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Friday, December 8, 2023
Versatile central west property sold for $1597/acre | Video
About 85 per cent of Byambee is described as being arable. Picture supplied
Mark Phelps
Mutherumbung delivers quality Riverina irrigation and grazing
Mutherumbung has been developed with 304 hectares of irrigation country. Picture supplied
Mark Phelps
Two people taken to hospital after multi-vehicle crash
Andrew Mangelsdorf
Two cars collided at the intersection of Mill Street and East Street in North Wagga on Thursday. Picture by Ash Smith
The Punter's waiting for his cotton harvest
Louis Dreyfus Company made a takeover bid for Namoi Cotton last week. File picture
Virtual fencing legislation planned for a second reading in mid-February
Simon Chamberlain
Member for Orange, Phil Donato, discusses fencing with Parkes district farmer Wayne Dunford. Picture supplied
Wool industry icon remembered for his wisdom, positivity and commitment
Sydney-based wool industry identity Don Belgre checking over wool samples. Picture supplied.
Karen Bailey
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Lambs prices bounce up $60 a head at Wagga Wagga
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James Tierney, RLA, knocking selling the top priced pen of lambs at Wagga for $270 a head. Photo supplied.
Man to face court after investigation into fuel, quad bike theft
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Rural crime investigators commenced investigations after a number of rural thefts took place in late 2022. File picture
Government plans significant cuts to floodplain harvesting in the Namoi Valley
Denis Howard
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NSW Water Minister Rose Jackson has announced a water sharing plan for the Namoi Valley will be finalised by June 2024 with significant cuts to floodplain harvesting shares. Picture by Denis Howard
Big LLS director pay cut
Long-time Central West LLS board member Chris Sweeney believes the pay cuts could be the death knell of producer representation in regional NSW. Picture by Denis Howard
Simon Chamberlain and Denis Howard
Strong buyer competition pushes prices at Dunedoo store sale
Elka Devney
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Milling Stuart agents Lachlan Stuart and James Gibson, Dunedoo, with a pen of Charolais cows with calves at foot on account of Fenella Ag, Dunedoo, which sold for $1770. Picture by Elka Devney

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Grains sector highlights fire ant concerns
Gregor Heard
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Fire ants pose a major risk for agriculture. Photo via Shutterstock.
Feed kick from rain yet to show; standing dry matter levels still low
Shan Goodwin
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Total standing dry matter as of the end of November, courtesy of the Australian Feedbase Monitor. Source Cibo Labs and MLA.
National Firearms Register 'fully operational' within four years
Dakota Tait
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National Cabinet agreed to the measure at its Wednesday meeting. Picture by Shutterstock.

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Versatile central west property sold for $1597/acre | Video
About 85 per cent of Byambee is described as being arable. Picture supplied
Mark Phelps
Mutherumbung delivers quality Riverina irrigation and grazing
Mark Phelps
Mutherumbung has been developed with 304 hectares of irrigation country. Picture supplied
If these walls could talk - memories of Melbourne's biggest saleyard
Chris McLennan
The home for sale near Wangaratta is built from bluestone blocks taken from the Newmarket Saleyards, once Australia's premier selling centre. Pictures supplied.

