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9/01/2009 | Weaner cattle sales since the beginning of 2009 have brought the Wodonga saleyards alive. The Land’s journalist Nikki Reynolds has been there capturing all the action.
Sales continue next week with the Annual Wodonga Female sale where 3000 head will be offered. A full report on each of the Wodonga sales will appear in The Land.
9/01/2009 | Weaner steer prices lifted by 2c/kg and weaner heifers sold at firm prices at Thursday's Wodonga, Vic, Angus weaner cattle sale.
8/01/2009 | On Tuesday, strong northern interstate demand had driven weaner prices to a $610/head average, when weaner steers sold to 206c/kg and averaged 187c at the Elders-Landmark Angus sale at Hamilton.
8/01/2009 | Hereford weaner cattle on Wednesday at the big Hamilton, Vic, weaner sales series this week saw the main run of calves average 194c/kg, or $620/head.
7/01/2009 | Despite a slow start to the Birregurra heifer weaner sale on Tuesday, with joined heifers mostly achieving meat value, weaners achieved strong rates, with all classes sold dearer. Feedlotters and processors put a floor in the market, pushing the heavier end of heifers to 165-175c/kg.
5/01/2009 | Lively bidding and good prices highlighted the start of the January section of the Victorian weaner cattle selling program on Friday, in a 3800-head yarding at Wodonga, Victoria.
22/12/2008 | It hasn’t rained feed but buyer confidence was sky-high at the concluding store cattle sale for 2008, held at Ballarat, Vic, on Friday.
19/12/2008 | Farmers are to finally receive the overhaul to the nation’s quarantine system that they have been calling for, but they are also going to face increased export charges.
18/12/2008 | Farm lobby groups have voted for major structural changes at the National Farmers Federation which NFF president David Crombie says will enable big business companies to be eligible for membership of the peak farmer organisation.
18/12/2008 | Do Central Queensland's crocodiles know as much as State's weather forecasters? If you believe some, yes they do, and apparently we're in for a better than average wet season, based on the fact the female crocs at the Capricorn Coast's Koorana Crocodile Farm near Rockhampton have started building some bigger than usual nests in which to lay their sizeable clutches of eggs.
15/12/2008 | Northern NSW and the northern SA maintained their buying inquiry for steers at South Australian store cattle sales, Friday, capturing another sizeable share at the Mt Gambier monthly sale.
15/12/2008 | Restockers stepped up to the batting plate at Wycheproof store sheep sale on Thursday and knocked any potential trade buyers out of the field, paying from $10 dearer across the board in a very strong result at the combined agents sale.
12/12/2008 | Visitor orders from rain soaked areas of northern NSW, Chinchilla in Queensland, and for the Oodnadatta track in pastoral SA, were the strength behind a 4500-head sale yesterday of weaner cattle at Naracoorte, SA.
11/12/2008 | The Opposition's Andrew Robb warns that agriculture is about to be hit with the equivalent of a killer tax from day one of the scheme, and says it's time farmers start making some noise.
11/12/2008 | New England buyers flocked to the Wauchope sale yards for the last store sale of the year held on Saturday, December 6, where cows with calves topped the sale, selling for $1150, while grown steers and joined heifers both topped at $820.
11/12/2008 | In this week's Sky News rural wrap, Rural Press Canberra correspondent Lucy Skuthorp details farmers' fears of higher costs under an emissions trading scheme, as well as what the future may hold for the farm lobby if an overhaul of the NFF goes ahead.
10/12/2008 | The relatively new chief executive of Ridley Corporation, John Murray, says no more of his company's operations will be shut down. The Ridley enterprise wants to create another $3m in savings in the next six months via Ridley's consolidation of plants over the past six months, which in itself saved an estimated $3m.
8/12/2008 | Good cattle and favourable seasonal conditions were the right incentive for locals to start restocking at Pakenham cattle market last Thursday and according to Peter Brewer, Rodwells, Pakenham, with cattle in short supply, buyers were forced to outlay more to secure stock.
5/12/2008 | In this week's Sky News rural wrap, Rural Press Canberra correspondent Lucy Skuthorp details some major challenges facing the grains industry, including the wash-out of the winter harvest and the proposed merger of AWB and ABB.
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