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FARMERS who pay rates to Benalla Rural City Council are calling for an overhaul of the state’s 2.5 per cent ‘fair-go rates cap’. Local producers have attracted strong support from the Victorian Farmers’ Federation (VFF) and say they are tired of being charged higher rates than other residential and commercial land owners. Former VFF president Peter Tuohey said councils were continually “cranking up” the farm rate rise while keeping the overall average increase across all ratepayers at or below the 2.5 per cent fair-go cap. “Many local governments simply hit the farm category with an above cap rate rise and then keep other categories – commercial,

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What’s on for North East Victorian farmers *THIS year’s LambEx 2016 will take place in Albury, NSW from Wednesday, August 10 to Friday, August 12. Futurist Paul Higgins is this year’s keynote speaker and will discuss lamb’s realistic future, bringing together consumer trends, technology trends and producer trends to arrive at a compelling case for what lamb looks like in 20 years time. For more information visit www. lambex.com.au. *GALEN College in Wangaratta is hosting a Drone, Droids and Robots Expo on Wednesday, August 17 to be held in the college’s stadium. Exhibitors will include the NAO Robot, Australian Defence Forces, Falcon UAV displaying their agricultural drones, Digital Falcon, GoTAFE, CoderDojo, Charles Sturt University, Northeast Health Wangaratta, commercial drone pilot trainers FPV Australia and the Royal Society of Victoria. You can find out how drones are revolutionising farming and delivery systems, see how technology is changing local manufacturing and industries and explore future technology based career options. For more information visit www. stemexpo2016.weebly.com. *ENTRIES are now open for the 2016 Rural Water Awards, designed to recognise and reward Victorian rural water licence holders who are doing great things with water. The awards aim to recognise licence holders who have used new or innovative water technology, introduced projects to bring about water savings, or increased their productivity through changed water practices. Awards are available in four categories including for irrigation water users (drawing water from a rural supply system such as channels or pipelines), groundwater users, surface water users (drawing water from rivers or dams) and schools or community groups drawing water from any of the above water sources. Regional winners will receive prizes of $500, and state-wide winners $2000. Entries close on Wednesday, August 31. For more information visit www. srw.com.au.

WHEAT TRIALS: Henty Machinery Field Days (HMFD) director Daryl Thomson, Culcairn, Aaron Giason and Geoff Baker, Baker Seed Co, Rutherglen, and HMFD chairman Ross Edwards, Yerong Creek, inspect the new wheat trials at the agronomy plots at this year’s Henty Machinery Field Days.

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Local honey producers the first to use new country-of-origin labelling MAJOR producer and marketer of Australian honey, Beechworth Honey believes it is the first Australian business to use new countryof-origin labelling. The company has applied the new labels across about 50 of its products. “We’ve been interested in country-of-origin labelling laws since the early 2000s,” Jodie Goldsworthy said (Beechworth Honey director). “They are absolutely crucial for Australian beekeepers so that our consumers can make a choice about which product they choose. “We compete with a lot of imported honey from countries like China and it really does matter to people where their food comes from.” Ms Goldsworthy said figures showed that some countries were producing substantially more honey than was possible from known national hive capacity – indicating that honey was possibly being substituted with coloured sugar syrup. The new country-of-origin labelling system came into effect on July 1. The new system which has been years in the making through a House of Representatives’ standing committee report and a hepatitis scare caused by contaminated berry imports is designed to inform people about the origins of fresh and manufactured foods sold by producers, manufacturers, grocers and retailers. A distinctive green and gold ‘kangaroo’ label attests to a product’s Australian origin or manufacturing and a bar shows the proportion of Australian ingredients it contains. The Country of Origin Food Labelling Taskforce recently released a statement informing stakeholders that section 22 of the Information Standard does not fully reflect the

