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TFI makes progress on beef, lamb and goat processing

Posted 2025-07-11 05:36:50

TFI makes progress on beef, lamb and goat processing

Posted 2025-07-11 05:36:50

THOMAS Food International’s new South Australian meat processing plant aimed to process 900 head a day by this spring, ...

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Crop conditions mixed but 19.3Mt in sight: GIWA

Posted 2025-07-11 04:06:07

Crop conditions mixed but 19.3Mt in sight: GIWA

Posted 2025-07-11 04:06:07

GIWA's initial forecast for WA's winter crop stands at 19.3Mt amid mixed conditions throughout the state's growing ...

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GIWA sees crop growth stifled by lack of rain

Posted 2025-07-11 04:06:07

GIWA sees crop growth stifled by lack of rain

Posted 2025-07-11 04:06:07

GIWA's initial forecast for WA's winter crop stands at 19.3Mt amid mixed conditions throughout the state's growing ...

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Bega Group to exit peanut processing

Posted 2025-07-11 03:25:36

Bega Group to exit peanut processing

Posted 2025-07-11 03:25:36

After being unable to find a buyer, Bega Group has announced it will close Australia's biggest peanut-processing ...

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Dominator soybeans head for stockfeed after GM event

Posted 2025-07-09 06:32:23

Dominator soybeans head for stockfeed after GM event

Posted 2025-07-09 06:32:23

The Australian soybean industry is taking steps to keep itself GM free following the detection of an incursion from a ...

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Welsh shearer sets new British eight hour record of 663 ewes

Posted 2025-07-09 06:03:11

Welsh shearer sets new British eight hour record of 663 ewes

Posted 2025-07-09 06:03:11

WELSH shearer Huw Jones has set a new eight hour solo ewe British shearing record of 663 ewes. The success attempt by the ...

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Growing and Grinding Your Own Wheat: A Beginner’s Guide

Posted 2025-07-07 09:00:30

Growing and Grinding Your Own Wheat: A Beginner’s Guide

Posted 2025-07-07 09:00:30

Making flour on a small scale isn’t a common practice, but it’s possible. Join Briana Yablonski to learn how to grow ...

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ICMJ Wagga Wagga 2025 hosts top speakers and goat meat first

Posted 2025-07-07 04:52:08

ICMJ Wagga Wagga 2025 hosts top speakers and goat meat first

Posted 2025-07-07 04:52:08

GOAT carcase assessment will be introduced to the Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association’s conference ...

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Mort & Co, Syngenta make moves in biologicals

Posted 2025-07-07 05:57:24

Mort & Co, Syngenta make moves in biologicals

Posted 2025-07-07 05:57:24

Investment in biological crop stimulants is on the rise, with Mort & Co today launching its In-X granule, and Syngenta ...

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GRDC engagement starts to guide ‘right-size’ RD&E

Posted 2025-07-07 05:21:19

GRDC engagement starts to guide ‘right-size’ RD&E

Posted 2025-07-07 05:21:19

GRDC is kick-starting engagement to shape the next phase of its RD&E investment, and GrainGrowers keen to take part in a ...

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Modern Farmer - News

Growing and Grinding Your Own Wheat: A Beginner’s Guide

Posted 2025-07-07 09:00:30

Making flour on a small scale isn’t a common practice, but it’s possible. Join Briana Yablonski to learn how to grow and grind wheat at home. The post Growing and Grinding Your Own Wheat: A ...

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Protecting Crops from Heat Stress: 5 Pro Strategies

Posted 2025-07-07 09:00:01

Heat is an inevitable and increasing concern for farms across the world. The best way to deal with the stresses of hot weather is to adapt and find solutions you can use, year after year. Use ...

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How to Attract the 9 Beneficial Predators You Want on Your Land

Posted 2025-06-30 09:00:43

Integrated pest management methods encourage attracting and hosting beneficial insect predators that keep common pests at bay. Learn how to draw them in and keep them on the farm! While spraying ...

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How to Dry Farm Tomatoes for Improved Taste

Skipping irrigation is risky, but it can make farming tomatoes simpler and less expensive. Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn how to dry farm tomatoes for sweeter, more intense flavor. The post ...

Posted 2025-06-30 09:00:02

5 Ways Farmers Can Protect Honeybees from Pesticides

Sometimes it’s not possible to avoid pesticides on farms, and this is a concern for beekeepers. Understanding the harm pesticides can do to bees is important; even more important is knowing how ...

Posted 2025-06-23 10:00:14

Integrated Pest Management on the Farm: An Overview

The most effective modes of controlling pests on a farm do not involve pesticides. In fact, the best control is prevention. Integrated pest management is an important way to keep pest pressure ...

