30 Sep 10 | Todd Manwaring is the 2010 NSW top apprentice in vehicle trades.
The awards are conducted annually by the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) to recognise outstanding achievement in the vocational education and training sector.
30 Sep 10 | WELL-KNOWN Ariah Park identity Jim Prentice passed away on Friday after a short battle with cancer.
A prominent Poll Dorset and White Suffolk breeder and former footballer, Mr Prentice is remembered by Ariah Park resident and friend Noel Fairman as a man who remained positive in all his endeavours.
30 Sep 10 | IN times of drought, the Air-Well Pumps and Marrar Pump and Farm Centre site is one of the most popular attractions at the Henty Machinery Field Days (HMFD).
However, this year Bob McCormack said he noticed an improvement in the optimism of visitors, but not as many were interested in solutions for stock and domestic water problems as they had been in the past.
30 Sep 10 | POLL Dorset rams sold to a top of $13,000 at the Armstrong family’s Armdale and Armdale Park on-property sale at Marrar.
Auctioneers Steve Ridley, Elders Goulburn and Andrew Wishart Landmark Cootamundra took the bids and the stud and flock rams achieved a 100 per cent clearance.
30 Sep 10 | THE crop trials at Henty Machinery Field Days (HMFD) were more than just an aesthetically pleasing display.
Farmers were keen to talk to agronomists to learn about new varieties or treatments for stripe rust in wheat.
23 Sep 10 | Industry and Investment NSW has resumed its Queensland fruit fly eradication program at Barham on the NSW/Victorian border this week.
23 Sep 10 | MANY common brands of imported extra-virgin olive oil are not what they claim to be.
These are the findings of research conducted by Industry and Investment NSW and the University of California.
23 Sep 10 | A wagon that can be used for feeding out silage to livestock or as a chaser bin won the Machine of the Year Award at this year’s Henty Machinery Field Days (HMFD).
23 Sep 10 | The Red Dirt Run Cutting Show is coming to Griffith this weekend.
Over 200 entrants and 600 head of cattle will gather at the Griffith Showground this weekend before the show moves to West Wyalong on September 28 and 29 and Condobolin on October 1, 2 and 3.
22 Sep 10 | THE promise of a lucrative winter crop harvest and an
abundance of grass created demand for the big ticket items during the first two days of the Henty Machinery Field Days (HMFD).
Exhibitors reported keen demand for hay and fodder making equipment, spray rigs and the big machinery, including tractors and headers.
22 Sep 10 | “Homesdale” is a highly productive, 112-hectare property, with four kilometres of frontage to the magnificent Tumut River.
The fertile river flats are suited to a wide range of agricultural pursuits offering a rural lifestyle in a picturesque setting close to town.
15 Sep 10 | Love it or hate it – the new Henty Machinery Field Days’ song is to stay for 2010.
When the people at Henty Field Machinery Field Days (HMFD) launched the new jingle earlier they expected feedback – but they couldn’t have predicted the massive volume that followed.
15 Sep 10 | “Mallow”, offers buyers an opportunity to purchase one of the most productive properties on the Billabong Creek.
15 Sep 10 | RAMS sold to a top of $2600 at the Bundaleer Merino Stud on-property sale at, “Pine Ridge”, Walla Walla.
15 Sep 10 | The Grain Growers Association (GGA) crops competition will be held at Temora and 41 university students from throughout Australia will be tested on their agronomy knowledge.
14 Sep 10 | PHIL and Lynda Snowden from Tocumwal in have won the prestigious new technology award at the National Farmers’ Federation’s (NFF) 2010 Innovation in Agriculture Awards.
14 Sep 10 | RAMS sold to a top of $2200 at the Almondvale Bond and White Suffolk Stud sale.
The Routleys sold 43 of 55 bond rams offered to to at $2200 to and an average of $1139.
14 Sep 10 | Coming events to look forward to.
09 Sep 10 | ORGANIC farming specialist Robyn Neeson has won a prestigious award.
Mrs Neeson, an organic farming liaison officer with Industry and Investment NSW at Yanco, has claimed the Organic Federation of Australia lifetime achievement award.
08 Sep 10 | HIGH prices for prime lambs and replacement ewes have continued to make headlines this season.
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