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York Agricultural Show, 4 September 2021

The York Agricultural Society was founded in 1840 in York, Western Australia’s first inland town... These days the Society's primary focus is the annual York Agricultural Show, held on the first Saturday of September each year as a celebration of all things agricultural and the York community.

Decarbonisation delivers profitable future for farmers

Natural capital is set to be the path forward for the income and security of NSW farmers and for conservation of the environment, as the agricultural industry aims to reach its $30 billion by 2030 target, says the state's minister for energy and environment Matt Kean. As investors around the world and markets move towards decarbonisation as standard practice, NSW is looking to ensure more capital is invested outside its city centres.

Avenel Station offer diverse revenue sources

New South Wales western crown land lease Avenel Station is expecting interest north of $20 million from buyers looking for expansion, as well as those with funds for carbon credit projects. Located 150 kilometres north of Broken Hill, Avenel Station spans 121,810 hectares and comprises Avenel, Mt Westwood, Joulnie and Teilt.

Family buys Belvedere

Grazing and cropping property Belvedere has sold for close to $4 million to a family of landholders from the Southern Riverina. Located 86 kilometres north east of Brewarrina and 95 kilometres north west of Walgett, the 6,841 hectare property is suited for fattening sheep, cattle and goats. It has open and flat Mitchell grass country with alluvial grey self-mulching soils and seasonal river flows that produce beneficial flooding. Belvedere features 17 kilometres of Narran River frontage and an artesian bore.

Mount Manning aggregation sold

Stephen and Claire Schmitt from Southern Downs have paid $3.6 million bare for the fully operational  Mount Manning  grazing aggregation. Located 25 kilometres north of Warwick and 136 kilometres south west of Brisbane, the aggregation comprises the 426-hectare Mount Manning and the 362-hectare Mullins Block.

Next stage of fisheries reforms come into effect

A significant milestone in building a future for the commercial and recreational fishing industries has been reached with the next stage of the Queensland Government’s Sustainable Fisheries reforms coming into effect on September 1.

Ag workers can now carpool

Workers in rural and regional NSW can now carpool to and from work in a COVID-safe way following an amendment to the NSW Government’s Public Health Orders.

Freight turmoil hitting red meat exports: MLA

In an increasingly competitive world, Australia has some innate advantages in delivering high quality red meat protein to global markets: it is in the right neighbourhood to access growing demand in the Asia Pacific and world-leading shelf-life performance underpins an expanding chilled trade ... However, global shipping and air-freight have been in turmoil over the last year.

Helping farmers benefit from soil management

The Australian Government has today released for public consultation a draft soil carbon method for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor said the new method will support greater uptake of soil carbon projects by overcoming barriers to participating in the ERF by reducing costs and introducing new activities to store carbon.

Wine Australia Update 2021

Wine Australia recently held its annual update on the current state of play for the Australian wine sector. Hear all about it by watching the replay.

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Annual Operational Plan 2021-2022

The ACIAR Annual Operational Plan for 2021–22 sets out the context and objectives of the work program throughout the Indo-Pacific region for the year ahead. ACIAR CEO Andrew Campbell says that it describes how we will continue to build the partnerships, knowledge and capacity required to achieve more productive, sustainable and resilient agrifood systems in our region.

From the 1930s novel, “Psalmist of the Dawn” – garfish netting at Old Settlement Beach

Chris Murray. Mary Marlowe’s novel, Psalmist of the Dawn (published in 1934 but probably written in 1931) is set on Lord Howe and populated with real places, activities and people – that latter only slightly disguised behind pseudonyms ... Garfishing was an important part of the Islanders’ semi-subsistence lifestyle before World War II. Large quantities of gars were caught not only for local consumption but also for sale to passing vessels.

Farmers crossed in crosshairs of state-ism gone mad

As National Cabinet prepares to meet, farmers have accused state premiers of ‘arrogance’ over border arrangements, saying they seem to have forgotten that growing food and fibre is essential to public health. The National Farmers’ Federation is calling on National Cabinet to recommit to the National Agriculture Workers Code and focus on quarantine solutions for ag workers as a bumper grain harvest looms.

Rabobank 2021 Global Dairy Top 20

New leader, sustainability, dairy alternatives, and changing demographics shaping the future. Rabobank’s annual Global Dairy Top 20 report shows the combined turnover of the top 20 industry leaders fell by just 0.1% in US dollar terms, following the prior year's 1.8% gain.

The status of plant biosecurity in Australia

The National Plant Biosecurity Status Report (NPBSR) is the latest comprehensive plant biosecurity resource detailing Australia’s plant biosecurity system and the pre-border, border and post-border activities undertaken in the last year.

Rabobank Beef Quarterly Q3 2021 – What will Argentinian beef export limitations mean for the global beef market ?

Restrictions on beef exports out of Argentina – the world’s fifth largest exporter of beef – could have a significant impact on the global market, according to Rabobank’s latest global Beef Quarterly report.

NAB Rural Commodities Index hits record high

Another month of strengthening commodity prices has propelled the NAB Rural Commodities Index to its highest level in its 11-year history, to sit 12.6% above August 2020 levels.

Red meat producers open farm gates to share their story

Red meat producers are featuring in a series of new videos, sharing their stories to inform consumers on how red meat is produced in Australia.

WA’s best deckhand works out of Two Rocks marina

Deckhand Thomas Breeze has worked on an octopus fishing boat operating out of the Two Rocks marina for about nine months now. It is physically demanding work because even though the pots used to catch octopus are smaller than the ones used to catch western rock lobster they still weigh 30kg each.

Angus Seekamp buys in Broken Hill

The 33,789-hectare land lease of Wendi Station, in the far west of New South Wales, has been bought by Angus Seekamp from close by Woolcunda Station for $6.05 million. Situated 20 kilometres from the Silver City Highway and 100 kilometres south of Broken Hill, Wendi Station is suited to both cattle and sheep and has been owned by Mark and Chris Eglinton for 40 years, who will now retire.

Roc goes with the flow of Murray River

Sydney-based private equity firm Roc Partners has bought a majority stake in the Murray River Land business, giving it control of more than 60 farms either side of the river. Mostly former dairy farms, the northern Victoria and southern New South Wales properties span a combined 10,000 hectares between Numurkah and Tocumwal.

Bushfires and logging debate: South East Timber Association

In southern Australia, whether native forests are subject to harvesting or left untouched, if appropriate landscape scale forest fuel management is not undertaken, high intensity bushfires at a mega scale can occur in any summer, particularly when there are two or more years of below average rainfall. Any climate change effects are a reason to do more mitigation by fuel reduction.

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