Farm Weekly
Thursday, August 11
New variety options for wheat growers
Seven new varieties of wheat were added to the 2022/23 Wheat Variety Master List, including InterGrains Brumby.
Shannon Beattie
Growers seek grain and biosecurity answers
WAs record 24 million tonne 2021-22 grain harvest has highlighted the urgent need to get the grain to port as quickly and efficiently as possible.
50m ago
Wheat futures bounce sideways
Nathan Cattle, Managing Director, Clear Grain Exchange
Lack of childcare creating vulnerabilities
Jasmine Peart • 1hr ago
ICPA leader of the early childhood and care portfolio and new vice-president Julia Broad.
Regen trailblazer ready for WA tour
Shannon Beattie
Regenerative agriculture leader Charles Massy will be in Western Australia from August 20-24.

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Property
Auction will decide how much this Eyre Peninsula farm is worth
Chris McLennan • 2hrs ago
READY TO GO: A mixed farm with everything you need ready to go on the Eyre Peninsula. Pictures: Elders.
Proven high yielding grain and cotton growing country
Mark Phelps
RAY WHITE RURAL: Carawatha is being sold through an expression of interest process, closing on September 12.

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Cropping
Growers seek grain and biosecurity answers
WAs record 24 million tonne 2021-22 grain harvest has highlighted the urgent need to get the grain to port as quickly and efficiently as possible.
50m ago
New variety options for wheat growers
Shannon Beattie
Seven new varieties of wheat were added to the 2022/23 Wheat Variety Master List, including InterGrains Brumby.
Regen trailblazer ready for WA tour
Shannon Beattie
Regenerative agriculture leader Charles Massy will be in Western Australia from August 20-24.
Machinery
Winners of the John Deere technician awards announced
This year's Australian Agriculture Service Technician of the Year is Jaymee Ireland from Emmetts, Roseworthy, SA. Picture: Supplied
Brandon Long
Plenty planned for big one-day event
Jasmine Peart
New combines set the standard
There is plenty of harvest-maximising technology featured in the John Deere S-Series combine harvesters.
Sheep & Goats
Putting the clamp on sheep in the yards
SAFE HANDLING: Wayne Coffey, Combi Clamp, says there has been good interest around his stock handling invention.
Gregor Heard
WA sheep producers are leading the way
Brooke Littlewood
Southern WA is home to the largest proportion of breeding ewes in Australia with 5.6 million head.
Flood of new season's lambs being readied for spring sales
Chris McLennan
WAIT AND SEE: A good run of seasons has seen the sheepmeat industry bunce back now all eyes will be on results from the first big lamb sales of the spring.
Agribusiness
Big harvest and record profit looming for GrainCorp
Andrew Marshall • 1hr ago
Wheat futures bounce sideways
Nathan Cattle, Managing Director, Clear Grain Exchange
GTA dismisses calls for ACCC grains industry inquiry
Gregor Heard
UP FOR DEBATE: Grower groups and the trade are in opposition over the need for an ACCC inquiry into the grain market.
Politics
Growers seek grain and biosecurity answers
WAs record 24 million tonne 2021-22 grain harvest has highlighted the urgent need to get the grain to port as quickly and efficiently as possible.
50m ago
High Court rejects animal activists' case
Greta Stonehouse • 1hr ago
The High Court has rejected a challenge by animal rights activists against surveillance laws in NSW. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)
Labor basin plan promise at 'extreme risk' after fresh blow
Jamieson Murphy
BIG JOB: Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has a mammoth task ahead of her to deliver the basin plan before the mid-2024 deadline. Photo: Elesa Kurtz
Rural Life
Sustainability more than buzzword for berry industry
Ashley Walmsley
Some of the Mountain Blue crew taking the time out for a photo at the impressive stand.
BerryQuest International draws big crowd | PHOTOS
Ashley Walmsley
Marty Inderbitzin, Qld and Josh McGuinness, Mountain Blue, NSW.
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Changes to WA state employment laws
Changes to the Western Australian industrial relations system came into effect on 20 June 2022 - here's what they mean for businesses. Photo: Supplied
Polaris side-by-side youth vehicles protect kids with safety technology features
Polaris has developed a range of sophisticated safety technologies for its Youth SxS models to protect kids while they learn and gain confidence. Picture: Supplied
Precision technology improves efficiencies without the capital cost
WORKS ON ALL MACHINERY: The i4M monitoring and control systems can be used on existing machinery regardless of brand or type.
All roads lead to Eidsvold bull sale
Alan Welburn
GOOD TYPE:4NG R19E Lot 3 Clare Robin Hood is a prime example of the quality being offered at the Eidsvold Saleyards by Clare Charolais and Elridge Charolais. Photo: Supplied
The Belmont Red edge's clear in Koumala op
Matt Sherrington
Great buy: The Wahroonga Belmont Red bull, which Rod Knutsen and Jane Lindner purchased in 2019, with some of his progeny on their property in Koumala, south of Sarina.
Dairy
'Walk the walk' on sustainability, says Fonterra executive
Andrew Miller
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Fonterra Farm Source director Matt Watt says environmental ambitions are good but companies need to demonstrate how they are meeting them.
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
The Belmont Red edge's clear in Koumala op
Matt Sherrington
Great buy: The Wahroonga Belmont Red bull, which Rod Knutsen and Jane Lindner purchased in 2019, with some of his progeny on their property in Koumala, south of Sarina.
A stellar return for Yarrawonga Poll Merinos at Hamilton
Philippe Perez
LONG TIME BETWEEN SALES: Elders NSW stud stock and sheep specialist Scott Thrift representing the buyer Warralea, Gairdner, WA, and Yarrawonga principal Steve Phillips, Harden, NSW, with the top-priced ram Lot 72, M22341.
Special Features
Updated
NSW, SA backgrounders, Victorian feedlots among Bairnsdale buyers
Bryce Eishold
SALE-O: Rhyme, 15, with parents Lance and Lyric Anderson and Bryan Hayden, Buchan Station, Buchan, sold 85 Angus steers, 12-14 months, to a top price of $2440.
Has the decade long price run-up met its peak?
Kristen Frost
ATTENDEES: Simon Prior, Thomas Foods International, and Mel Simonds, Thornby, Sanderston, SA, were at the recent Mount Pleasant, SA, market.