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March shorn merinos set saleyards record

SA LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE DUBLIN REPORT Sheep - June 17 Numbers increased substantially as agents offered 10,000 lambs and 1500 sheep. Quality was generally fair to good...

Plovers and lapwings

WHAT BIRD IS THAT with Paul Taylor Occasionally, names of some birds are changed. Classification can be altered with recent advances in ornithology, resulting in...

Heavy lambs a highlight with new saleyard records

SA LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE DUBLIN REPORT Sheep. -June 10 Numbers reduced significantly as agents offered 4304 lambs and 425 sheep. Quality was again extremely mixed, however some...

Vater Machinery Season Break Competition called!

I am going to call it, this years break is as dodgy as last years and I am calling it Sunday, June 8. There...

New record lamb prices at Dublin

SA LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE DUBLIN REPORT Sheep - June 3 Another mixed quality offering came forward as agents offered 7500 lambs and 1800 sheep. The usual trade...

Season break not called yet

Finally some rain, but still not enough to declare a break. But it would appear that hopefully the season is on the turn. There...

Good competition for sheep off feedlot

SA LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE DUBLIN REPORT Sheep - May 27 Numbers remained similar as gents offered 9342 lambs and 2357 sheep. Quality was fair to good with...

Ideally finished lambs feature at SA Livestock Exchange

SA LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE DUBLIN REPORT Sheep - May 20 Lamb numbers reduced this week as agents offered 8500 lambs and 1500 sheep. Quality was mixed, however...

Grim news for state’s prime farming land

Tens of thousands of new homes are set to be established on some of the states most highly productive agricultural land. New laws were...

Increased risk of hypocalcaemia in ewes

With tough seasonal conditions, Livestock SA is warning to be vigilant as supplementary feeding increases the risk of hypocalcaemia (milk fever) in ewes. Milk fever...

Mallala Book Week a fun adventure

Mallala Primary School was alive with costumes of different sizes, shapes and colours on Tuesday last week, embracing this year's theme of ‘Book an...