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Welsh-Kiwi combo fails in world sheep shearing record bid

Posted 2024-12-11 05:31:35

Welsh-Kiwi combo fails in world sheep shearing record bid

Posted 2024-12-11 05:31:35

NEW Zealand’s shearing royalty packed a remote Wairarapa wool shed yesterday for what was the first trans-global attack ...

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Viterra receivals near 2.5Mt

Posted 2024-12-10 23:15:02

Viterra receivals near 2.5Mt

Posted 2024-12-10 23:15:02

Growers delivered 412,080t into Viterra's SA-based network in the week to Sunday to lift intake for the harvest to date ...

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Canada’s roller-coaster season delivers mixed bag

Posted 2024-12-10 03:27:05

Canada’s roller-coaster season delivers mixed bag

Posted 2024-12-10 03:27:05

StatCan's final 2024 survey shows Canada's cereal, pea and lentils crops return quantity and quality, but drought and ...

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CBH receivals nudge 16Mt in WA harvest

Posted 2024-12-10 02:05:43

CBH receivals nudge 16Mt in WA harvest

Posted 2024-12-10 02:05:43

In CBH Group's second-biggest week of the current harvest, WA growers delivered 3.25Mt to take the bulk handler's total ...

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How Native Farmers Pair Ancestral Knowledge with Climate Expertise

Posted 2024-12-09 15:24:41

How Native Farmers Pair Ancestral Knowledge with Climate Expertise

Posted 2024-12-09 15:24:41

Mary Oxendine grew up in Robeson County, NC, among the Lumbee people. As a child of multigenerational farmers, she grew ...

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National Feedbase Summary 14 November 2024

Posted 2024-11-14 04:38:58

National Feedbase Summary 14 November 2024

Posted 2024-11-14 04:38:58

AUSTRALIA'S national feedbase conditions at the end of October 2024 reveal significant regional variations influenced by ...

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ABARES cuts sorghum forecast to 2.1Mt

Posted 2024-12-05 06:01:42

ABARES cuts sorghum forecast to 2.1Mt

Posted 2024-12-05 06:01:42

ABARES has cut its forecast for Australia’s 2024-25 sorghum crop to 2.1Mt, with area limitations from a big winter crop ...

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New MLA directors elected at 2024 annual general meeting

Posted 2024-11-20 23:53:02

New MLA directors elected at 2024 annual general meeting

Posted 2024-11-20 23:53:02

RED meat producers and industry representatives on Tuesday attended Meat & Livestock Australia’s 2024 annual general ...

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Adoption, not just R&D, is focus of MLA’s productivity push

Posted 2024-11-22 03:15:45

Adoption, not just R&D, is focus of MLA’s productivity push

Posted 2024-11-22 03:15:45

FOSTERING effective red meat industry research and development is one thing, but it means nothing unless the technology ...

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Dive Deep: The Future of Aquaculture

Posted 2024-11-15 13:00:50

Dive Deep: The Future of Aquaculture

Posted 2024-11-15 13:00:50

Our waterways can feel unknowable. But just like in other areas of our food supply, there are people working to improve ...

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Sheep Central - Lamb Processing

Welsh-Kiwi combo fails in world sheep shearing record bid

Posted 2024-12-11 05:31:35

NEW Zealand’s shearing royalty packed a remote Wairarapa wool shed yesterday for what was the first trans-global attack on a world shearing ...

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Live sheep and lamb IMF measurement tool shows promise

Posted 2024-11-27 06:21:05

RELIABLE and accurate technology to measure intramuscular fat in live sheep and lambs would be welcomed in Australia, according to leading seedstock producer and high eating quality lamb marketer ...

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WoolClip pushes associated NWD uptake to almost 100pc

Posted 2024-11-25 04:27:54

AUSTRALIA’S online mobile tool for describing and consigning wool clips – WoolClip - has shown it can dramatically increase completion of the important National Wool ...

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AWU and shearing contractors body agree on national regulator

AUSTRALIA’S peak shearing contractor body has given qualified support to a union proposal for a national industry employer regulator, but rejects a 'poverty wages' ...

Posted 2024-11-22 03:14:42

Handheld microwave device approved to assess lamb IMF

A HANDHELD microwave-based device that can non-invasively measure intramuscular fat in lamb carcases has recently achieved AUS-MEAT accreditation – paving the way towards the development of ...

Posted 2024-11-20 05:17:43

Record-breaker Nikki Lyons sets a mark for female shearers

NEWLY-MINTED world record holder New South Wales shearer Nikki Lyons believes one day a woman will be crowned the world's best ...

Posted 2024-11-20 05:16:55

AMIC appoints industry affairs GM Tim Ryan as interim CEO

THE Australian Meat Industry Council has announced the appointment of its general manager of industry affairs, Tim Ryan, as interim chief executive officer while it undertakes the process of ...