State Government delivers $6 million quad bike rebate PREMIER Daniel Andrews has committed $6 million in quad bike safety rebates for farmers wanting to fit rollover protection devices (ROPs) on their quad bikes or who want to buy a safer vehicle. In 2015, there were 22 quad bike fatalities across Australia (six in Victoria, four in Queensland, Western Australia and New South Wales, three in Tasmania and one in the Northern Territory) and another two deaths have been recorded in Victoria this year. The Victorian Farmers Federation first called for a rebate on the fitting of ROPs devices in its pre-budget submission to government in February. The call followed WorkSafe Victoria’s announcement that it deemed ROPs as appropriate means of reducing risks when quad bikes are used in the workplace. Since then, WorkSafe has been developing a quad bike risk assessment tool that will assist farmers in assessing the risk of a quad bike rollover. While the assessment tool has not yet been released, early indications are that in nearly all cases it will lead to the conclusion that there is a risk of roll over and ROPs should be fitted or the quad bike should be replaced with a side-by-side vehicle.

INDUSTRY LEADERS: Former Nationals’ Indi candidate Marty Corby (left) with Steven and Jodie Goldsworthy and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce (right) at Beechworth Honey where new country-oforigin food labelling has been applied.

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“This means we will join autumn cows for longer and maybe drying the autumn cows off a month earlier,â€? he said. “And instead of giving them about eight weeks rest, we will give them about 10 to 12 weeks and by then we may have a clearer indication as to where MG will be ďŹ nishing. “We are reluctant to milk any more cows than is absolutely necessary during the spring months and we will only be buying a very small amount of feed which we won’t be putting back into the cows.â€? The third generation dairy farmer said the low milk prices have “happened forever and will happen againâ€?, however it doesn’t auger well for young farmers coming up through the industry as producing milk at a loss offers them no incentive to want to be part of the industry. “The biggest issue I see here is that young people won’t be involved in dairy farming and the older generation will go out of it and there will be a loss of skill set which means there won’t even be any milk to get as you won’t have people with the skill set to make the milk. “Who will want to make milk if they are going to make it at a loss?

“No one is going to get a certiďŹ cate to do the job if you are just going to run at a loss. “Realistically it doesn’t matter what you do in the short term we need more people to stay in the industry.â€? Mr Smith added that the easy way to solve the low milk price is to produce less milk until more demand is needed “then they will want more at a reasonable priceâ€?. Kyabram-based dairy farmer Lewis Watson, who has supplied milk to Fonterra for the past 10 years, said he was “disappointedâ€? once he did the sums on the $4.75/ kg opening price announced by the New-Zealand owned co-operative. “We were initially relieved when we heard the price but that soon turned to disappointment after I had a think about it,â€? Mr Watson said. “The $4.75 is a base price, but with deductions it brings it back to about $4.53. “I was only thinking about it on the tractor today and I think back to this time last year and we were on $5.60. “We have just had two ordinary milk cheques and my share of the milk cheques for May and June wouldn’t even cover the repayments of a loan if I took it.â€? Mr Watson has been a farmer for 37 years after leaving school at 15 years of age to take over his family’s third generation dairy farm after the death of his father. He now share farms two 150 ha dairy farms with 200 cows on each

while having diversiďŹ ed into beef cattle and running a piggery. “Fortunately being diversiďŹ ed has helped us and we haven’t had to change our cow numbers,â€? he explained. “We have had to put our capital works on hold and we don’t know for how long. “I was looking at the ďŹ gures this morning and we make more money out of our beef cattle than milk, so I don’t know how people who just dairy farm can survive. “We understand there is global glut of the product but if the price was at least $5 we would have been alright based on a decent season in terms of water and fodder.â€? While Mr Watson said that Fonterra have been “adequateâ€? to deal with over the years he is glad he didn’t take a factory loan as it would have committed him to the company indeďŹ nitely‌a company he said he now has lost respect for. “Back in May, Fonterra’s CEO spruiked about loyalty, transparency and gaining respect back from the industry,â€? he said. “Well at a suppliers meeting held recently at Wagga for the fresh milk suppliers they swore them to secrecy as to what they are getting paid. “After hearing about that I just lost all respect for them. “While I don’t see a lot of chance of moving factories, it is annoying that there are others being paid 46 cents per kilo above us.â€?

