John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Lamb/Sheep,

Sheep producers across the country are ramping up their restocking, resulting in record prices being seen for ewes on AuctionsPlus.

Last week, Jumbuck Trading, Cowra, NSW, sold 360 scanned-in-lamb first-cross ewes for $444 a head.

The ewes were 20-22 months-old, weighed...Read More


John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Ag Australia/NZ,

WORK is underway to provide Angus producers with the ability to select for desirable coat types to add to the mix of other important production and marketing traits to meet their breeding objectives.

The development of coat type research breeding values has resulted from the analysis...Read More


John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture Global, Water, Sustainability,

Crops or pastures require soils to capture often erratic and occasionally heavy rain for maximising production. And good capture of rainfall is so often dependent on adequate ground cover.

Take for example recent measures of rainfall capture in pasture mixes at NSW Department of Prima...Read More


John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Forestry, Water, Sustainability,

A tree plantation can add diversification to the farm enterprise, but it's a long term plan, trees planted now may not be ready for milling for a generation or more.

Farmer and tree scientist Rowan Reid said therefore timber won't be the main motivation for farmers to plant trees, but...Read More


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