Rural

THE initial major yarding of new season lambs commenced at Hamilton on Wednesday with a yarding of 23,500 along with 2200 shorn lambs and 3000 sheep.

Bade Ness Rural conducted their Ryegrass Trials at their Killarney site on Tuesday October 10th.

LIVESTOCK agent Andrew Gunn, pictured in action at the 2019 Weaner Sales, recently retired after 43 years in the industry.

It’s time for the region’s farmers to kick off the gumboots and Blundstones for a new event on their social calendar.

THERE was an increase in numbers to 1300 cattle on Monday at WVLX Mortlake, representing an increase of 176 head.

NUMBERS increased on Wednesday at Hamilton presenting 6500 in total comprising 2500 shorn lambs, 1650 new season lambs and 2400 sheep.

The ‘Women on Farms Gathering,’ Port Fairy branch held a Rural Crime and Security Information Night on October 5th at the Union Station Hotel in Woolsthorpe.

WITH the average age of farmers approaching 60 years-old, any initiative that makes farming an attractive and/or interesting option for young people growing up on properties who might otherwise shift their focus, would be a welcome entry into the arena.

THE National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH) - based in Hamilton - is expanding its AgriSafe program, and has appointed nurse, Jeanne Van Der Geest Dekker, as its new clinician attached to the program.

A FREAK gust of wind led to a 69-year-old farmer being crushed underneath a crutching trailer, on Harmans Road at Mount Napier on Saturday.

THE Mortlake market yarded 1124 head on Monday, an increase of 220 head.

NUMBERS rebounded on Wednesday to 2430 lambs and 1770 sheep at Hamilton.