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Agricultural & rural farm news | The Land | NSW
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Sunday, November 3, 2024
'He was doing what he loved': Family, friends mourn loss after farm accident
Jack Greaney and his wife Chloe with their boys Harry, 5, Ted, 4, and Billy, 2. Pictures supplied
Taylor Dodge • 1hr ago

Bringing Austrian tradition to the Snowy Mountains at Wildbrumby

Wildbrumby's Brad Spalding said much has changed in the last 20 years, with the distillery expanding to become a tourist destination. Photo by Alexandra Bernard.
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See who was out and about at Yallambee Angus complete female dispersal sale

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Jasmine, James, Arthur, and Hayden Green, Roslyn, with Annie Pumpa, Braidwood. Picture by Hayley Warden

Glad to wait for the spring latecomer | In Fiona's Garden

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Brilliant red Byzantine gladioli (G. byzantinus) are great companions for Euphorbia wulfenii which flowers at the same time in Fiona's garden. Picture by Fiona Ogilvie.
Increased demand by local buyers making the most of season at Tamworth
Simon Chamberlain
Brian Pegus, Three Mile Hill, Barraba, sold this pen of Angus crosses steers for $1485 a sale. He bought them in a pen of 16 for $355 for the September 29 store sale in 2023. Picture by Simon Chamberlain

Why growers jumped from vegetables to macadamias

Macadamia grower Darren Zunker (centre) with sons Daniel (left) who will manage nut crops and Ethan who operates the sweet potato side of their Windhum Farms business. Picture: Alison Paterson.
Alison Paterson

Producers urged to have their say on WaterNSW pricing proposal

Alexandra Bernard
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NSW Irrigators CEO Claire Miller said if accepted the pricing proposals were unaffordable and would send family farms and other rural industries using water out of business. Picture supplied by NSW Irrigators

Angus weaner steers crack 500c/kg mark at Dubbo store cattle sale

Elka Devney
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There was a healthy crowd of bidders on hand at the November store cattle sale.
Feature lines sell to good competition at Jerilderie store sale
Helen de Costa
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Bev, Ted, 3 months, and Harry Stonnill, Cocketgedong, Urana with their 341 June/July 2022-drop ewes, October shorn, Cocketgedong blood and bred, which sold for $176 at Jerilderie on Friday. Picture by Helen De Costa.
Ray White Tamworth joins the Elders' NSW livestock and real estate network
Livestock director Scott Simshauser; Riley Gibson, rural property; Mal Campbell, director, commercial and industrial; Simon Rafferty, livestock director; and Elders NSW general manager Ryan Robinson. Picture by Gareth Gardner
Simon Chamberlain
Forbes flying pharmacist brings community care to new heights
Emily Middleton
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Jack Buckley has been named Independent Pharmacies of Australia's 2024 Pharmacist of the Year. Picture by Toby Zerna.

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Trump and Harris are tied in the polls, with result to impact global trade
Eleanor Campbell • 13m ago
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Pictures by Elesa Kurtz, Shutterstock
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Federation gem for sale as historic Highton Homestead hits the market
Chris McLennan • 2hrs ago
The large stained glass windows and original Baltic pine floorboards set this homestead apart. Pictures and video from Charles Stewart and Co.
Man arrested over 22-tonne British artisan cheese heist
British police say investigating officers have arrested a 63-year-old man on suspicion of fraud. Photo: EPA PHOTO

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Federation gem for sale as historic Highton Homestead hits the market

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The large stained glass windows and original Baltic pine floorboards set this homestead apart. Pictures and video from Charles Stewart and Co.
Chris McLennan • 2hrs ago

Davis family is selling three-farm EP portfolio for under $2000/ac

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A long-held three farm aggregation in the central EP is on the market for the first time in three generations. Pictures from Elders Real Estate.

Kinbeachie hits the market with a price tag of more than $65 million

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Major cropping operation Kinbeachie is expected to top $65 million. Picture supplied

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Markets

Increased demand by local buyers making the most of season at Tamworth
Brian Pegus, Three Mile Hill, Barraba, sold this pen of Angus crosses steers for $1485 a sale. He bought them in a pen of 16 for $355 for the September 29 store sale in 2023. Picture by Simon Chamberlain
Simon Chamberlain
Angus weaner steers crack 500c/kg mark at Dubbo store cattle sale
Elka Devney
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There was a healthy crowd of bidders on hand at the November store cattle sale.
Prices remain firm to slightly stronger at Binnaway store cattle sale
Elka Devney
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Agent David Grant, David Grant Livestock Agency, Coonabarabran, with volume buyer Ben Lewis, Flaggy Creek, Coonabarabran. Picture supplied.