Posted 2024-11-06 05:59:39

Australia wins shearing and wool handling trans-Tasman tests

A GALLANT bid to claim New Zealand’s first trans-Tasman machine shearing test win in Australia since 2010 has again fallen short with a defeat by almost 29 points in the series’ ...

Posted 2024-10-28 06:26:09

Kiwi shearers and wool handlers chase trans-Tasman clean sweep

NEW Zealand’s shearing and wool handling team is gathering in Western Australia this weekend hopeful of a rare clean sweep of the trans-Tasman machine shearing, blade shearing and wool ...

Posted 2024-10-25 06:08:04

Full value of MSA lamb grading to come from cuts-based model

AUSTRALIAN lamb producers are putting more lambs through Meat Standards Australia pathways to boost eating quality for consumers — more than 2.37 million lambs in 2023-24. However, ...

Posted 2024-10-18 05:43:21

Grain Central - News

Viterra receivals near 2.5Mt

Posted 2024-12-10 23:15:02

Growers delivered 412,080t into Viterra's SA-based network in the week to Sunday to lift intake for the harvest to date to ...

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Canada’s roller-coaster season delivers mixed bag

Posted 2024-12-10 03:27:05

StatCan's final 2024 survey shows Canada's cereal, pea and lentils crops return quantity and quality, but drought and disease harms ...

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CBH receivals nudge 16Mt in WA harvest

Posted 2024-12-10 02:05:43

In CBH Group's second-biggest week of the current harvest, WA growers delivered 3.25Mt to take the bulk handler's total intake for 2024-25 to date to ...

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CQ crush plant build clear to start next year

Work on a new oilseed-crushing plant at Emerald in Central Qld is expected to start next year as parent Australian OIlseeds Holdings comes to the end of a mixed ...

Posted 2024-12-09 05:47:47

Grain Central’s Nov-Dec 2024 news quiz

Keep up to date with developments in Grain Central’s monthly ...

Posted 2024-12-09 05:21:15

Rain slows deliveries as GrainCorp intake passes 9.4Mt

Deliveries to GrainCorp's network totalled 381,600t in the week to today to bring total receivals for the harvest to date to ...

Posted 2024-12-09 02:19:26

JV to build new home for rice breeding in Riverina

RICE Breeding Australia, a joint venture between AgriFutures Australia, SunRice Group and the Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia, is building a new facility in the ...

Posted 2024-12-05 06:26:46

Giant African Snails detected at Botany

DAFF has confirmed the detection of a high-risk invasive pest, the Giant African Snail, on the deck of a container vessel at Port Botany on ...

Posted 2024-12-05 06:14:55

Viterra receivals pass 2Mt, first new-crop wheat cargo sails

Viterra has received 2Mt of grain into its SA-based network in the harvest to Sunday, and loaded its first new-crop cargo, 33,000t of wheat bound for the ...

Posted 2024-12-03 08:05:52

CBH receivals break daily record as 12.3Mt intake passed

WA growers have delivered 12.3Mt of grain to the CBH Group network in the harvest to Sunday, with rain in some regions among the disruptions for the ...

Posted 2024-12-03 00:20:36

Modern Farmer - News

How Native Farmers Pair Ancestral Knowledge with Climate Expertise

Posted 2024-12-09 15:24:41

Mary Oxendine grew up in Robeson County, NC, among the Lumbee people. As a child of multigenerational farmers, she grew up picking peas and butterbeans, working with her grandmother making ...

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10 Fascinating Food Stories to Share Over Dinner

Posted 2024-12-06 15:53:16

Food is personal. It’s more than just what you eat. It ties you to a community, to a culture. It can be history. It can be innovation. It can be an act of service to prepare it for someone ...

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Dig In: What You Need to Know About Your Food

Posted 2024-12-06 15:53:16

Have you ever wondered about your food? Not just who grew it, or how it got to your plate, but why you eat it in the first place? Why we primarily eat chicken eggs, for instance, but can pause ...

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Why Are Family Farms in Trouble?

Agriculture was once a cornerstone of the American way of life. Farmers helped build the country, and most of us depended on their products for the food we eat. But times have changed. Americans ...

Posted 2024-12-04 13:58:48

This Holiday Season, Choose a Gift that Supports a Farmer

In many cultures around the world, the winter season offers an abundance of occasions to gather, celebrate, and demonstrate gratitude or affection. While the act of gift giving is often viewed as ...

Posted 2024-12-02 13:45:26

Meet the Native American Farmer Promoting Northern New Mexico’s Indigenous Foodways

The aroma of cedar smoke fills the early autumn air, punctuated by the crackle of wood as Norma Naranjo rakes out hot ashes from the horno, a beehive-shaped adobe oven, with a long wooden paddle. ...

Posted 2024-11-29 15:37:37

Farmed, Wild, Lab Grown, or Plant-Based: Which Salmon is Best?

The sight of wild salmon coursing upstream through a river during spawning season is one often used to convey the essence of wilderness through media; I’ve seen spawning salmon imagery in film, ...

