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NZ push on Aussie traceability
NEW Zealand's sheep industry "will look like the laggard for rural traceability" if it doesn't follow Australia's lead on livestock identification.
Jumpy cattle are tough luck
IT'S true - flighty cattle really do grow more slowly and produce tougher meat.
Wool ready to live dangerously
THE futures of wool and sheepmeat remain perilous, according to BRIAN CLANCY
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Using GPS is on the level
MENTION GPS guidance in agricultural and horticultural circles and arrow straight furrows and hands-free steering spring to mind.
A study, which looked at Brahman cattle to determine the meat yield of flighty animals, showed flighty cattle grew more slowly and produced tougher meat.
Prime start to New Year
NEW year prime markets opened strongly with many sales quoted as up 2-10c/kg on pre-Christmas rates.
NZ push on Aussie traceability
NEW Zealand's sheep industry "will look like the laggard for rural traceability" if it doesn't follow Australia's lead on livestock identification.
End excesses of MIS past
MANY farmers would argue the thousands of naive lawyers, miners and small business owners who poured money into managed investment schemes deserve little sympathy.
North goes quiet on cattle
MARKET uncertainty and today's higher transport costs appear to have wiped out the "grass fever" bidding once evident from northern buyers.
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Hidden history revealed at Bunyip
HIDDEN behind beautiful green foliage and enormous trees is the historic Ballintrae homestead, part of the history of the small town of Bunyip.