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Markets
Wodonga sale backed by restockers, thousands of cattle go under the hammer
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Agents yarded 2360 cattle at Wodonga’s Nutrien Paull & Scollard and Elders sale.
Bryce Eishold
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Beef exports fall in November
Ken Wilcock
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Beef exports fall in November
Strong buyer competition pushes prices at Dunedoo store sale
Elka Devney
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Milling Stuart agents Lachlan Stuart and James Gibson, Dunedoo, with a pen of Charolais cows with calves at foot on account of Fenella Ag, Dunedoo, which sold for $1770. Picture by Elka Devney
Wool industry icon remembered for his wisdom, positivity and commitment
Sydney-based wool industry identity Don Belgre checking over wool samples. Picture supplied.
Karen Bailey
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Lambs prices bounce up $60 a head at Wagga Wagga
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James Tierney, RLA, knocking selling the top priced pen of lambs at Wagga for $270 a head. Photo supplied.
There's a current shortage of lambs weighing more than 30 kilograms carcase weight
Leann Dax, Nlrs Reporter
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Jacob Kerrisk and Michael Coggan, Elders, whose client JT and SG Walker, Yass, NSW, sold the top-priced pen for $100 at Yass last week. Picture supplied
Beef
Feed kick from rain yet to show; standing dry matter levels still low
Total standing dry matter as of the end of November, courtesy of the Australian Feedbase Monitor. Source Cibo Labs and MLA.
Shan Goodwin
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Stop the metric fuss and get on with methane reducing: scientists
Shan Goodwin
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Biogenic methane from livestock is different to other greenhouse gas emissions - yes. But at the end of the day, the aim is zero methane, regardless of how it's measured, say scientists. Picture via Shutterstock.
CSIRO scientist spells out why CN30 is out of date
Shan Goodwin
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Beef, methane and climate change - a complicated story where science is constantly evolving.
Sheep & Goats
Wool industry icon remembered for his wisdom, positivity and commitment
Sydney-based wool industry identity Don Belgre checking over wool samples. Picture supplied.
Karen Bailey
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Containment feeding for a quicker turn around after drought
Helen Decosta
Matthew Martin, Old Cobran Poll Merinos, Mullengandra and Jim Meckiff, JM Livestock, Wagga Wagga, dicussing watering options in containment pens at the Strategic Feed Budgeting for Sheep Containment workshop. Photo by Helen De Costa
Global animal protein production to slow in 2024
Victoria Nugent
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RaboResearch senior protein analyst Angus Gidley-Baird.
Studstock
2023 Northern Schools Prime Steer Competition
With the reserve and champion led steers are Gavin Saul and Hayden Carter, Cultivate Ag, Kempsey, the judge Ben Toll, Toll Cattle, Dubbo, Phil Jones, Tenterfield High School, Mark Fisher and Grace Collins, Armidale Secondary College, Northern Schools competition coordinators, and Lochlan Heidrich, Tenterfield High School. Pictures supplied by Grace Collins
Simon Chamberlain
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What's a long joining costing your herd?
Helen Decosta
Dave Croker, Yallambee Angus, Adam Meusburger, Barenbrug, and Tim Tarlinton, Nutrien, at the stud's field day.
Gulgong Wiltipoll sale sees top rams head to Victoria
Helen Decosta
Ian Brownrigg, Victoria, Jeff Lucas, Westmoreland Wiltipolls and Peter Colless, Carthona Wiltipolls. Picture supplied.
Cropping
Grains sector highlights fire ant concerns
Fire ants pose a major risk for agriculture. Photo via Shutterstock.
Gregor Heard
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Grains industry news in brief
Gregor Heard
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Plant Health is launching a new online training hub. Photo courtesy PHA.
Rain turns the tables on summer crop plantings
Chris Johnson, Awb Cargill
From the Liverpool Plains to Central Queensland, summer crop planting of either sorghum or dryland cotton is ongoing. Picture by Kelly Butterworth
Industry unites to push spray drift message
Gregor Heard
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Information sessions on best practice for spray management can help growers improve their spraying programs and minimise drift. File photo.
Anxious push to get tonnes in
Gregor Heard
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Rain has delayed harvest and baling programs in regions like the west Wimmera, with this baling set up south of Kaniva laid up due to heavy rainfall. Photo by Gregor Heard.
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Give the gifts that keep on giving with Samsung this Christmas
The Samsung Freestyle Portable Projector makes the cinematic experience mobile, indoors, outdoors or even the outback. Picture Samsung
Rhiannon Veness
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UBCO electric bikes reduce costs and carbon emissions on farm
Ubco Electric Bikes Reduce Costs and Carbon Emissions on Farm
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Scott Smith, Dubbo, with Border Collies Flo and Jack and the road registered UBCO bike, Picture supplied
Ag pioneers recognised in this year's Syngenta Growth Awards
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The winners of the 2023 Syngenta Growth Awards night. Darren Best (not pictured) won second judges' choice. Picture supplied
Water regulator checking metering compliance in southern inland
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A NRAR officer inspecting a meter. Picture supplied
Five reasons why the Zown app is a must-have for tweens and teens
Elizabeth Habermann
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Zown is a safe, positive mobile app for children aged between eight and 14. Picture Zown
Agribusiness
The Punter's waiting for his cotton harvest
Louis Dreyfus Company made a takeover bid for Namoi Cotton last week. File picture
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Gala Sydney gathering for Syngenta Growth Awards - photos
Andrew Marshall
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Donna Schreurs, Middle Tarwin, in Victorias Gippsland, with Anna Sutton, Syngenta, Sydney, Chad Harper and 2020 growth awards winner, Alex Thomas, both from Nairn, South Australia at the 2023 Syngenta Growth Awards in Sydney.
GrainCorp assures growers on grain security following flood
Gregor Heard
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Water inundated GrainCorp's bunkers at Deniliquin last week. Photo courtesy of GrainCorp.
Politics
National Firearms Register 'fully operational' within four years
National Cabinet agreed to the measure at its Wednesday meeting. Picture by Shutterstock.
Dakota Tait
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Dams are still full as inquiry into flood disaster told of forecast rain
Chris McLennan
A parliamentary inquiry has been told some of the conditions which triggered the devastating 2022 floods are still present today.
Nature repair bill passes after Greens agree to deal
Andrew Brown
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Landowners could be paid to replant threatened tree species under a proposed nature repair scheme. (HANDOUT/AUSSIE ARK)
Machinery
Telstra's 3G shutdown - what you need to know
There will be no 3g network operating in Australia from June 30, 2024.
Paula Thompson
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Fingerprints could tell us all about our food
Dakota Tait
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Dr Nina Welti is hoping to put together a map of Australian food production. Picture supplied.
'Facebook for cows' technology tackling cattle theft
Liv Casben
Designed by Phillip Zada (right), Stocktake is being trialled by Cesar and Jane Melhem. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)
Dairy
Ag needs a seat at Murray Darling Basin table
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Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek told dairy industry leaders to trust her on the Murray Darling-Basin plan. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong
Ann Gardiner, Australian Dairy Farmers Water Committee Chair
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Certainty and systems underpin business growth for Victorian dairy farm
Managing risk: Dairy farmer Jade Clymo with his son Fynn and their new Entegra barn. Picture: Supplied
Dairy is strong, despite looming challenges, says peak body
Andrew Miller
The December Dairy Australia Situation and Outlook report forecasts milk production will remain steady over the 2023/24 season, despite the anticipated impacts of the El Nino. Picture by Andrew Miller
Rural Life
Trumpets sound as petunias sing this Christmas | In Fiona's Garden
Drought hardy petunias flower in pots until the first frost.
Fiona Ogilvie
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TikTok phenomenon Jimmy Rees brings his hilarity to the regions
Hayley Warden
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Jimmy Rees will bring his Lets Get Regional tour to Lismore in 2024. Picture supplied
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