Stock & Land
Saturday, August 13
Three pivots with room for more on Gippsland's Paringa
BORE POWER: There are three large pivots on Paringa already with room and water for more. Pictures: Leo O'Brien Property.
Chris McLennan
Fertiliser technology can cut nitrogen emissions
SUSTAINABLE: Charlie Walker, Incitec Pivot Fertilisers, says new technologies will cut emissions from nitrogen fertiliser.
Gregor Heard
Meet the three Australian landcare leaders vying for a $50,000 prize package
Dr Mary Retallack (SA), Geoff Bassett (NSW) and Bruce Maynard (NSW) are the 2022 finalists for the Bob Hawke Landcare Award. Photos - Supplied.
Zoetis aims to raise $100,000 for Beyond Blue once again
MENTAL HEALTH: Farmer Derek Schoen, Corowa, NSW, is also on Beyond Blue's board of directors and says it is important to reach out if you need support.
Leongatha prices lift as yardings start to climb again
Andrew Miller
JUST LOOKING: Justin Taylor, and son Harry, four, Dalyston, were at Leongatha to check out the prices.
Grain leaders say workforce shortages are an industry crisis
Gregor Heard
SHORTAGES: Ben Macnamara, CBH, Phil Hughes, Viterra Australia and Tony Geitz, Louis Dreyfus Australia chat with journalist Barrie Cassidy about supply chain constraints at the Australian Grains Industry Conference.
Octopusbot to get it tentacles over industry data
Gregor Heard
OCTOPOWER: Carolina Ferreira and Rodrigo Cortes have launched Octopusbot, a grain market analytics service.

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Property
Three pivots with room for more on Gippsland's Paringa
BORE POWER: There are three large pivots on Paringa already with room and water for more. Pictures: Leo O'Brien Property.
Chris McLennan
Millions paid for scarce farm land in western Vic
Chris McLennan
IN DEMAND: In total, $2.68 million was paid for the 151 hectares (372 acres) at Muntham. Pictures: Southern Grampians Livestock and Real Estate.
Little auction interest in one of NSW's original back stations
Chris McLennan
WILD HARVEST: About a thousand wild goats are caught and sold at the mostly destocked Booroomugga Station. Pictures: Nutrien Harcourts.

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Markets
Young Pakenham cattle jump by up to $200 a head during store sale
REGULAR VENDOR: Geoff Murrary, Nar Nar Goon, sold 11 Friesian steers, 413kg, for $1480 or 358c/kg.
Bryce Eishold
Find out why lamb prices have gained momentum in Victoria and NSW
Leann Dax
FAMILY ACTION: Dom and Leo Leach with Trevor Roelofs and Tess Leach, Walpeup, at Ouyen's recent sheep market.
Updated
NSW, SA backgrounders, Victorian feedlots among Bairnsdale buyers
Bryce Eishold
SALE-O: Rhyme, 15, with parents Lance and Lyric Anderson and Bryan Hayden, Buchan Station, Buchan, sold 85 Angus steers, 12-14 months, to a top price of $2440.
Bairnsdale restockers step up as farmers face water-logged paddocks
KNOCKED DOWN: Elders Bairnsdale livestock manager Morgan Davies said the sale offered a run of mixed-quality cattle.
Bryce Eishold
Has the decade long price run-up met its peak?
Kristen Frost
ATTENDEES: Simon Prior, Thomas Foods International, and Mel Simonds, Thornby, Sanderston, SA, were at the recent Mount Pleasant, SA, market.
Future in doubt for Victorian saleyard after controversial vote
Katrina Lovell
AGEING: Warrnambool's saleyards could go with councillors voting not to award a tender for up to $5.66 million in upgrades.
Studstock
Kevlyn stud's $20,000 ram 'a good indication' the wool market is going well
PROUD SALE: Co-stud principals Jack, Lynne and Jack Beaton, Kevlyn, Coojar with Nutrien stud stock Merino specialist Stephen Chalmers and their ram KLN 210011 which sold for $20,000 in a private on-farm sale.
Philippe Perez
Steady sale of rams at Glenelg Regional Merino Field Day
Philippe Perez
SOLD: The top-priced ram, Lot 84, M38497, at the Glenelg Regional Merino Field Day with vendor Robert Harding, Glendonald, Nhill and purchasers Will Staude and Hamish Griffiths representing Staude Partnership.
Farmers spend up big at Terrick West Poll Merino
Philippe Perez
SALE: Terrick West Poll co-stud principals Claire and Ross McGauchie, buyers Ellie Perryman and Ian Klowss, Oaklands Vectis with their top-priced ram Lot 9 210208, which sold for $6500, with Nutrien Horsham's Roly Coutts and Elders stud stock manager Victoria Riverina Ross Milne.