Posted 2025-06-23 09:00:24

11 Flowers You Should Plant Along Your Vegetable Garden

A strip of wildflowers does more for a farm than regular pesticide use. And there’s no denying the geological and ecological benefits of native plantings added to a farm. Here are 11 flowers ...

Posted 2025-06-16 12:00:06

Get Healthy Soil by Nurturing the Rhizosphere: 5 Pro Tips

Healthy soil is key to healthy plants, and vice versa. One way to support both soil and plants is to foster a healthy soil rhizosphere. Farmer Briana Yablonski shares some ways you can support ...

Posted 2025-06-16 10:00:54

Could One of These Viral Farming Hacks Work on Your Land?

It’s not uncommon to hear someone touting that they’ve discovered the next great farming hack. But what’s real, and what’s just a ploy to gain followers or customers? These gardening pros ...

Posted 2025-06-09 10:00:38

9 Indispensable Tools for the Small-Scale Farmer

With so many lists and products for small farms out there, it’s hard to know which tools to have on hand. This list covers nine essential tools for small-scale farmers and discusses why each is ...

Posted 2025-06-09 10:00:15

Grain Central - News

Crop conditions mixed but 19.3Mt in sight: GIWA

Posted 2025-07-11 04:06:07

GIWA's initial forecast for WA's winter crop stands at 19.3Mt amid mixed conditions throughout the state's growing ...

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GIWA sees crop growth stifled by lack of rain

Posted 2025-07-11 04:06:07

GIWA's initial forecast for WA's winter crop stands at 19.3Mt amid mixed conditions throughout the state's growing ...

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Bega Group to exit peanut processing

Posted 2025-07-11 03:25:36

After being unable to find a buyer, Bega Group has announced it will close Australia's biggest peanut-processing business, Peanut Company of ...

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Dominator soybeans head for stockfeed after GM event

The Australian soybean industry is taking steps to keep itself GM free following the detection of an incursion from a variety licensed to PB ...

Posted 2025-07-09 06:32:23

AFL match to kick goals for SA drought awareness

The Adelaide Crows' home game on July 20 will raise money and awareness about SA's ongoing ...

Posted 2025-07-09 02:19:50

AFL match to kick goal for SA drought awareness

The Adelaide Crows' home game on July 20 will raise money and awareness about SA's ongoing ...

Posted 2025-07-09 02:19:50

Mort & Co, Syngenta make moves in biologicals

Investment in biological crop stimulants is on the rise, with Mort & Co today launching its In-X granule, and Syngenta announcing its aim to be a global leader in the ...

Posted 2025-07-07 05:57:24

GRDC engagement starts to guide ‘right-size’ RD&E

GRDC is kick-starting engagement to shape the next phase of its RD&E investment, and GrainGrowers keen to take part in a review of how levies are ...

Posted 2025-07-07 05:21:19

ProTen sale tops recent poultry movements

The first half of 2025 has seen leading broiler producer ProTen expand and change hands, Fairglen Farms sell down, and Cordina sell two processing ...

Posted 2025-07-07 00:48:34

ProTen sale tops latest poultry movements

The first half of 2025 has seen leading broiler producer ProTen expand and change hands, Fairglen Farms sell down, and Cordina sell two processing ...

Posted 2025-07-07 00:48:34

Sheep Central - Lamb Processing

TFI makes progress on beef, lamb and goat processing

Posted 2025-07-11 05:36:50

THOMAS Food International’s new South Australian meat processing plant aimed to process 900 head a day by this spring, students were told at the Intercollegiate Meat Judging Competition ...

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Welsh shearer sets new British eight hour record of 663 ewes

Posted 2025-07-09 06:03:11

WELSH shearer Huw Jones has set a new eight hour solo ewe British shearing record of 663 ewes. The success attempt by the 27 year-old shearer at Machynlleth in ...

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ICMJ Wagga Wagga 2025 hosts top speakers and goat meat first

Posted 2025-07-07 04:52:08

GOAT carcase assessment will be introduced to the Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association’s conference program for the first time in Wagga Wagga New South Wales this week. The 2025 ...

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JBS Bordertown sends first chilled lamb shipment to China

JBS Australia’s Bordertown plant has completed its first ever chilled lamb order to China since being listed for chilled exports into the country earlier this ...

Posted 2025-07-01 03:04:09

WoolClip uptake at 20pc as eBale wool pack use increases

ADOPTION of key traceability efficiency tools available to wool growers, exporters and brokers remains incomplete in the Australian wool industry despite market feedback of other countries' ...

Posted 2025-06-23 07:03:33

$12 million loan to boost WAMMCO Katanning processing

A $12 MILLION loan to Western Australia’s farmer-owned sheep meat processor WAMMCO will support timely processing of livestock at its Katanning plant, according to chief executive officer Coll ...

