3/12/1999 |
AUSTRALIAN sheepmeat industry sectors had to work more closely together and be more versatile and efficient to survive, according to Harden Abattoir general manager Glen Krebs, speaking at the Romilly Hills field day last week
Mr Krebs said lamb w
3/12/1999 |
THE WA goat industry is to start lobbying for research funds to find out why a growth stasis occurs in stock over the summer months.
Agricultural producers at a goat industry seminar at Muresk recently expressed their concern about a static growth
3/12/1999 |
THE target date for WA pig producers to reach Australian Pork Industry Quality (APIQ) Level 2 quality assurance standards is likely be put back a few months due to the high number of accredited auditors needed.
Pork Producers and Processors of WA (
3/12/1999 | SERRADELLAS grown for seed north of Mt Barker appear to extend the growing season well beyond that of sub-clovers in that environment.
Barry Ford, Perth, had leased land to grow 11 hectares of Santorini and 9ha of Cadiz serradellas from a mid-June so
3/12/1999 |
ALMOST double last year's money was the tremendous result for the Grigson brothers at their annual Dandaragan female sale last week.
And the top of $760
3/12/1999 | DIFFERENCES of up to $244 in the true value of animals in a Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) steer trial have highlighted the benefits of a performance-based payment system.
MLA beef services general manager John Webster said the tools were now ava
3/12/1999 |
IT might have been hot and it might have been humid but people turned up in droves to check out the bargains at the Elders multi-vendor clearing sale at Mayanup.
Held on the Lee-Steere brothers' Wingalup Grazing Company's Tweedale property, the eve
3/12/1999 |
A TRACTOR accident last month has changed New Norcia farmer Simon Witham's attitude toward farm safety for ever.
Mr Witham left hospital last week after rolling a front-end loader driving down the road three weeks ago.
The tractor was not equipped
3/12/1999 |
AWB Ltd and the Grains Council of Australia held a forum in Seattle in the lead-up to the World Trade Organisation's ministerial meeting, vigorously arguing for trade liberalisation in the global grains sector.
AWB chairman Trevor Flugge and GCA p
3/12/1999 |
THE country at Hamelin Pool station, 100 kilometres east of Denham, is both idyllic and harsh.
On the edge of the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, the 200,000-hectare lease backs on to the spectacular scenery that includes the ancient stromatalites,
3/12/1999 | THE Federal Government's grant component of the Farm Family Restart Scheme (FFRS) will be extended.
Federal Agriculture Minister Warren Truss said the FFRS, introduced in December 1997, would be extended to allow eligible farmers to apply for grants
3/12/1999 |
GASCOYNE pastoralists are exploring the possibility of growing fish on the rangelands.
While the Gascoyne is considered an arid region, 17,000 megalitres a year flows from the Carnarvon Artesian Basin through 40 operating bores.
Through the effort
3/12/1999 |
NEPALESE masters student Uma Karki is examining whether feeding does lupins during the last week of pregnancy can reduce kid losses at birth.
Ms Karki is undertaking the study through the University of WA with the support of animal nutritionist Dr
3/12/1999 |
POLICE used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse protesters stopping delegates from attending the opening session of last week's World Trade Organisations Ministerial conference in Seattle.
Downtown Seattle was thrown into complete disarray as abo
3/12/1999 |
FROM bare salt land two years ago to an estimated five tonnes per hectare wheat crop this season is indeed a remarkable salinity success story.
But it's the story told by Bruce Rock farmer Kevin Jones, who has reclaimed a part of his farm that had
3/12/1999 | FIVE WA cattle herds tested for Bovine Johnes disease following the tracing of imported animals from an infected herd in South Australia have been given the all clear, confirming the state's freedom status.
Agriculture WA chief veterinary officer Joh
3/12/1999 | Battle lines drawn on agriculture trade
By ADAM ENTOUS, Reuters
THE United States and major agricultural exporting countries closed ranks last week on farm trade goals for the next round of global trade negotiations, insisting that export subsidies
3/12/1999 |
HARVEST has come to a grinding halt in the Esperance region as graingrowers assess the damage from a bucketing, which last week poured more than 50mm on to some areas.
More farmers are hopeful the rain will not affect grain quality, although there
3/12/1999 | REPORTS that WA's salinity problem is too large and the damage is too far gone to ever be fully recovered frustrate Bruce Rock farmer Kevin Jones.
In only two years, Mr Jones has engineered an amazing salinity success story on his own property using
1/12/1999 |
THE Federal Government will dictate what wool tax will be paid by woolgrowers and what services will be provided by the Woolmark Company's replacement, if there is not a strong turnout for the wool ballot next year.
The ballot, titled WoolPoll 2000
Favourites
Del.icio.us
Facebook
Digg
StumbleUpon
MySpace
Reddit
Newsvine
LinkedIn
Kwoff