Beef
Of mangoes and cattle ticks: The early days of Droughtmaster breeding
MODERN DAY: Judging in the Droughtmaster ring at this year's Brisbane Ekka. PHOTO: Clare Adcock.
Shan Goodwin
How and why Tipperary Station keeps doing what others say can't be done
Shan Goodwin
LARGE SCALE: Tipperary Station cattle. While the iconic Top End operation now has cotton and lemon trees growing, breeding and backgrounding is still a core business.
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Get in quick - Sire Shootout entries close Thursday
Who will win this year's Sire Shootout?
Sheep & Goats
Eight times for Poll Boonoke
Elders Riverina Merino ram - Errol Horneman, Elders, Deniliquin, Tom Lilburne, stud manager Poll Boonoke, Conargo, Clyde McKenzie, Elders, Deniliquin, Justin Campbell, general manager, Australian Food and Fibre, Poll Boonoke, Conargo, judge Russell Jones, Dariwell, Trundle, and sponsor Annie Romanin. Apiam Genetic Servives, Deniliquin.
Stephen Burns
Small meat sheep breed offers quirky alternative for Melissa Bell
Bryce Eishold
MEAT FOR ALL AGES: Hope-ta Harlequin Mini Meat Sheep stud principal Melissa Bell, Longwarry, has bred the small breed for five years.
Putting the clamp on sheep in the yards
Gregor Heard
SAFE HANDLING: Wayne Coffey, Combi Clamp, says there has been good interest around his stock handling invention.
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Polaris side-by-side youth vehicles protect kids with safety technology features
Polaris has developed a range of sophisticated safety technologies for its Youth SxS models to protect kids while they learn and gain confidence. Picture: Supplied
Precision technology improves efficiencies without the capital cost
WORKS ON ALL MACHINERY: The i4M monitoring and control systems can be used on existing machinery regardless of brand or type.
All roads lead to Eidsvold bull sale
Alan Welburn
GOOD TYPE:4NG R19E Lot 3 Clare Robin Hood is a prime example of the quality being offered at the Eidsvold Saleyards by Clare Charolais and Elridge Charolais. Photo: Supplied
Proven performance at Circle 8
Ruth Schwager
EXCEPTIONAL GENETICS: Jeremy and Carmen Cooper, pictured with their dog Maple, will have a large selection of S-drop females available in their 2022 sale on September 9, along with 70 Angus bulls.
Functional female focus for 3R
FIRST BULL SALE: 3R will offer 40 12 to 18-month-old bulls on September 14 at Goonoo Goonoo Station. All bulls are bred with the commercial producer and Australian beef industry in mind.
Dairy
Personal wellbeing key to leading others
Denison, Vic, dairy farmer Ross Anderson (centre) learnt the empowering value of stepping out of his comfort zone in the Australian Rural Leadership Program. He is pictured with former Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove and ARLF director Margaux Beauchamp.
Corinna Boldiston
Coffee culture's MilkLab in $25m clash with surf culture
Andrew Marshall
Camperdown factory to close with switch to new products
Katrina Lovell
New era: Peter Skene says production is ramping up at its new Camperdown factory while closing the old site where fresh milk has been produced.
Labor basin plan promise at 'extreme risk' after fresh blow
Jamieson Murphy
BIG JOB: Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has a mammoth task ahead of her to deliver the basin plan before the mid-2024 deadline. Photo: Elesa Kurtz
Recovery lies in 'connection and community', says The Unbreakable Farmer
Jodie O'Sullivan
STRENGTH IN CONNECTION: Warren Davies, The Unbreakable Farmer, says people are our most 'precious resource' ... he will speak at a community event at Corryong, Vic, on August 12. Picture: SUPPLIED
Cropping
Fertiliser technology can cut nitrogen emissions
SUSTAINABLE: Charlie Walker, Incitec Pivot Fertilisers, says new technologies will cut emissions from nitrogen fertiliser.
Gregor Heard
Controversy over northern Australian cotton industry continues
Annie Hesse
Territory cotton.
Berrima enters the chase
Gregor Heard
Martin Morona, Berrima Engineering, highlights the features of his business's range of chaser bins.
Analysis
CBOT wheat bounces sideways
Nathan Cattle, Clear Grain Exchange
Silo bags help keep up with the big harvests
Gregor Heard
Steve Sherman and Brett Phillips, Silo Bag Ag, were busy with farmer inquiries at last week's Mallee Machinery Field Days.