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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.

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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.

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Langi Kal Kal 2012 sales catalogue

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

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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.

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Rain cuts Casino cattle sale numbers

25 Jan 12 | RAIN significantly reduced cattle numbers at today's Casino sale in Northern NSW where prices continued to ease in line with other selling centres.

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Store stock shortage

21 Jan 12 | AS MARKETS kick off for 2012, prices for females have largely maintained their strong rates despite a small dip as buyers take time to gauge the market.

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'Ben Vale's' balancing act

21 Jan 12 | A MULTI-FACETED livestock enterprise which is run with attention to detail has worked well for many years for the Coldham family, “Ben Vale”, Emmaville.

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Green Hills Herefords are back

19 Jan 12 | WITH almost a record amount of studs involved in Beef Week last year, Andrew and Eve MacDougall are adding to that number this year.

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Plenty of reasons to visit Beef Spec 2012

17 Jan 12 | LANDMARK'S involvement in the NSW Beef Spectacular and Trade Field Day stretches back to the event's inception.

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Buyers beef up bidding

12 Jan 12 | STRONG prices, but not sky high, was the consensus following the new year run of weaner sales at Wodonga, Victoria, last week.

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Versatile bison on horizon

06 Jan 12 | STEVE TOLMIE has turned a vision into a reality by breeding bison on his 125-hectare Dubbo district property - he established Sandy Valley Bison in 2006 and has been building up his herd ever since.

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Battle for cattle begins

05 Jan 12 | THE battle for cattle has started as buyers from across NSW and Victoria bid up big at the opening of the annual weaner selling season at Wodonga.

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Avoiding heat stress in cattle and dairy herds

03 Jan 12 | HEAT stress in cattle can become a major issue both for animal production levels and animal welfare.

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US will need beef in 2012

30 Dec 11 | CATTLE producers the world over are great survivors. The beef industries in most of the major beef-producing countries have endured everything from BSE to drought to floods in the past decade.

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Family pursuit for beef quality

30 Dec 11 | IN SOUTH-western Queensland, Poll Herefords are the mainstay for the beef-producing Poulsen family. John Poulsen and his sons Greg and Mark operate 34,400 hectares of country spread across three properties in the St George district.

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Chiller choice red hot

29 Dec 11 | INVERELL meat processor Bindaree Beef has created a novel method of selling its product direct to the public in a way that educates and enlightens consumers. |