ACCORDING to a Rabobank survey, farmer confidence has seen a lift from the first quarter of 2023, and this was based on more ‘normal’ seasonal conditions and commodity prices.
JUNE 1 marks an important day in the diary of dairy farmers as under the Dairy Code of Conduct (‘The Code’) processors were required to release their minimum average price to be paid for the coming financial year.
WHAT a remarkable achievement by St Helens Ultrafine Woolgrowers David and Susan Rowbottom to win their 7th ‘Vellus Aureum’ award, with a world record finest fleece measuring 9.4 micron.
THREE-TIME premiership player, and 2011 premiership winning captain for the AFL team Geelong, Cameron Ling was keynote speaker for WestVic Dairy’s Dairy NiteMooves awards’ night at the Noorat Recreation Reserve on May 24.
The newly-formed Rural Roads Alliance has given evidence to a parliamentary inquiry, reiterating its call for an emergency funding package totalling nearly $5.5 billion.
In early May the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) made what some consider a shock decision to raise the cash rate by a further 25 basis points to 3.85%. This followed the decision not to raise the rate in April.
NATIONAL Farmers’ Federation President, Fiona Simson, said the budget does nothing to get to the heart of rampant food price inflation – which NFF polling shows is weighing on the minds of 8 in 10 Australians.
Researchers at Penn State University have discovered a new genetic defect in Holstein cattle. A new haplotype potentially affecting calf well-being was discovered, that may result in calves that are weak and unable to stand at birth or shortly after.
In what seems like the blink of an eye, Terry and Shannon Blasches’ WestVic Dairy Focus Farm project at Jancourt East concluded with its final field day in late April.