Feature lines sell to good competition at Jerilderie store sale

Bev, Ted, 3 months, and Harry Stonnill, Cocketgedong, Urana with their 341 June/July 2022-drop ewes, October shorn, Cocketgedong blood and bred, which sold for $176 at Jerilderie on Friday. Picture by Helen De Costa.
Helen de Costa
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Heavy lambs sell to dearer market at Warwick sheep and lamb sale

Ben Harden
APL livestock agent Ben Johnston, pictured with heavy lambs on account of Jack Henry, north Warwick, sold to processors at $244 a head at the Warwick sheep and lamb sale on Wednesday. Picture by Ben Harden

Lambs kick by up to $10 at Wagga as southern processors seek stock supplies

Simon Chamberlain
Brian Hamilton, Emerald Park, Coolamon, with a pen of 36 of his second cross march born suckers which made $270. He uses Armdale Park Poll Dorset rams over his homebred first-cross ewes. Picture by Helen De Costa

Beef

Gina Rinehart unfazed by beef profit dip as mining riches soar

Falling profits from Gina Rinehart's cattle operations over the past year do not appear to have dented her expansionist plans. File pictures.
Chris McLennan
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Temperament is first and foremost says Myola Feedlot at feed trial event

Simon Chamberlain
Alec and Ranald Munro, Munro Tariaro Partnership, Bingara, Jeff Dight, Myola feedlot manager, North Star, with Lydia, Jane, Elizabeth, Archie and Finlay Munro, Bingara. Picture by Simon Chamberlain

UK rips more inheritance tax from farmers: Is a death duty coming for us?

Shan Goodwin
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Picturesque English farmland - will it all soon be owned by big business thanks to Labour's inheritance tax changes? Picture by Photo by Illiya Vjestica on Unsplash.

Sheep & Goats

Gina Rinehart unfazed by beef profit dip as mining riches soar

Falling profits from Gina Rinehart's cattle operations over the past year do not appear to have dented her expansionist plans. File pictures.
Chris McLennan
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Shearer creates app and website to simplify farmer shearer connection

Quinton McCallum
Find My Crew director Tom Hutton believes the new app and website will be beneficial for both farmers and wool industry workers. Picture by Quinton McCallum

Cole family marks 185 years of shearing at one of oldest farms in Australia

Barry Murphy
Members of the shearing team at West Cloven Hills, Bookaar, alongside wool bag number '185' to mark the 185th wool clip at the property. The farm had been in operation since 1839.

Studstock

See who was out and about at Yallambee Angus complete female dispersal sale

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Jasmine, James, Arthur, and Hayden Green, Roslyn, with Annie Pumpa, Braidwood. Picture by Hayley Warden
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Strong demand at Yallambee dispersal sale, as buyers chase unique offering

Hayley Warden
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Auctioneer Paul Dooley, Tamworth, Yallambee Angus manager David Croker, Donna, Bloosom, Goldie and Kris Dingle, Abercorn, Queensland, and Matthew Campion, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Dubbo, with Yallambee Miss Detour T143 and her bull calf at foot which topped the Red Angus cow and calf units, selling for $12,000. Picture by Hayley Warden

Amish draft horse travels 15,000km from the United States to Oakey

Zac Braxton-Smith
Mr Kohler shares a few words with Gator at their home in Mount Irving. Picture by Zac Braxton-Smith.

Cropping

Nikola scoops 2024 Forklift Operator of the Year on first attempt

Second-place winner, Anaru Ruri, Pershouse Produce, first place winner Nikola Ivosevic, BG Brisbane, and third place winner Aaron Rizzolo, John Potter, after the 2024 Forklift Operator of the Year competition. Picture supplied
The Brisbane Markets forklift driver scored himself $3000.
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Tomra Food confirms two-year partnership with Citrus Australia

The packing technology firm is on board for the citrus industry.
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The processing of citrus requires accurate and swift technology. Picture by Shutterstock
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Sellers impact grain prices as harvest picks up in parts of Australia | Smart Marketing

Nathan Cattle
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Sellers impact grain prices as harvest picks up in parts of Australia | Smart Marketing

Davis family is selling three-farm EP portfolio for under $2000/ac

Chris McLennan
A long-held three farm aggregation in the central EP is on the market for the first time in three generations. Pictures from Elders Real Estate.
Opinion

Weather experts have been right all along on climate change

Gregor Heard
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Flooding will become more frequent as a result of climate change. Photo by Gregor Heard.

