3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (660+ words) Bidding needed no warming up at Overland's maiden auction at Bogan Gate on Wednesday, September 9, with buyers pushing hard from the first lots and the atmosphere remaining charged through to the closing gavel. The full catalogue of 60 Merino rams cleared…...

6+ day, 10+ min ago   (882+ words) For the New England farming communities fighting high-voltage transmission lines and compulsory land acquisitions, the battle is headed for the Supreme Court. Legal advice obtained by three landholders in the Walcha and Gundy locales has identified a key costing requirement,…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (569+ words) NSW authorities have bolstered locust-control chemical supplies as they prepare for an increased risk of plague locust hatchings across central and western parts of the state this spring. Local Land Services has recently bought additional chemical for its Dubbo stockpile,…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (686+ words) At the age of four, Gunnedah farmer Bert Hewitt held his first chicken in his hands and a lifelong passion began. Even after more than 50 years of breeding poultry, Mr Hewitt clearly remembered the bundle of feathers he held for…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (964+ words) There has been a 71 per cent hike in fees for vendors and agents selling at Grafton Regional Livestock Selling Centre since the start of the financial year and livestock producers say the one-hit increase is too much to bear. Now,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (150+ words) The Land How saving a lamb led to this teen convincing her surfie dad to move to the bush The sheep paddocks and shearing sheds of the Upper Hunter are a far cry from the sandy beaches of the Central…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (134+ words) The Land MDBA found not negligent in irrigator 'duty of care' class action case Nearly eight years on, producers in the Riverina have had an answer in their push to find the Murray-Darling Basin Authority negligent in a 'duty of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (666+ words) I am sure everybody is sick of unsolicited advice on how to manage through a drought. But to minimise future drought problems, and perhaps ongoing ones, there are lessons that are worth learning. I have seen countless examples of issues…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (816+ words) A treatment-resistant varroa mite incursion has the industry on edge with pollination impacts to be felt in everything from almonds to pastures for livestock. Four years on from the initial wave of varroa, beekeepers are calling for more government support…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (671+ words) Hunting competitions this year have wiped out thousands of feral pigs combined but the Big Boar Bonanza at Nyngan took it to the next level, culling almost 6000 in a single event. A total of 183 teams entered, wiping out a total…...