Rural

LAMB numbers more than halved on Wednesday at Hamilton decreasing to 2250 and sheep numbers were also light at 330 head. Half the lambs were neatly shorn displaying good cover and quality with the balance of longer shinned lambs tailing off quickly in value.

GLOBAL dairy prices took a dramatic tumble in mid-August, with 7.5 per cent slashed off the average sale price at the mid-month global dairy trade auction. This brought global dairy prices to lows not seen since 2018.

HAMILTON agents yarded 5000 lambs and 800 sheep at Wednesday’s market being an increase of over 2200 on the previous weeks market.

LIVESTOCK and Rural Transporter Association of Victoria (LRTAV) executive officer, Alina Hawkins has been honoured with the Australian Trucking Industry’s 2023 Woman of the Year award.

AS farmers scramble to obtain late winter fertiliser for their crops, the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) has announced amendments will be made to the standard form fertiliser contracts, to come into effect on November 10.

REGISTER now to join Agriculture Victoria’s six-part hour-long lunchtime webinar series ‘managing seasonal variability’ beginning Wednesday, September 20 at 12.30pm with subsequent webinars running each Wednesday until October 25.

WEDNESDAY’S Hamilton yarding consisted of 3000 lambs and 900 sheep, some 1750 fewer than last week’s market.

GRASSFED beef producers are invited by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) to take part in an online pilot project under development for the environmental credentials of Australian grassfed beef.

WATERLOGGING. Some of us, south of Hamilton - suffer in sodden paddocks most years. It’s an ongoing issue but one that we have difficulty controlling.

MEET Jane and Mick Craig, farmers on a livestock and cropping property in Harrow, western Victoria.

VICTORIAN farmers are taking a more pessimistic outlook on the year ahead, despite the state currently enjoying “generally good” seasonal conditions in most areas, the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey has found.

FARMERS and those responsible for the care and management of sheep are being reminded of their responsibility to manage wool length, so it doesn’t become excessive.