Livestock

Record broken at North Cowie Ram Sale

NORTH Cowie’s annual ram sale, held at Warooka on Wednesday, July 30, fetched a record top price for the stud. The sale featured 79 Merino and Poll Merino rams in the main auction, with a further 50 offered in the mini auction. Additional rams...

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05 Aug 2025

Livestock

YP WELCOMES RAM BUYERS

YORKE Peninsula Merino Breeders extend a warm welcome to breeders and visitors to the 2025 ram auctions. YP stud breeders continue to produce early maturing, large-framed sheep with strong constitutions and excellent white, stylish, heavy-cutting...

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01 Jul 2025

Livestock

SA sheep producers are optimistic as confidence rebounds

SOUTH Australian sheep producers are entering the second half of 2025 with renewed optimism, following a sharp turnaround in rural confidence across the state, according to Rabobank’s latest Rural Confidence Survey. While drought and seasonal...

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01 Jul 2025

Livestock

Discount extended for eID tags

LIVESTOCK South Australia has welcomed the South Australian Government’s two-year extension of the eID tag discount for sheep and goat producers. Chief executive Travis Tobin said the announcement would assure livestock producers and the broader...

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24 Jun 2025

Livestock

LambEx returns to Adelaide

AUSTRALIA’S biggest sheep industry conference, LambEx, will return to Adelaide next year. It will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from July 8 to 10. LambEx was successfully revived after a six-year hiatus with a record 1400 industry...

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25 Feb 2025

Livestock

eID support for sheep and goat farmers

AN INITIATIVE to help producer groups improve their use of electronic identification (eID) for on-farm decision-making is open for expressions of interest. Funded by the South Australian Govern ment and Meat and Livestock Australia, eID Producer...

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23 Dec 2024

Livestock

SheepMasters prove popular

SOUTH Australia’s second ever SheepMaster ram sale was held at Orrie Cowie Genetics, Warooka, last Wednesday, October 30. SheepMaster sheep shed their skin, negating the need for shearing, crutching or tailing. Forty-seven of the 48 rams on sale...

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05 Nov 2024

Livestock

Top Glencorrie buy

Pictured with the top-priced Border Leicester ram at the Glencorrie ram sale are stud co-principal Josh Graham, Julian Bourke of Nutrien Minlaton, stud co-principal Craig Graham, buyer Brett Gum, and Adam Pitt of Elders Minlaton. Mr Gum, of...

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01 Oct 2024

Livestock

A good year for Anna Villa sales

ANNA Villa’s 62nd annual flock ram sale bettered the 2023 auction’s average sales by over $100, despite the drier season. There was some lively competition from 16 bidders, showing strong interest in the Weetulta stud’s White Suffolk breeding...

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24 Sep 2024

Livestock

Eye-catching Jandebrey ram a standout

LONG-TIME client Sheoak Pastoral snapped up the top-priced ram for $1900 at Jandebrey White Suffolks’ annual sale. The sale was held at Maitland Showgrounds last Wednesday, September 18. Jandebrey principals Geoff and Tania Stock had purchased...

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24 Sep 2024

Livestock

Orrie Cowie ram reaches $8400

ORRIE Cowie’s top ram sold for $8400 at the stud’s annual ram sale on Tuesday, August 20, making $3400 more than the top-selling ram at the 2023 on-property sale. The Merino and Poll Merino stud has moved from Warooka to Nhill, Victoria, where...

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27 Aug 2024

Livestock

Seeking sites for mixed farming project

A NEW $2.1 million, four-year pilot project is designed to put more dollars in the pockets of mixed farming businesses. The Meat and Livestock Australia, and Grains Research and Development Corporation, collaboration will target businesses producing...

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27 Aug 2024

Livestock

Ram sales picking up

A POLL Merino ram, sired by a Collinsville ram, attracted the top price of $3500 at Warooka stud, North Cowie’s annual sale last Wednesday, July 31. The 15-month-old ram, by Collinsville Masterbuilt 252, was bought by Rowe Pastoral, of Sherlock...

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06 Aug 2024

Livestock

Warm YP welcome for ram buyers

YORKE Peninsula Merino Breeders extend a warm welcome to breeders and visitors to the 2024 ram auctions. YP stud breeders continue to produce the early maturing, large framed sheep with strong constitutions and excellent white stylish heavy cutting...

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02 Jul 2024

Farming Extra

Oakwood’s outstanding result

OAKWOOD Red Poll cattle stud, Brentwood, had a great result at the 16th Southern Grassfed Carcase Competition presentations held in Naracoorte earlier this month. Alan and Marilyn Wilson, son Peter, and daughter-in-law Kristen, say they were...

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03 May 2024