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Bright farming future for Adam By CAITLIN SATORI LOCAL teenager Adam Bennett (pictured) is following his agricultural dreams and continuing to take leaps and bounds forward. The fifth generation sheep farmer recently travelled to Bendigo for the Australian Sheep Breeders’ Association 139th Australian Sheep & Wool Show and came away with a number of achievements. He entered into the junior judging, finishing fourth place overall but first out his Victorian counterparts. Junior judging involves judges

under the age of 25 being assessed on their ability to judge four ewes against the clock. Placing first in the state now gives Adam the opportunity to enter into junior judging in Melbourne or Geelong later this year. The 16 year old works full-time on his family’s Everton Bennmann Merino Stud and entered five ewes in the national event which earned first, second and third place ribbons, while two ewes were awarded reserve champions. He has likened attending the event as ‘Adam’s Christmas’ and has fond memories of attending his

first Australian Sheep & Wool Show about nine years ago. “The first year I went I was only little and I remember going around picking up all the pamphlets…I came back to Dad with a whole heap of them,” Adam said. “It was a thrill getting to see all the sheep. “Dad would say to me, ‘go out and find what (sheep) you think are good’…he’d go out and pick his best 10 sheep and I’d come back with the same 10. “We like the same things, which is good…the common interest is our bond.”

Adam said among his aspirations to become a full-time shearer is to one day take up a senior judging role. “It would be nice to get asked to judge at a show and one day be an official judge at Bendigo,” he said. His dedication to working in the family business stems right back to an infamous morning before primary school. “I had been crutching lambs one night and stayed up until 11pm,” Adam explained. “I didn’t get them all done so I woke up at 4am and crutched the last 45 lambs before school.”

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The VFF is now calling for the fair-go rate system to be reviewed and the ESC to monitor all rate categories that exceed the 2.5 per cent cap. The ESC already has the power to review and make recommendations on council applications for increases about the overall cap. The farming lobby group is advocating that the ESC analyses each rating category to ensure no group – residents, farmers, or commercial property owners – is burdened with an unfair proportion of the rate rise. “The VFF believes councils should be required to justify to the ESC any rating category increase that rises about the annual cap,” Mr Tuohey said.

“It would then be up to the ESC to determine if that argument is acceptable.” Goomalibee-based beef cattle farmer Maureen Cottam, who pays rates to Benalla Rural City Council, believes the current model for collecting property taxes is flawed and does not reflect the income of the owner, the level of services consumed or the services received by the owner on the property. “It is based on the whole improved capital value of a property-ICV-which includes the land and the improvements,” she said. “There should not be municipal rate levied on farm land. “The rateable levy would have the land exempted except for any existing home and curtilage.

“The land is the medium on which farmers grow their fodder banks on which they graze their livestock, plant their orchards, and grow their crops or vegetables. “In other words, the land is the essential corner store of their business.” Ms Cottam said there were still many municipalities in the state where rate increases borne by farmers were over and above those levied on other ratepayers. “It must be remembered that rural and regional local governments have at the same time had some of the income through Federal Government grants reduced and are struggling to meet their commitments and balance their budgets,” she said. “I believe a government or

tiers of government from the local, state and federal levels need to find the courage to challenge the present principles that directs funding to local government. “It may be easier in that climate to challenge the right of local government to levy a tax on agriculture land that is the foundation of a farmer’s business.” In a statement released by the VFF, the lobby group listed a number of local councils and how they calculated their fair-go rate cap in their draft 2016-2017 budgets. Benalla Rural City Council, among many others, is listed by the VFF as increasing farmers’ rates by 4.27 per cent, with the average increase in residential rates being 2.81pc. But Benalla Council’s chief

executive officer Tony Mcllroy said he was unsure how the VFF had determined the 4.27 per cent increase. “In the council’s 2016-2017 budget, the average rates increase in the rural farmland rating category is 2.1 per cent,” Mr McIlroy said. “The council is committed to maintaining revenue shares across rating categories to ensure the equitable levying of rates. “In both 2015-16 and 201617 the rural farmland rating category will contribute to just under 25pc of rate revenue. “To maintain this revenue share in 2016-2017, farming properties will receive a 70 per cent rating differential to the residential Benalla rate in the dollar.”

