Rural

NOW is a good time for dairy producers to assess their heat stress management programs as heat stress can impose a significant financial and welfare cost to a business.

A YEAR ago, a global agriculture data analysis and forecast firm , Gro Intelligence, ran a series of industry predictions for 2023, and in the last week it reviewed those and announced another set of predictions for this year, including the expectation global wheat supplies will buck a several-year trend, and rise in 2024.

CHROME Sheep Studs held their 13th on-property Summer Ram Sale on January 15, which was also online with Auctions Plus.

RECENTLY starting at Elders Hamilton as part of the agronomy team is Steph Brownrigg.

THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) has said farming communities are being prevented from participating in the process for assessing the environmental risk of mining and energy projects leading to bad outcomes for food production.

STUDENTS at all levels of education with a passion for STEM are benefitting from Agriculture Victoria’s (AV) broadening education program.

A TOTAL of 2039 cattle were yarded at Mortlake on Monday, representing an increase of over 800 head.

NUMBERS were reduced at Hamilton on Wednesday to 33,000 lambs yarded with the decrease being 6000 head.

THE 2024 Western District Weaner Sales concluded for another year on Friday with agents saying heifer sales were well above expectations with more than 20,000 cattle sold throughout the week.

A BIG step up in numbers this week at the Hamilton market with 39,000 lambs yarded representing a significant increase of 24,000 for the second market of the new year.

THE initial market of the year at Mortlake yarded 1210 head displaying good quality overall, however, there was a larger tail of crossbred cattle on offer.

AS families struggle to pay for their food amidst a ‘cost-of-living’ crisis, supermarkets are still making record profits while the Federal Government has launched...