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Forests NSW wild dog trapper featured at PestSmart

4:00 AM | FORESTS NSW wild dog trapper Mark Goldspink’s skills were featured in Albury at the first-ever Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre’s PestSmart roadshow.

Livestock - Cattle

Merino ewes to $216 at Urana

10 Feb 12 | GENUINE Riverina-bred sheep commanded the top money at the 77th annual special sheep sale at Urana today.

Livestock - Sheep

Merino buyers spoilt for choice at GSSM

10 Feb 12 | MERINO buyers still rolling in confidence from the buoyant sheep and lamb prices and regular spikes in the wool market in the past 12 months came armed with the cash to buy quality stud rams at last week’s Great Southern Supreme Merino ram sale at Canberra.

Livestock - Sheep

Sticking to Merinos pays off

10 Feb 12 | THE challenge of breeding good Merinos has always stuck with Barry Carruthers, who enjoys producing sheep that consistently grow “good genuine medium wool fleeces”, soft handling and plenty of it.

Livestock - Sheep

Mungadal takes out Peppin Shaw

09 Feb 12 | A TWO man show has snagged the top gong in the prestigious Riverina Peppin Shaw ewe competition.

Livestock - Sheep

Untested mare tops Tamworth at $54,000

09 Feb 12 | A FOUR-year-old mare yet to compete in a campdraft achieved the top price of $54,000 at this years' Landmark Classic Campdraft Sale at Tamworth.

Livestock - Other

Peppin-Shaw finally comes of age

08 Feb 12 | THE annual Peppin-Shaw Riverina ewe flock competition has finally reached its 21st birthday, a milestone that had eluded the world class event for five extra years since its inception due to a checkered history of droughts and flooding rains.

Livestock - Sheep

Tara Park impresses at GSSM

08 Feb 12 | AFTER a couple of years out of the showring, the Evans family’s Tara Park Merino stud, Boorowa, burst back on the scene with a bang by taking out the supreme exhibit title at the Great Southern Supreme Merino (GSSM) Show on January 21 and 22.

Livestock - Sheep

Livestock evacuated from flood danger

07 Feb 12 | MORE than 6,000 head of sheep and cattle have been moved out of flood waters to higher ground, with NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) officers frantically working to protect stock.

Livestock - Cattle

Langi Kal Kal 2012 sales catalogue

06 Feb 12 | Langi Kal Kal Angus has unveiled its 2012 sales catalogue.

Livestock - Cattle

Stock loss fear from big wet

03 Feb 12 | AUTHORITIES believe stock losses will be heavy from floods plaguing South West Queensland and Central North West NSW but refuse to confirm their worst fears as waters continue to rise.

Livestock - News

Cracking Canada’s chill

03 Feb 12 | CUSTOM feedlotting through winter is common across Canada, and at Kientz Farms, near Okotoks, Alberta, the Kientz family – brothers Norm, Mark and Matthew and father Al – has built a reputation for successfully backgrounding cattle.

Livestock - Cattle

Genetics the key to Merino profit

01 Feb 12 | THOSE that breed Merinos are in no doubt it is a profitable enterprise, but now there is also plenty of trial data to prove it. |

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Livestock - Sheep

Getting the sums right at Beckom

31 Jan 12 | WHILE lotfeeding can be a challenging option, it can provide profitable returns – if the sums are done right.

Livestock - Sheep

Keeping lamb on the table for years to come

26 Jan 12 | While Lambassador Sam Kekovich is again out fighting ‘un-Australianism’ in the public arena, the sheep industry’s top researchers are quietly doing their bit to ensure lamb remains the country’s national dish on Australia Day for years to come. |

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Livestock - Sheep