Posted 2024-11-27 16:35:34

From Rare Peppers to Blight Tickets, This Detroit Garden Shows the Promise and Challenge of Urban Gardening

This is the final story in “The Healing Soil: Detroit’s Urban Farms,” a three-part series being co-published with Outlier Media and Planet Detroit, and is supported by the Michigan Health ...

Posted 2024-11-25 14:31:16

Gardening Heals: Detroiter’s Cancer Treatment Eased by her Work With Soil

This is the second story in “The Healing Soil: Detroit’s Urban Farms,” a three-part series being co-published with Outlier Media and Planet Detroit, and is supported by the Michigan Health ...

Posted 2024-11-25 14:25:45

From Sunflowers to Squash: One Detroit Farmer’s Push for Food Sovereignty

This story is the first in “The Healing Soil: Detroit’s Urban Farms,” a three-part series being co-published with Outlier Media and Planet Detroit, and is supported by the Michigan Health ...

Posted 2024-11-22 13:00:34

Sheep Central - Lamb Production

Feedgrain Focus: More rain hampers southern harvest

Posted 2024-12-09 06:09:34

VALUES for southern barley and ASW wheat have firmed following rain that has slowed harvest and grain deliveries, but brought to life an SFW wheat market which will satisfy some consumers’ ...

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National Feedbase Summary 4 December 2024

Posted 2024-12-04 03:04:20

AUSTRALIA'S varied rainfall and temperature patterns last month significantly influenced biomass growth, underscoring the country's regional contrasts in feedbase ...

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Feedgrain Focus: Rain ignites quality concerns in NSW and Victoria

Posted 2024-12-02 06:10:57

RAIN interruptions to harvest across south-eastern Australia have bumped up feed grain values in the south as a few trade shorts put up their ...

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S&W Seeds Australia is rebranding as AlfaGen Seeds

FORAGE and pasture seed business S&W Seed Company is rebranding as AlfaGen Seeds under its new owner Avior Capital ...

Posted 2024-11-25 04:29:53

Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease despite patchy rain

RAIN across much of the northern region put the brakes on harvest last week and has slowed grain movements to a ...

Posted 2024-11-25 04:29:32

Adoption, not just R&D, is focus of MLA’s productivity push

FOSTERING effective red meat industry research and development is one thing, but it means nothing unless the technology or tool involved is being widely adopted by ...

Posted 2024-11-22 03:15:45

New MLA directors elected at 2024 annual general meeting

RED meat producers and industry representatives on Tuesday attended Meat & Livestock Australia’s 2024 annual general meeting, in-person at Tamworth in New South Wales and ...

Posted 2024-11-20 23:53:02

Ridley reveals ambitions to expand Tasmanian mill

AUSTRALIA’S largest stockfeed miller holds hopes to increase production at the mill it purchased this year in northern Tasmania, Ridley managing director and chief executive officer Quinton ...

Posted 2024-11-20 05:29:49

Feedgrain Focus: Prices go north on limited grower selling

PRICES for wheat and barley in the northern region have shot up by $30 per tonne or more as consumers feel the pain of the grower’s focus on selling and shifting pulses straight off the ...

Posted 2024-11-18 05:18:43

National Feedbase Summary 14 November 2024

AUSTRALIA'S national feedbase conditions at the end of October 2024 reveal significant regional variations influenced by ongoing drought, rainfall deficiencies, and changes in vegetation ...

Posted 2024-11-14 04:38:58

Grain Central - Cropping

ABARES cuts sorghum forecast to 2.1Mt

Posted 2024-12-05 06:01:42

ABARES has cut its forecast for Australia’s 2024-25 sorghum crop to 2.1Mt, with area limitations from a big winter crop unable to counter healthy yield ...

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GIWA issues early warning on carry-over canola seed

Posted 2024-12-02 01:20:16

GIWA is calling on WA growers to ensure any carry-over canola seed is stored well and germination tested prior to planting in ...

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Signs of drift damage spark concerns for cotton growers

Posted 2024-11-29 02:18:55

NSW cotton growers have reported the first signs of off-target spray-drift damage as winter croppers look to control exploding weed populations in ...

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Crop Protection Forum lifts lid on resistance + PICS

Specialists from across Australia gathered at Highfields today for the annual Crop Protection Forum to find out about the latest in fungicides, herbicides, and ...

Posted 2024-11-27 06:24:42

Hopes high for above-average mungbean crop

Positive signs point to above-average mungbean production this season, with well-timed rainfall and strong global demand boosting interest in the pulse ...

Posted 2024-11-27 05:34:26

QUT project to reduce cotton industry’s GHG emissions

QUT will lead a project aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cotton production after receiving funding from the Federal Government and the ...

Posted 2024-11-25 05:25:05

Mammoth released as slow and steady wheat for early sowing

InterGrain has released Mammoth as a non-vernalising APW wheat variety for the Southern and Western zones ideal for early ...