Farm Weekly
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Shearing program clicks
Fifteen-year-old Savannah Trevenen (left) and Payton Callope, 14.
Brooke Littlewood
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Cunderdin Ag succeeds on national stage
WA College of Agriculture Cunderdin principal Matt Dowell (far right) and assistant farm manager Madison Corsini (far left), with fellow finalists from Hedland Senior High School.
Perri Polson
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Reasonable season set to finish early
Brooke Littlewood
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Lake Grace farmer Kevin Naisbitt, Jenakora Farm, is looking forward to finishing harvest early this season.
Sowing seeds to conserve soil health
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Commissioner for Soil and Land Conservation Dr Melanie Strawbridge has called on Western Australians to take action to conserve the States soils for future generations.
Partnership to grow digital mapping
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Spatial Hub chief executive officer Mark Pervan (left) and AxisTech managing director Wes Lawrence.

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Property
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Rare opportunity to buy lots of Mid North land for $910 per acre
Chris McLennan • 14m ago
About 80 per cent of the farm's fences have been replaced over the past eight years. Pictures from Ray White
Nerang offers fertile black soil farming, creek frontage | Video
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Nerang is an outstanding 386 hectare cropping and grazing property featuring fertile black soils and a creek frontage. Picture supplied

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Cropping
Anxious push to get tonnes in
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.
Gregor Heard • 1hr ago
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GrainCorp assures growers on grain security following flood
Gregor Heard • 2hrs ago
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Water inundated GrainCorp's bunkers at Deniliquin last week. Photo courtesy of GrainCorp.
Reasonable season set to finish early
Brooke Littlewood
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Lake Grace farmer Kevin Naisbitt, Jenakora Farm, is looking forward to finishing harvest early this season.
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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WA product in demand over east
Perri Polson
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Sales manager Martin Buggins (left) and director David Jackson with the truck which hauled 12 Commander Ag-Quip V-Express Sheep Handlers across the country.
Work starts on giant Chamberlain
Bree Swift
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Carnamahs former machinery dealership owner, Hal Walton, holding a picture of the Chamberlain 40K tractor the first Chamberlain tractor to be manufactured in WA.
Sheep & Goats
Shearing program clicks
Fifteen-year-old Savannah Trevenen (left) and Payton Callope, 14.
Brooke Littlewood
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Global animal protein production to slow in 2024
Victoria Nugent
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RaboResearch senior protein analyst Angus Gidley-Baird.
Turnoff trend set to continue into 2024
Victoria Nugent
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Lamb exports are continuing to rise, driven by high supply.
Agribusiness
GrainCorp assures growers on grain security following flood
Water inundated GrainCorp's bunkers at Deniliquin last week. Photo courtesy of GrainCorp.
Gregor Heard • 2hrs ago
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Mortgage holders get a welcome pre-Christmas reprieve
Adrian Rollins
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Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock. Picture by Elesa Kurtz
Farm production and export values slip again as drier year bites
Andrew Marshall
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A smaller and less valuable grain crop will erode the value of Australian farm production and farm export earnings in 2023-24. Photo Andrew Marshall.
Politics
Supermarket inquiry only the start in push for price transparency
The National Farmers' Federation has released a new issues paper as a Senate inquiry prepares to tackle supermarket price concerns. Picture by Shutterstock.
Dakota Tait
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Australia backs COP28 renewables, energy efficiency vow
More than 115 countries at COP28 have vowed to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. (AP PHOTO)
Australia commits to sustainable ag at climate conference
Dakota Tait
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Picture by Shutterstock.
Recommended
Ag pioneers recognised in this year's Syngenta Growth Awards
The winners of the 2023 Syngenta Growth Awards night. Darren Best (not pictured) won second judges' choice. Picture supplied
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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
Exploring your over-the-counter pain management options
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Paracetamol is one of the most widely used pain relief medicines in the world that is available without prescription. Picture Karolina Grabowska via Pexels
Waterways, wine and wildlife are the order of this cruise
Emma Brown
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Impressive cliffs scoured by the river over millions of years along the Murray River. Picture Shutterstock
Australian Dairy Conference to explore the power of purpose
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Delegates at the 2023 Australian Dairy Conference at Hobart. Picture supplied
Rural Life
How to make a change in your town
Belinda Hickman
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Renee Knapp, Boyup Brook, is now five years into the process of slowly stepping out of education and into a new career as an independent consultant, helping communities and passionate individuals improve mental health services and support in their towns.
Free
Elders FarmFest coming back bigger and better than ever in 2024
Kelly Butterworth
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Elders FarmFest will return in 2024 at Toowoomba in Queensland. File picture.
Dairy
Cattle sale and industry forums offer first class opportunity for dairy professionals
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First Class Genetics will host two forums on their sale day this Thursday, December 7.
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
Studstock
First gen seedstock producer awarded $10,000 scholarship
Kelly Butterworth
Winner of the 2023 scholarship Jake Phillips, Naracoorte, South Australia (right), with ARCBA independent chair Thomas George. Picture by Kelly Butterworth.
Sale to cap off Braford NSW 50th anniversary
Matt Sherrington
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The 50th anniversary celebrations will also include the National Braford AGM, to be held at West Tamworth. Picture supplied
Special Features
Another fight is looming over grower payments to AWI
Chris McLennan
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George Millington, Emma Weston and Neil Jackson have been appointed directors of Australian Wool Innovation.
Public holiday-induced short weeks to further impact livestock markets
Leann Dax
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Kym and Gavin Harvie, Booleroo Centre, SA, at the Jamestown, SA, ewe market. Pictures by Vanessa Binks