Kate Dowler

Leading South Australian cattle producer and conservationist James Darling has died aged 77.

Nine years after the devastating Pinery fire destroyed all 900 of their sheep on the Mattschoss family’s property, Alex and Georgia and their four children brought a sample of their new stud’s genetics to Australia’s biggest sheep and wool show.

A Poll Merino ram sold for $25,000 at Bendigo’s multi-vendor Merino ram sale. 

A Poll Dorset sire that is a “great example of the breed’s ability to provide the early growth the industry needs to keep costs low” took out the prestigious Interbreed Short Wool Supreme Exhibit at Bendigo today. 

The Locke family at Holbrook in NSW are not afraid to change their enterprise mix to suit the market and climate.

Wool prices continue to disappoint growers and brokers and now sit at their lowest level in four years.

A stud that paid $50,000 for a Collinsville ram will make their debut showing at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo later this month.

SWITCHING from sheep breeding to trading Angus steers has given ­Andrew and Juddie Beaton more flexibility and time to spend off farm.

BULL sales broke new ground last week, with new records set across three breeds.

GROWING the cheapest and most efficient form of fodder is one of the keys to dairying success, according to Andrew Cavill, of Bool Lagoon, in South Australia.