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01 Sep 10 | HAREFIELD vendors, the Fowler family have again broken the national record for lambs after their draft made $203 at the Wagga sheep and lamb sale on Thursday.
01 Sep 10 | LANDHOLDERS are urged to kill locusts before they decimate the winter crop and pastures in the Riverina.
Experts are predicting the worst outbreak of locusts on record and are asking farmers and small land holders to be on the lookout for the pest.
26 Aug 10 | The supply pinch has had a pronounced effect on both direct to works rates and prices in the physical markets.
Average price levels for trade and heavy lambs acros
26 Aug 10 | Oz Opera's performance of "La Traviata" at Morundah is only a few weeks away.
Two performances will be staged on Friday September 17 and Saturday 18 at the Paradise Palladium Theatre, Morun
26 Aug 10 | The war against locusts will not only be fought in paddocks across NSW, it will be online too.
Industry and Investment NSW unveiled its electronic communications to help in the battle this w
26 Aug 10 | PRICES for young restocker cattle spiked at over 270c a kilogram when the Henwood family sold off 1500 head at Wagga this week.
The market couldn't have been held at a better time to c
26 Aug 10 | NEW season lambs more than doubled in volume and old lambs were well represented at Griffith.
Quality was good with only a few pens of old lambs looking a bit plain.
Trade weights
26 Aug 10 | A MIX of high-octane entertainment will take place at Condobolin in October.
The town will host the professional bull riders (PBR) challenger series on October 2 and a ute show has been plan
26 Aug 10 | THE AWB board has recommended Agrium's proposed acquisition to AWB shareholders.
Under the terms of the agreement for Agrium to acquire AWB, a price of $1.50 a share is being offered.
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18 Aug 10 | SOUTHERN Agventure (SAV) has appointed former Regional Express Airlines managing director, Geoff Breust as its chief.
18 Aug 10 | THE picture-perfect scene of a Clydesdale ploughing a paddock will always hold pride of place on the Australian landscape.
18 Aug 10 | Henty Machinery Field Days (HMFD) and Charles Sturt University (CSU) have formed a collaborative partnership to undertake research to advance Australian agriculture.
18 Aug 10 | It was a sellers market for lambs as the tight numbers were largely responsible for a dearer trend for all categories across the markets.
18 Aug 10 | AFTER eight years with The Rural Peter Durham is taking on a new role as advertising manager with The Daily Advertiser.
18 Aug 10 | THE Riverina has cemented itself as the lamb capital of Australia after a national record price of $200 was reached at the Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre (WLMC).
18 Aug 10 | WATER, carbon trading and broadband services are key aspects of the federal election for farmers, but there is one issue of the past many are saying they will never forget.
12 Aug 10 | This week marks the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan for the global Muslim population and the launch of a new campaign from Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).
12 Aug 10 | New season lamb supply remained a bright spot withgood numbers of well finished, fresh young lambs continuing to roll into the markets.