25/09/2002 | A CAPACITY yarding of more than 1200 cattle was presented to buyers at the Elders store sale at Brunswick last Friday, with all classes of stock receiving strong demand. A feature of the yarding, apart from the excellent quality of the cattle,
25/09/2002 | A TOTAL of 200 rams were sold in just two hours at the excellent Wyalkatchem ram sale last Friday. That relates to a ram being sold every 36 seconds at the speedy Wesfarmers Landmark-Elders sale, where buyers, despite the shocking season, fell
25/09/2002 | STRONG support from regular buyers looking for robust rams that perform well in dry conditions ensured the Cringleber stud sale was a success. Cringleber principals James Gardner and Maurita McKay offered 76 rams - 70 Merino and six Poll Merin
25/09/2002 | WELLSTEAD farmer Tony Poad will make a lot of his peers happy with an invention which won him the Farm Weekly Farm Innovation award at last week's Mingenew Expo. Called the Enviro-Trolley, it is a tube frame on three wheels that snugly fits aroun
25/09/2002 | MANAGEMENT at Co-operative Bulk Handling is reportedly seething after the revelation of AWB Ltd plans to build a grain storage and loading facility at Kwinana. It would compete with the CBH export facility at Kwinana and the CBH hierarchy beli
25/09/2002 | Mushrooming venture FORCED back into business due to customer demand Touchwood Mushrooms are one of Denmark's true success stories. Growing fungus has turned into a $630,000 per annum business for its founders Graham, Pat, Lee and Daryl Ups
25/09/2002 | SALINITY management and mitigation strategies that include biological remediation, engineering and 'salt as a resource' must be developed for entire catchments and regions, not scattered postage-stamp patches across the continent, CSIRO Land and Wate
25/09/2002 | IT may seem a slippery concept to some but olive oil tasting has sparked fierce contest among this year's entrants at the Perth Royal Show. Defending champion in the small commercial volume category Frankland River Olive Oil Company will return to
25/09/2002 | IS THE seed you're planting really clean? Like the majority of Victorian farmers you would probably be inclined to answer in the affirmative, particularly if your seeds has been cleaned. But you may get the same shock Victorian farmers did from
25/09/2002 | High profile property sells for more than $4.25m By SHANNON BARRACLOUGH ONE of WA's premier Merino stud and sheep properties, Jaloran, Wagin, has been sold for in excess of $4.25m. The 4921ha Jaloran grazing property has been bought
25/09/2002 | As the frost season tightens its icy grip on WA, the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) has intensified efforts to equip graingrowers to counter the big chill. Frosts cost WA $5m in lost yield in an average year and can penalize gr
25/09/2002 | LONGDALE Poll Dorset stud nearly trebled last year's top price of $750 with the sale of a 129.5kg ram for a top price of $2050. The result outstripped last year's average of $588, by $146 per head, to an average of $734. In front of a bustl
25/09/2002 | WA candidate Kevin Bell does not plan a high profile campaign to win a seat on the Australian Wool Innovation board. Mr Bell expects to be included on the election ballot paper next month - with eastern states candidates - after WoolProducers
25/09/2002 | Stories, by KEN WILSON, SHANNON BARRACLOUGH CROWDS up, sales up, confidence up. That's the "nutshell" appraisal of last week's Mingenew Midwest Lions Expo, by secretary Leonie Micke after a busy two day event that attracted a crowd of 9500
25/09/2002 | PIBA is more than just a rural bank and funds more than just farm businesses. To emphasise its investment into rural WA and down the value chain at Mingenew Midwest Lions Expo PIBA displayed produce from PIBA clients who had value added raw farm p
25/09/2002 | FEDERAL National Party politicians have been told to rein in their 'overly enthusiastic' support for a Telstra sale, by the party's state councils. The Queensland, NSW, Victorian and WA branches banded together to table a combined motion at th
25/09/2002 | A NEW lupin line earmarked for release next year will be a replacement for Belara in medium and low rainfall areas. Speaking at last week's Mingenew-Irwin spring field day, Agriculture WA research officer Martin Harries said 2141 had outperformed
25/09/2002 | THE National Party's failure to preselect women has been condemned by the Party's Women's Federal Council (WFC). The failure prompted outgoing WFC Pam Stallman has called for an overhaul of the party's preselection procedures, to ensure more w
25/09/2002 | TESTS on the strain of stripe rust now established in the state's wheatbelt have revealed that it originated from overseas. Agriculture Department cereal pathologist Robert Loughman said samples were tested at the University of Sydney to determine
25/09/2002 | THE age-old tradition of making alcohol has been embraced by one Denmark local in its original formula ‹ mead, or honey wine. Forming part of the Great Southern District and Denmark Guest Town displays at this year's Perth Royal Show, Bartholomew'
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