, 2025
A DROP in the Australian dollar to below US60 cents last week has rekindled export demand and prompted consumers to lift their bids by up $5-$10 per tonne in the southern wheat and barley markets in order to compete…Read More
Liz Wells, April 14, 2025
MEAT & Livestock Australia is calling for new applications for Producer Demonstration Sites to kick off from the end of 2025…Read More
Sheep Central, April 14, 2025
SOAKING rain over much of Queensland’s grain-growing areas and northern New South Wales last week has set the northern region up for a strong and early start to its winter cropping program…Read More
Liz Wells, April 7, 2025
THE SOUTH Australian Government last week convened a roundtable to guide the next phase of its drought support package as the state’s primary producers remain in the grips of what for many is the driest period in living memory…Read More
Liz Wells, April 7, 2025
A COMPREHENSIVE sire evaluation trial rated as ‘gold standard’ has provided evidence-based data on the Dohne breed’s profitable wool, carcase, reproduction and eating quality traits…Read More
Sheep Central, April 7, 2025
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
THE recent seizures of livestock from three Victorian properties have been highlighted in a warning to all producers from Agriculture Victoria this week…Read More
Sheep Central, April 1, 2025
VALUES have lifted this week as sorghum exports kick into gear, and bids to growers climb lift to entice volume out of on-farm storages and depots…Read More
Liz Wells, March 24, 2025
TOTAL standing dry matter seasonal rankings for March 2025 highlight shifting pasture trends across Australia, with notable improvements in some regions and ongoing challenges in others…Read More
Al Rayner, Cibo Labs, March 21, 2025