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Strategic resistance management moves with CHESS insecticide
Syngenta Technical Manager, Rob Vitelli, in the field training advisors and growers in the need to rotate chemistry to avoid resistance. Picture supplied
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The road to gold for Aussie wines
Dan Leach, senior member of the wine team at Laithwaites. Picture supplied
The myth of net-zero agriculture
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Farmers have a significant opportunity to reduce carbon emissions. Picture supplied

New release controller optimises fertiliser applications for farmers

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Precision Agronomics Australia brings simplicity to farmer's precision agricultural needs, check out their new V3 i4M Fertiliser Spreader Controller, hitting the market in February 2025. Picture supplied

R U OK? encourages meaningful money conversations

A conversation with a Lifeline counsellor provided Ming Johanson with a literal lifeline. Picture supplied

Agribusiness

Agribusiness buzz in brief

Akubra is celebrating 50 years of hat making at its Kempsey home base in NSW. Picture supplied by Akubra.
Andrew Marshall
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'Never heard of': The real reason Varroa mites are on the march in Australia

Dakota Tait
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A Varroa mite on a honey bee in France. Picture supplied.

Gina Rinehart unfazed by beef profit dip as mining riches soar

Chris McLennan
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Falling profits from Gina Rinehart's cattle operations over the past year do not appear to have dented her expansionist plans. File pictures.

Politics

Trump and Harris are tied in the polls, with result to impact global trade

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Pictures by Elesa Kurtz, Shutterstock
Eleanor Campbell • 13m ago
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Broken Hill left in the dark as government offers paltry energy package

Emily Middleton
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Broken Hill and surrounding communities have been in and out of power for over two weeks. Picture by NSW government.

Not feeling safe in their own home: regional crime inquiry

Emily Middleton
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The Committee on Law and Safety held a regional public hearing as part of an inquiry into community safety in regional and rural communities in Kempsy on Tuesday. Picture by NSW Government.

Machinery

Nikola scoops 2024 Forklift Operator of the Year on first attempt

Second-place winner, Anaru Ruri, Pershouse Produce, first place winner Nikola Ivosevic, BG Brisbane, and third place winner Aaron Rizzolo, John Potter, after the 2024 Forklift Operator of the Year competition. Picture supplied
The Brisbane Markets forklift driver scored himself $3000.
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Artificial intelligence adoption network launched across regional Australia

Paula Thompson
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The Australian Regional AI Network (ARAIN) has been launched with $4.2 million in federal government backing. File picture

Green-on-green tech bringing top results in US to be trialed in Australia

Paula Thompson
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Trials to develop green-on-green spraying are being supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation. Picture supplied

Dairy

Man arrested over 22-tonne British artisan cheese heist

British police say investigating officers have arrested a 63-year-old man on suspicion of fraud. Photo: EPA PHOTO

Victorian dairy farmers move to kick processors out of Dairy Australia

Carlene Dowie
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Dairy Australia's annual general meeting in November will vote on a resolution to remove the Australian Dairy Products Federation as a member. File picture of previous Dairy Australia AGM by Carlene Dowie

Bega brands buoyed by export sales but cost cuts may hit Qld peanut belt

Andrew Marshall
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Bega Group is continuing to review processing operations to improve efficiencies at its factories around Australia. Picture by Andrew Marshall.

Rural Life

Trump and Harris are tied in the polls, with result to impact global trade

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Pictures by Elesa Kurtz, Shutterstock
Eleanor Campbell • 13m ago

'He was doing what he loved': Family, friends mourn loss after farm accident

Taylor Dodge • 1hr ago
Jack Greaney and his wife Chloe with their boys Harry, 5, Ted, 4, and Billy, 2. Pictures supplied
Watch

Federation gem for sale as historic Highton Homestead hits the market

Chris McLennan • 2hrs ago
The large stained glass windows and original Baltic pine floorboards set this homestead apart. Pictures and video from Charles Stewart and Co.