Farm Weekly
Friday, April 26, 2024
Bradman bat hits fundraiser for a six
This Sir Donald Bradman signed bat sold for $14,000 in a special lot at last weeks Mordallup Angus bull sale at Boyanup to kick off the Nutrien Ag Solutions Bunbury teams Do it For Dolly Day 2024 fundraiser. With the bat were Nutrien Livestock auctioneer Tiny Holly (left), Nutrien Ag Solutions Bunbury Do it For Dolly Day co-ordinator Kate Demarti and Nutrien Livestock, Boyanup/Capel agent Chris Waddingham, Waddingham Rural Agencies, who donated the bat.
Jodie Rintoul
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Satake acquires DE Engineers' silo division
The Satake Oceania acquisition of DE Engineers' Silo Division was formalised between DE Engineers' Keven Prater (left) and president and chief executive officer of Satake, Kazuhisa Matsumoto, in Perth in early April.
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Farm Weekly winners collect their prize
Rhys Tarling
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Competition winners Yvonne Meares (left) and Scott Mauger, Winnejup, Boekeman Machinery group sales manager Ben Boekeman and Boekeman Toyota general manager Matt Read with the Landboss 800D vehicle.
Subsoil the driest on record at Cascade
Mel Williams
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Picture from files.
Second highest quarter for sheep transfers
Brooke Littlewood
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West to east sheep transfers reached the second highest quarter one levels on record this year.

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Property
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Hayfield a 78,352 acre property suited to breeding, backgrounding
Mark Phelps
A 78,352 acre property suited to breeding and backgrounding cattle is on the market. Picture supplied
Limestone Coast farm punches above its weight with big pivot
Chris McLennan
The big irrigation pivot is currently used to boost a cattle breeding and fattening operation. Pictures from TDC Livestock and Property and O'Connor and Graney.

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Cropping
Internal biosecurity can't be ignored warn officials
Farmers are warned to ensure fodder they bring in from interstate is free from pests and disease. File photo.
Gregor Heard • 1hr ago
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Mango Conference 2024 heading to Cairns
Exports and labour challenges will be two items on the agenda at the 2024 Australian Mango Conference.
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The highly revered tropical fruit will be the focus of the 2024 Australian Mango Conference happening in Cairns from May 21 to 23. Picture supplied
Grains industry news in brief
Gregor Heard
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The Oat Grain Quality Consortium was launched earlier this month. Photo by Gregor Heard.
Machinery
NFF urges farmers to take an active interest in their data management
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The NFF is urging farmers to consider their data security. File picture
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Farm Weekly winners collect their prize
Rhys Tarling
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Competition winners Yvonne Meares (left) and Scott Mauger, Winnejup, Boekeman Machinery group sales manager Ben Boekeman and Boekeman Toyota general manager Matt Read with the Landboss 800D vehicle.
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Regional Australian agtech events share in government funding
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Agtech events including the Henty Machinery Field Days have shared in Federal Government funding. File picture
Sheep & Goats
Wool market not yet recovered from COVID hit
AWI trade consultant Scott Carmody address the IWTO Congress in Adelaide. Picture supplied.
Victoria Nugent • 1hr ago
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Australian lamb and beef showcased on world stage
Victoria Nugent
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Lambasssador Chef Windoe, Archipelago International Hotels vice president Winston Hanes, Archipelago CEO John Flood, MLA trade development manager for Indonesia Siti Nur Aini, Chef Gilles Marx and Lambassador Chef Rizqi. PICTURE SUPPLIED.
UK's farm standards beat out Australia and New Zealand: report
Victoria Nugent
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A UK report assessing farm assurance standards in the UK, Australia and New Zealand for beef and lamb has given the British program the best score. FILE PHOTO.
Agribusiness
Rural Australia's small business backbone is ageing, weakening
Key reasons small businesses fold include a lack of capital to expand, and reluctance by next generation family members to take over and commit to a lengthy debt repayment period. File photo.