Mr McIlroy said the 2.5pc rate cap applied to overall rate revenue collected by each council, not the rate charged on each individual property. “As 2016 is a revaluation year individual property valuations may have increased or decreased. “As such, all ratepayers will not pay an additional 2.5 per cent in 2016-17,” Mr McIlroy said. “Some will pay less and some will pay more depending on their property’s valuation. “Property values, which are used as the basis for calculating how much each property owner pays in rates, are determined by the value of the land plus capital improvements such as buildings.”

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letters to all their suppliers to let them know their opening milk prices, but they are far too complicated for anyone to decipher. “We’ve been calling for transparency around the weighted average milk price system for the past three years because a significant portion of the industry receives substantially less than the weighted average price,” he said. The lobby group is calling on dairy processors to ensure all farmers receive income estimations and a follow up visit. ADF acting president David Basham said the opening milk price announcement only reinforced the need for improved transparency in the way milk pricing is structured and communicated in Australia. “Not only are the announcements too late for farmers to properly budget and plan around, but they are not easily understood,” he said. “Add to the already complex system a loan repayment and the forecast opening price is far from what it first appears. “Murray Goulburn’s repayment system is complex at best. “The exact amount that farmers will repay by the end of the financial year 2016-2017 is

not articulated in the announcement – nor is it clear that farmers will actually pay an initial repayment of 14 cents per/kg/ ms plus any further repayments Murray Goulburn decide to make,” Mr Basham said. He added that Fonterra’s opening price of $4.75kg/ ms was better than expected, however the detail around who received what was not clear. “Any supplier who did not supply Fonterra milk in MayJune (including farmers that had dried off) is not eligible for the autumn offset and therefore receives around $4.54. “We shouldn’t have to ask to get this information – it should be clear as day. “After all, farmers are providing the very lifeblood of these organisations, it’s in everyone’s best interests that we get this information up front and can work within these means. “Improving the transparency of the milk pricing system is important, and ADF continues to work with our state members to this end. “It is essential that processors come to the table and discuss this as a collective, to help protect the future of our sector,” Mr Basham said.

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Victorian sheep studs clean up at Bendigo By DAVID RIZZOLI STUD masters from around Victoria exhibited with outstanding success at the Australian Sheep Breeders Association’s Sheep & Wool Show held at Bendigo recently. In particular, the region’s ďŹ ner wool Merino studs stood out as did a number of breeders in the non-Merino sections. However, it was Richard Beggs’ highly respected western district stud Nareeb Nareeb at Glenthompson that took the Victorian Pair of the Year and then went on to represent Victoria in the competition for National Pair of theYear, which was won by the Navondale Merino Stud. Entries for the feature breed of the 2016 show came from the three major Corriedale states of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. It was to be a day out for Peter, Marie and Shane Baker and their Loddon Park Corriedale Stud at Baringhup, with an almost clean sweep of the major championships including the Supreme Corriedale Exhibit. Also among Loddon Park’s broad ribbons were Grand Champion Ram, Junior Champion Ram, Grand Champion Ewe, Senior Champion Ewe, Reserve Senior Champion Ewe, Junior Champion Ewe, Most Successful Exhibitor in the Shorn Classes and Most

