29/07/1999 |
ROELANDS farmer Warren Edwards used to sell his cattle as babies, but lately they've gone on the boats.
"Prices have been better for boat steers recently and they usually go as two-year-olds, but it depends on the market at the time and I rely on E
29/07/1999 | MEMBERS of the Australian Suffolk Association (ASA) have announced plans for a Prime Lamb Production Forum, to be held at Cheeryna Suffolk Stud, Williams, on Friday, August 13.
Cheeryna principal and ASA registrar Allan Duff has offered his property
29/07/1999 | THE use of dietary magnesium supplements for pigs is producing promising results in studies to improve the quality of WA pork, according to Agriculture WA researcher Darryl D'Souza.
Dr D'Souza said research funded by the Pig Research and Development
29/07/1999 | A MAJOR cattle feeding and cutting trial has provided some key performance indicators prior to the introduction of national meat grading.
Meat Standards Australia, in association with Primex Field Days at Casino, on NSW's north coast, held a demonstr
29/07/1999 |
LIVESTOCK used as warm-blooded selective herbicides can reduce cropping costs, according to Professor David Lindsay, head of Animal Science at the University of WA (UWA).
Professor Lindsay Albany told an audience of 100 in Albany recently that sci
29/07/1999 |
LEARNING from past mistakes may hold the key if WA's fragile soils are to be preserved for the future, according to University of WA soil scientist Professor Bob Gilkes.
"We have made mistakes here the same as were made in biblical times," Professo
29/07/1999 |
GELORUP dairy farmer Neville Bell comes from a family of successful and innovative dairy farmers. His grandfather held the Australian record price for a pen of heifers, and also started herd testing in the early 1950s.
By 1973, Neville's father and
29/07/1999 | MORE than 80 canola growers recently participated in Agriculture WA's canola field walks at Katanning and Darkan, demonstrating the high level of interest in the popular crop.
The principal aim of the field walks was to update growers with the latest
29/07/1999 |
THE Merino lamb industry is expected to benefit from new research into increasing lamb quality by reducing the amount of dark firm dry (DFD) meat.
Veterinarian Dr Robin Jacob plans to test strategies that can be used before slaughter to reduce the
29/07/1999 | A TOTAL of 29 studs will particpiate in the popular annual Gnowangerup-Broomehill Merino field day, but centralisation will mean that patrons are required to make only 12 stops in order to see them all.
The day will be held on Wednesday, August 18.
28/07/1999 |
CONSTANT fine tuning of existing concepts and a dedication to trying new ideas in broadacre cropping are the hallmarks of Laurie and Carolyn Butler's approach to production on their Perenjori property.
The Butlers' Fitzroy Downs property is home to
28/07/1999 |
ACTION by a group of WA farmers over the sale of contaminated canola seed began in the Federal Court this week.
The action, expected to be heard for three weeks before Justice Wilcox, is a group action by growers alleging they were sold Karoo varie
28/07/1999 |
SHOOTING for the big yields and high returns is constantly throwing up challenges for farmers in the Tenindewa TopCrop group, according to its leader Mike Doherty.
Helping meet those challenges, says Mike, is where the TopCrop principal comes into
28/07/1999 |
AUSTRALIA's top TopCroppers, the Wallup group from the Victoria Wimmera, believes the farmers group concept has more to offer than just monitoring and measuring.
The Wallup group was in WA last week to meet some of its WA counterparts as part of it
27/07/1999 |
IN an uncertain business climate, Katanning machinery dealer Ian Bolto is certain of one thing: "Things are going to get tougher from now on".
His remark is an insightful appraisal of the big picture being painted by big business.
A big part of th
27/07/1999 | NATIONAL Australia Bank has announced increases in rates for Farm Management Deposits.
Rates on National Farm Management Deposits will increase on Monday, June 14, from 4.75 per cent per annum to 5pc pa for 12-month terms, and from 5pc pa to 5.5pc pa
27/07/1999 |
SAFETY on the farm will be well and truly in the spotlight this week, as part of the national Farm Safety Week.
The theme, Farm Safety is Good Business, brings home the importance of adopting safe farming practice not only for the welfare of the fa
27/07/1999 | HISTORY will remember West Australian farmer Sir Don Eckersley as the agri-politician knighted for helping to unite a string of farming organisations to form the National Farmers Federation in 1979, among a hoard of other political achievements.
Yet
27/07/1999 |
ONCE a Versie man always a Versie man? There's cause for such a statement in the case of Mullewa farmer Phil Saunders.
Phil owns four Versatiles, all bought from McIntosh and Son Geraldton, and all with regular duties.
The four-wheel drive "fleet"
27/07/1999 |
By Paul Jarvis
MANJIMUP horticulturist Peter Whild was faced with something of an obstacle in setting up the state's largest centre pivot irrigation operation at Manjimup
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