Rural

“WHAT I’m looking for is consistency.” Taking his time walking past pens of Five and Three rams at Sheepvention was Wool Monarch and judge, Tom Silcock, and he was sure of the attributes that would give a breeder the 2022 awards for the two categories.

INNOVATIVE ideas were well and truly on display in the 2022 Inventions Competition at Sheepvention, with the judges blown away by the creativity and skill demonstrated in all entries.

AFTER selling their Merino Rams only on farm for almost two decades, Yarrawonga Poll brought several rams down from its Harden, New South Wales property to great success, topping Sheepvention’s 2022 Ram Sale with a price of $26,000.

WESTERN Victorian dairy farmers and stakeholders have an opportunity to contribute to the direction of industry research, development and extension, with WestVic Dairy calling for nominations to the Board of Directors.

FRIDAY in Hamilton saw a reduced number of trade cattle lacking quality, with the best of the heifers making a top of 330 cents per kilogram.

APPLICATIONS for Rabobank’s first-ever Australian Graduate Program opened on Thursday, offering career opportunities to university students in a formal 18-month program, who have a passion and strong interest in agriculture, from February 2023.

THE agricultural sector will increasingly need to adopt new technologies and entrepreneurial flair to provide secondary income, along with more flexible land use, to combat weather extremes such as floods and drought, according to new research.

A RESOLUTION was unanimously passed at the protest rally attended by over 200 people on Wednesday in Colac, calling on the Federal Government to immediately impose a 120-day travel ban to Indonesia for all nonessential travel.

AGRICULTURE Victoria (AV) is ramping up preparations to ensure its staff are ready to respond to biosecurity threats after fragments of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and African Swine Fever (ASF) were detected in pork products at a Melbourne retail outlet last week.

IN a world-first, Elders is establishing an automated wool handling business, with the official launch scheduled for July next year.

A RALLY has been organised by Western District farmers to be held at 11.30am tomorrow at the Colac Memorial Square in protest to the inadequate response by both the Federal and State Government to the threat posed by the foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Indonesia.

THE biggest farming event on the south-west calendar is set to return this weekend in its usual format after the COVID-19 pandemic caused a two-year hiatus.