Successful Corriedale Exhibitor. Of the remaining broad ribbons the Blackwood Corriedale Stud in Longford, Tasmania owned by Claire and Peter Blackwood won Senior Champion Ram and Reserve Senior Champion Ram. The Sweetfield Corriedale Stud at Mount Moriac owned by Bronwyn, Peter and Leigh Ellis won Reserve Junior Champion Ram, Reserve Junior Champion Ewe, Champion Shorn Corriedale and Reserve Champion Shorn Corriedale. As happens on so many occasions, Paul Walton’s historic Wurrook Stud at Rokewood, south of Ballarat, was prominent among the region’s Merino studs with a swag of broad ribbons including Supreme Champion Merino Sheep of the Show. Wurrook’s other successes included Champion August Shorn UltraďŹ ne Ewe, Champion UltraďŹ ne Ewe Any Age, Reserve Champion August Shorn SuperďŹ ne Ewe, Champion August Shorn SuperďŹ ne Poll Ewe, Reserve Champion SuperďŹ ne Ewe of the Show, Junior Champion Superfine Ewe, Champion August Shorn Fine Wool Ewe and Champion Fine Wool Ewe any Age. Also featuring strongly was the Mount Challicum Merino Stud of P.G and K.D. Hartwich

TASSIE CHAMP: Senior Champion Corriedale Ram from the Blackwood Corriedale Stud in Longford, Tasmania, with (from left) stud principal Peter Blackwood, Vermer Jenkin, Aileen Vanderfen and judge Geoff Risbey from Stanbury Corriedales at WCH, Bookaar.

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March Shorn Finewool Ram and Reserve Junior Champion Merino Ram. Mac and John Barty’s Redesdale-based Beverley Merinos took home Reserve Champion March Shorn Finewool Ram and the Coryule Pastoral Co’s Stud, managed by Craig Trickey at Willowvale won Reserve Champion August Shorn Fine Wool Ewe and Reserve Champion Fine Wool Ewe Any Age.

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to fight to ensure our voices are heard and our businesses and rural communities prosper. “We still have many challenges ahead of us, not least of which is building and gaining access to a modern telecommunications and data network, and attracting investment for infrastructure growth in rural areas. “I’m confident we will continue to be a powerful force,” Mr Hosking added. Outgoing VFF president Peter Tuohey said he was pleased to see a smooth transition to a new leadership team and in an emotional farewell he thanked the VFF executive board, staff members and his family for helping him keep the

federation as a strong lobby group during his leadership. “The pathway hasn’t been easy, and plenty of people have said we couldn’t achieve what we’ve done,” he said. “I know I’ve been watched closely and been imitated by the other states; that in itself is a worthy achievement.” Some of the policy achievements made by the federation during Mr Tuohey’s leadership includes: Running an effective campaign to ensure the $6 billion sale of the Port of Melbourne lease did not lessen competition and escalate pricing. Securing $440 million from State and Federal Governments

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Ironbark Machinery offers farm knowledge alongside specialised parts and service SINCE 2009 Ironbark Machinery owner Nick Suter has been a wholesaler and importer of Hisun, Linhai, Zuma and crossfire machinery and has just recently made the move into retailer. Wangaratta-based Ironbark Machinery sells, services and imports a range of quad bikes for farmers, small mini bikes for children, mowers and “particularly concentrates” on UTVs (Utility Task Vehicle) for horse enthusiasts and hobby farmers. Mr Suter said he deals with both the Hisun and Linhai machines as they are “up and coming brands” from China that are “getting better and better” with some well thought out models now in the marketplace. “We are an agent for a lot of suppliers, including Zuma and Crossfire motorcycles, and we seem to be taking on more and more brands as we get a feel for what the customer’s want,” he said.