Posted 2025-05-16 02:13:54

TFI Stawell boosts lamb production and eating quality grading

THOMAS Food International’s Stawell plant is now fully equipped to market Australian lamb with improved eating ...

Posted 2025-05-13 23:17:31

JBS formalises plans for dual listing in the US and Brazil

GLOBAL protein giant JBS is formalising its long-touted move to dual listing on the New York and Brazilian Stock Exchanges after outlining the process last week, following a board decision on ...

Posted 2025-04-28 04:43:40

South African and NZ partnership sets new shearing record

A NEW Zealand-South African partnership has set a new world two-stand shearing record of 970 fine wool Merino lambs in nine hours in South ...

Posted 2025-04-24 02:20:45

Tasmanian wool classer brings home the golden stencil

TASMANIA’S Victoria Lang has won the prestigious 2025 AWEX/TAFE NSW National Graduate Wool Classer Competition to take home the coveted ‘golden stencil’ from the Sydney Royal Easter ...

Posted 2025-04-23 05:17:52

Sheep Central - Lamb Production

Key beef and sheep meat production bodies back levy review

Posted 2025-07-07 04:59:24

Selling action at the Roma Saleyards. Picture: Matt Williams KEY beef and sheep production sectors of the red meat industry have thrown their support behind a review of national red ...

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Feedgrain Focus: Mixed ideas about Victoria and SA hold sway

Posted 2025-07-07 00:09:56

MIXED conditions in south-eastern Australia are weighing on ideas about new crop pricing and volume now that the new financial year has ...

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No AWI strategy on market’s non-mulesed wool preference

Posted 2025-07-04 06:36:49

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation’s chief executive officer has declined to outline how the company will help growers take advantage of non-mulesed wool price premiums and sheep meat opportunities for ...

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Cavalcade legume leads southern interest for NT hay

THE ongoing drought across South Australia and Victoria is forcing a rethink in hay sourcing, with suppliers now turning to tropical varieties such as Cavalcade legume and Jarra grass from the ...

Posted 2025-07-03 06:19:09

NSW Merino researcher honoured with AAABG fellowship

NEW South Wales sheep research scientist Dr. Sue Mortimer has been awarded a fellowship with the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics for her Merino ...

Posted 2025-07-02 00:22:55

Feedgrain Focus: Cautious optimism builds in south

AMID ongoing drought feeding demand, bright prospects for the northern crop and cautious optimism for the south, prices for wheat and barley are largely ...

Posted 2025-07-01 00:03:19

Victorian project seeks the good dirt for microbiome research

SOIL samples are being sought from farmers to help Victorian researchers dig deeper into national microbiome ...

Posted 2025-06-30 05:20:51

WA saleyards and processors get ready for sheep and goat EID

WESTERN Australia’s saleyards and processors will start scanning electronic identification ear tags in sheep, lambs and goats next week as part of the national traceability system ...

Posted 2025-06-23 05:45:04

Feedgrain Focus: Wheat kicks on offshore rally

A RALLY in offshore wheat prices has kicked local values higher and sparked a surge in traded volumes as cautious optimism about south-eastern Australia’s season ...

Posted 2025-06-23 00:06:38

Hay market still hot after rain in South Australia and Victoria

RECENT rain in the drought-affected regions of south eastern Australia has seen up-country barley prices drop a few dollars, but the fodder market is showing no sign of ...

Posted 2025-06-19 02:55:09

Grain Central - Cropping

App aids management of net blotch diseases in barley

Posted 2025-06-30 03:59:57

Barley growers have access to a new app to help minimise damage from the net blotch fungal ...

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CQ crops stand out as mungbean harvest winds down

Posted 2025-06-16 05:46:39

Australia's mungbean harvest is almost over, with CQ delivering standout quality and ...

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Weekend rain bolsters prospects for Vic, SA crops

Posted 2025-06-09 05:24:24

Widespread rain in SA and Vic has boosted prospects for an at least average winter crop, with some farms receiving their biggest single rain event in two ...

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CQ sorghum harvest rolls on as winter-crop plant ramps up

CQ growers are busy wrapping up sorghum and mungbean harvests as winter-crop planting accelerates across the ...

Posted 2025-06-02 06:38:02

NW Qld crops flourish as Maxwelton project gathers pace

The season is looking promising for NW Qld with chickpea planting nearly complete and sorghum crops approaching ...

Posted 2025-05-28 05:14:25

Triple fungicide resistance detected in YP barley

YP barley growers should review their disease-management practices after samples of NFNB collected from local paddocks showed resistance to three widely used fungicide ...

Posted 2025-05-19 03:50:43

Record Ord cotton crop progresses in hot conditions

WA's Ord Valley has planted a record cotton crop of about 9400ha this season ahead of the scheduled opening of the region's Kununurra gin by ...