Andrew Marshall • 45m ago
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More than Kokoda: PNG-Australia bonds grow stronger via rice farming
Andrew Marshall
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Farmers involved in the SunRice-supported rice Smart Farmer program graduate near Lae in Papua New Guinea. Photo supplied.
Global fertiliser prices tipped to ease as stocks rebuild
Andrew Marshall
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The forecast dip in fertiliser prices may prove too late to significantly help Australian farmers now starting winter cropping season. File photo.
Politics
Minister, please make an URGENT decision
Opinion
Federal MP for O'Connor, Rick Wilson.
Rick Wilson, Federal Mp for O'Connor
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Coalition climate wars hit with friendly fire after "reckless" emissions call
Jason Gregory
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Federal Coalition MPs have slammed their Queensland counterparts' bipartisan support of Labor's emissions reduction target. Photos by (L to R) Peter Lorimer, Harrison Saragossi and Sitthixay Ditthavong.
Farmers are at breaking point
Brooke Littlewood
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Almost 300 farmers and agricultural industry representatives packed the Yornup town hall for a drought crisis meeting.
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The time to use hormone-free IVF is now
Landfall Angus co-principals Ed and Frank Archer plan on utilising hormone free IVF in their herd for the next three years to trial the benefits of the breeding technology and improve their rate of genetic gain. Picture supplied
RaboResearch insights direct from the US at Rockhampton for Beef 2024
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Rabobank's team of world-leading RaboResearch analysts will be at Beef 24. Picture supplied
Inspiring young women for 132 years at RGGS
The school's executive team of Clair Applewaite, Stacey McCarthy, Dr John Fry, principal, Kara Krehlik, Sammy Cobon, and Kasey Mitchell. Picture supplied
Livestock is the second highest killer on farms - keep yourself and others safe in the yards
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Almurta cattle farmer Peter Miller. Picture supplied
Journey to generational bred Charbrays has proven a success
Georgia Cameron
Huntington Charbrays, Matt Welsh with Charbray bulls ready for display at Beef Week. Picture supplied
Rural Life
First Australian memorial to Vietnam nurses unveiled in Morven
Sally Gall
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Janet Glasson had to learn how to fire an M-16 assault rifle while working as part of the combined Civilian Surgical Team in Vietnam. Already familiar with shooting as part of her rural upbringing, she managed to outshoot one of the US colonels on the range. PIcture: Sally Gall
Investment flows into the Beef Capital of Australia
Rockhampton Regional Council mayor Tony Williams, said council's new prospectus sets out the significant opportunities available through the Fitzroy Food Bowl and what the Rockhampton region has to offer. Picture supplied
Dairy
Saputo workers walk off the job amid pay dispute
Sean Ford
Saputo maintenance team walking off the job with support from AMWU and CEPU union members. Picture by Katri Strooband
Certainty and systems underpin business growth for Victorian dairy farm
Managing risk: Dairy farmer Jade Clymo with his son Fynn and their new Entegra barn. Picture: Supplied
Studstock
Round-Em-Up Red Angus: Leading Red Angus Genetics in Australia
Kate O'Neill
David Hobbs, of the Round-Em-Up Red Angus and Simmental and Moorwatha Red Angus studs said interest for the breed is growing in Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Western NSW. Picture supplied
Savannah Simbrahs & Simmentals Rocky Red Sale draft - Top genetics and female lines
Matt Sherrington
Pictured is one of the top-of-the-range cow and calf units to be offered at the Savannah Simbrahs and Simmentals Rocky Red Sale on Tuesday, May 7, from 5.30pm, at Beef '24. Picture supplied
Special Features
Mixed rainfall impacts supply and demand at sheep and lamb markets
Leann Dax
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Colin and Adam Black, Caltowie, SA, were having a look at sale conditions at Mount Pleasant, SA, last month. Picture by Kiara Stacey
Lamb prices are continuing to take a downward trajectory at saleyards
Leann Dax
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Donna Markey, Gilgandra, NSW, sold 19 Border Leicester lambs for $86 a head at Dubbo, NSW, on Monday. Picture by Elka Devney