11/08/2004 | THE results of the 2003 WA Farm Business Survey have just been released and show record profit levels for farm businesses across the state. Not surprisingly, the record 2003 grain harvest was a key factor behind the results. Wheat yields in
11/08/2004 | INTEREST in the Dohne breed remains high with South African Dohne authority Cameron McMaster speaking at workshops in four states. Mr McMaster arrived in Australia two weeks ago and presented the first workshop in Bendigo, Victoria. It was the
11/08/2004 | AUSTRALIAN agrifood businesses looking at expanding into China need to have deep pockets, patience and long-term strategies if they are to succeed. That's the cautionary message from Rabobank food and agribusiness reseach division head Ben Rus
11/08/2004 | CAROLINE Bath has embarked upon a very glamorous yet vital crusade. The Murdoch University PhD student has been involved in a three year project looking at the causes of scouring and diarrhoea in sheep in the South West. The study has focus
11/08/2004 | GROWERS around the Gabbin region, east of Koorda, had a win of sorts after Co-operative Bulk Handling (CBH) agreed to provide three segregations at their bin this harvest. The growers were frustrated the bin was under-utilised in a bumper seas
11/08/2004 | THE 14.7 million tonne 2003-04 harvest is creating a logistics challenge for Co-operative Bulk Handling (CBH) as it desperately tries to clear carryover stocks in time for the 2004-05 harvest. CBH operations general manager Colin Tutt said the
11/08/2004 | THE Dairy Situation and Outlook 2004 report was released at the end of June and Dairy Australia (DA) has organised farmer forums across Australia to explain the surveys findings. In Bunbury, DA program manager Chris Murphy said the survey repo
11/08/2004 | EXPERIENCED agriguidance operator and east Hyden farmer Geoff Marshall believed there wouldn't be a large price fall in guidance systems within four years. He said a price drop in guidance systems would probably be more gradual. Mr Marshall
11/08/2004 | LIVESTOCK producers needed to do all they could before slaughter to improve the eating quality of their animals, because consumers would make them pay if they didn't. That advice was given at the CSBP pastures conference by Murdoch University prod
11/08/2004 | THE Australian live export industry could no longer claim to be a $1 billion industry, after 2003-04 financial year figures for sheep and cattle exports declined by one third. Live cattle export numbers in 2003-04 plummeted 33pc and 24pc i
11/08/2004 | THE great livestock revival is underway and is sustainable, Rabobank food and agribusiness research head Ben Russell said. Mr Russell said cropping had consistently outperformed livestock production through the 1990s in terms of profitability
11/08/2004 | FARMERS are increasingly looking to first cross ewes in a bid to get more lambs but Greg, Anne-Marie and Nicholas Lockyer have long been reaping the rewards of a true dual purpose breed. The Lockyer family, who own Moree Grazing Company at Tam
11/08/2004 | MORE than 300 WA farmers were at Corrigin last week to examine the latest in GPS autoguidance technology and to scrutinise the merits of numerous guidance units available in Australia. The agriguidance seminar was held by the Corrigin Farm Imp
11/08/2004 | PUT more fertiliser on, run more sheep, make more money - that's the simple formula recommended by JRL Hall & Co consultant James Hall to maximise profits in sheep and wool. Mr Hall said productivity change in the sector over the last 50 years was
11/08/2004 | AGRICULTURE could be a short-term interest for Gingin grazier John Fernie, who took up his first farm in 1980 and fears an unsustainable future due to government environmental policy. Mr Fernie's plight is the latest to come to light in a seri
11/08/2004 | AGRICULTURE workers should be entitled to tax breaks similar to those enjoyed by the mining industry, according to WAFarmers president Trevor De Landgrafft. This could bolster the regional workforce and offset the decline in rural services. Mr De
11/08/2004 | EVEN the top 5pc of livestock operations had room for improvement, farm consultant and Australian Wool Innovation director Kevin Bell said. Mr Bell said it was important for grass farmers not to lose the fire in their bellies despite being at the
11/08/2004 | THE image of enormous sprawling American cattle ranches was dispelled by visiting Accelerated Genetics beef marketing director Lex Carter. Mr Carter, in WA as a guest of Farmwest and World Wide Sires, was promoting semen sires marketed by the
11/08/2004 | THE WAMMCO lamb cooperative expects to post a profit for the 2003-04 year and has finalised a payment policy for producer member rebates, which will be based on lamb supply in 2004-05. WAMMCO general manager Des Griffiths said that with an imp
11/08/2004 | THERE is a lot that can be done to avoid the traumas that have savaged other farming families. But there are no magic potions and there is no secret formula that we've been keeping from you all these years. There are many ideas and strateg
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