The ex-school teacher always wanted to run his own business and having grown up on a beef and sheep farm in Whitfield, and now owning his own farm on the outskirts of Melbourne, Mr Suter believes he has a “pretty good idea” of what his customers require who are on the land. “I do like to think I am fairly cluey on selling the correct vehicle to the customer. “I won’t sell them something that is unsuitable as it doesn’t help them and it doesn’t help me. “I have actually learnt a lot about people who have horses as I have sold quite a lot of the buggies to them, and my daughter is involved in horses, so she knows a lot about it, so we have learnt what kind of vehicle is best suited for them,” Mr Suter said. He added that he has sold most of his UTVs to customers that run commercial horse businesses, with the side-by-side

saving them three hours per day in feeding and cleaning up paddocks. “When they go and pick up the horse poo in the paddock and then take it and drop it somewhere and then they use it to drop out hay and oats to the horses carrying big buckets of stuff it all takes quite a bit of time. “And when it is wet you can’t go out into the paddock and do that stuff in your car, so to them, these buggies are just an amazing thing. “Some of my customers used to use a wheelbarrow to do all this, so by using the UTV it gives them their life back,” he added. Ironbark Machinery has many models to suit all customers and provides full servicing and parts to ensure your machinery is always in the best condition. For more information visit www.ironbarkmachinery.com. au.

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ON the back of an exceptional 2015 sale year, stud principles Mark and Anna Gubbins and their son Max have launched their Coolana Angus and XSimm Black Simmental seedstock program under the one banner of ‘Gubbins of Coolana’. The Coolana venture of adding Black Simmentals to their program was a move to offer big performance advantages to their commercial Angus clients, without affecting the appearance of their herds. Mark Gubbins said that client productivity and after sales service are key motivators for the family and the great staff at their Chatsworth and Meningie properties. The Gubbins’ have a real passion for breeding beef cattle and work

from a base of 2000 cows, run under commercial management conditions. “There is no room for passengers in the Coolana breeding herd, with only the high and consistent performers retained, whether assessed for structure, mobility, fertility, or performance,â€? Mr Gubbins said. “This ensures Coolana bulls have already passed signiďŹ cant reliability and performance tests well before they get to sale, plus they have a high fertility background. “Their soundness ensures buyers consistently get extended years of service from our bulls and longevity is a key component of our female herd.â€? Last year in Victoria and South Australia from their two breeds, the Gubbins sold 225 bulls at auction,

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as well as having signiďŹ cant private and commercial sales, which was a 20 per cent increase in bull sales from the previous year. Mr Gubbins said the increase in sales is based on the recognition of the quality of the cattle and the way they are performing for their purchasers, “backed up by exceptional client serviceâ€?. In the two autumn sales this year, Gubbins of Coolana sold 130 Angus bulls at auction at an average of $5757. The stud will hold its spring bull sale on Friday, September 9 at their Wetlands selling complex where they will be offering their highest quality bulls from both breeds. They will be also be offering

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Welcome Swallow’s last Benalla-bred bulls sold at recent autumn offering dispersal will help integrate Welcome Swallow genetics into the Alpine herd.” One of the loose ends that troubled the Martin’s with the dispersal of their Welcome Swallow herd was the still current guarantees they had offered at previous bull sales, however Alpine Angus stud principles Chris Oswin and Jim Delany have agreed to honour these, should any problems occur. One of the new ventures between the studs has been the purchase of Texas Mount K2 in a syndicate with Glenoch Angus, Queensland. This investment was based on the significant earning potential of K2 in domestic and international semen markets. Alpine Angus purchased semen from this syndicate and is one of many Angus

