On the land Archive

John Collins, a trade beef buyer for Gathercole’s, managed to fill his order for cattle at the VLE Leongatha Saleyards last Wednesday but conceded it’s not getting any easier.

  AS PRICES for prime beef, and other lesser lines of cattle, edged higher at the Koonwarra saleyards last Wednesday, April 7, veteran trade buyer John Collins had a sobering prediction for supermarket freezer browsers. If you think prices are high now, wait until

Feedlot buyer Bill Burton was active purchasing Angus cattle at Leongatha last Friday for a new feedlot at Wangaratta.

SOUTH Gippsland beef producers can expect to see a bit more of Bill Burton at the saleyards locally.

For something completely different this Easter, you can see the Easter Working Dog Trials at Welshpool on Saturday and Sunday.

  THERE’S a lot going on over Easter of course. And one thing returning after the COVID layoff is Paul MacPhail’s Easter Sheep Dog Trials on Saturday and Sunday, April 3 and 4. Paul extended an invitation in a newsletter to his subscriber base.

Woodside’s Peter Boddy is still in a rebuild phase despite recent rains and the good prices he received for his annual draft of young steers at Leongatha VLE Saleyards last Friday.

PETER Boddy of Woodside couldn’t have picked a better time to sell his annual draft of Angus weaner steers than last Friday at the big Store Cattle Sale at Leongatha VLE Saleyards.

Ian and Adrienne Morris of Korumburra chat with their stock agent Eddie Hams of Nutrien Ag, delighted with the $2030 average they received for 20 steers, averaging 415kg.

AGENTS yarded 4200 store cattle at last Friday’s VLE Leongatha store sale which provided all vendors with some outstanding results.

Absolute Angus - one of the autumn sale bulls - lot 21 ‘Absolute Quinella’.

ANGUS genetics sit at the heart of the Absolute Angus’ breeding philosophy and those genetics will be on show at the stud’s inaugural Autumn Bull Sale on Wednesday, April 7.

WEST Gippsland is set to host the first major agricultural event since the start of the coronavirus pandemic with Farm World at Lardner Park, receiving formal approval to proceed from the Victorian government.

Victorian Farmers Federation president Emma Germano says there’s no stopping campers from settling in for up to 28 days as little as 100 metres from your home on licensed water frontage.

FARMERS have been ignored in proposed regulations to govern camping on licensed water frontage, according to the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF).

Dung beetle Bubus bison. Photo: Dung Beetle Ecosystem Engineers project.

DID you know dung beetles are a farmer’s best friend? Dung beetles make soil healthier and more productive. They interrupt parasite life cycles, aerate soil, clean paddocks and reduce the need for fertiliser.

TEN young, up-and-coming stock agents from across the state displayed their auctioneering skills at the Australian Livestock and Property

The Victorian Farmers Federation’s AGM, headed by new president Emma Germano, was held online last week.

LAST week’s annual general meeting (AGM) held by the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) was an opportunity for members to hear from the organisation about how it managed the financial impacts resulting from the events of 2020 and the plans in place to rebound into

More than 170 women joined the OMK Pink Stumps Day event, many via Zoom. gm200921

IT was all about the pink for OMK’s Pink Stumps Day and with a grand total of $54,000 raised, organisers can be justly proud of the result.

THE Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) will establish a Youth Advisory Group to support and nurture the next generation of Victorian agricultural leaders.