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Preparing to sell SP Hay facility

SV Partners has engaged Elders South Australia to market SP Hay Group assets, including the site near Paskeville. Expressions of interest for the large-scale processing and storage facility site will close on Thursday, March 31. The sale of the...

Sonny Coombs

08 Mar 2022

Livestock

Ramsay Park’s last auction

RAMSAY Park Stud’s principal Peter and Julie Button held their final on-property ram sale on Friday, September 24. There were 71 White Suffolks sold, out of 82 offered, peaking at $4000 and averaging $1403 while 17 of the 18 Suffolks sold at an...

Sonny Coombs

12 Oct 2021

Farming Extra

Farming first aid on YP

AUSTRALIAN Red Cross in conjunction with Weavers Agricultural Bureau held two farming first aid training days recently. The booked-out sessions were held at Warooka and Maitland and helped attendees develop skills and improve farm and rural...

Sonny Coombs

05 Sep 2021

News

60th annual Babirra field day auction

THE Farrow family held its 60th annual field day and auction at Babirra Poll Merino and Dohne Stud, Stansbury, on Tuesday, August 17. The stud’s Poll Merino ram auction was held after its 20th Dohne ram auction. The 60 Dohne rams were scanned to...

Sonny Coombs

24 Aug 2021

News

February off to wet start again

IT has been a wetter-than-normal start to February, with Yorke Peninsula experiencing significant rain last week. February is generally a dry month for Yorke Peninsula, although the region experienced high rainfall at the same time last year. Even...

Sonny Coombs

09 Feb 2021

News

CFS and our farmers focus on teamwork

THE devastation of last year’s bushfires has led to positive improvements in the way farmers and CFS volunteers work together. The event has caused both parties to look at how they interacted and ways to improve their communication. A fire-ready...

Sonny Coombs

24 Nov 2020