TOP-PRICED BULL: Alpine Angus manager Chris Oswin, buyer Jeff Brindley, Lucyvale, Alpine Anstuds eagerly awaiting his first calves to hit the ground. gus principal Jim Delany and auctioneer Michael Glasser with the highest priced bull at the Alpine Angus and Welcome Swallow Angus autumn offering at Rosewhite Lot 1, Alpine Full House K052. “Contrary to rumours circulating in the industry, there are no hidden agendas or arrangements associated with either the Alpine Angus purchase of the Welcome Swallow bulls or the investment by Jim and Suzy in K2,” Mr Oswin said. “Our new logo reflects the significant contribution we WEDNESDAY, 28TH expect Welcome Swallow SEPTEMBER, 1PM to have in the expansion of Alpine Angus and On property, Benalla-Yarrawonga Rd acknowledges the wonderful Goorambat East BBQ at 12noon program that the Martins Acc R, E & D Hooper created and have since dispersed. “The end result is our current situation - a stronger 20 Charollais White Suffolk X Rams herd and experienced Brucellosis acc. OJD Vaccinated team working towards the common goal of breeding BENALLA better cattle and offering reliable, genuine service,” Enquiries Phone (03) 5764 1296 Mobile 0428 641 296 / 0437 684 786 he said.

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using it as a selection aid for the past ďŹ ve years internally and the results are awesome. “Already clients on this program have had tremendous results.â€? The stud’s upcoming Spring yearling bull sale will have Black and Red Angus on offer, alongside Black and Red StabilizerÂŽ bulls. Paringa’s Charolais will be offered separately in its sale in March 2017. “Our Angus sire lines consist of feature bulls like Black Pearl and Paringa Judd, with exciting high feed efďŹ ciency

Rissington 104 sons. “In the Red Angus department AI sons of exciting new sire Andas New Direction are exceptional. “In terms of StabilizerÂŽ sire lines, Trinity, Yosemite, Big Gene and Forceful make up our most balanced proďŹ t improvers we have bred thus far,â€? Mr Lawson said. Paringa Livestock’s onproperty spring sale will take place on Thursday, October 6 at Yea. For more information visit www.paringalivestock.com. au.

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Irelands Angus main focus is and always will be value for money FOR more than 32 years, Irelands Angus stud principle Corey Ireland has been breeding stud Angus cattle with a focus that has always been on pedigree, predictability and performance. Mr Ireland believes that his client’s achievements are the truest measure of his success, with clients topping both this year’s mountain calf sales for the second year in a row. He said the Sharpe Fullgrabe Hinnomunjie sale allowed long-term clients, John and Nola Ross of Omeo Station, Benambra, to sell an outstanding and consistent line of 328 calves, topping the sale at $1270 for 10-month old steers. Omeo station also sold 10-month old heifers for $1150. Following on from last

year’s sale top, Jamie Walker and family from Mountain Maid in Omeo sold “an excellent run” of 150 calves to top the Elders Omeo Calf sale, with their top pen of 11-month old steers for $1270. Mountain Maid also sold 11-month old heifers to a top of $1130. A very strong showcase of young sires is now coming through the Irelands Angus herd, with exceptional results and a focus on carcase and commercial reliability. The stud will be presenting 50 “outstanding bulls” at its upcoming spring sale to be held on Friday, September 9, 2016, by auction, commencing at 1pm on the Kyeamba property, 45km south east of Wagga Wagga.

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Inspections start at 10.30am. The sale line-up has a number of feature sires including the first bulls for sale in Australia by New Zealand bull, Merchiston Generate 243, a

sire that Mr Ireland believes is “big, strong, deep, sound and very quiet and has passed on the strong New Zealand head and jaw, yet still maintains the softness we love”.

“Other feature sires include homebred powerhouse, Irelands Hierarchy H152 – a calving ease king that adds muscle, depth and fat cover, ideal for heifer matings,” he said. “Hierarchy has an impressive pedigree with his dam, Irelands Wargoona E5, which is your typical, ideal Angus cow, big capacity, super sound, fertile and easy doing. “Her breeding record to date speaks for itself.” First sons of up and coming sire, Granite Ridge Jurassic J76 will also go under the hammer in September. His bulls demonstrate excellent structural soundness, thickness and do-ability with extra growth. Jurassic’s dam, Rosebud

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Precautionary measures needed to combat late frost damage WORLDWIDE damage from late frosts costs the industry at least $6 billion each year and in some years in Australia it can cost at least $1 billion. It is an undisputable fact that the number and severity of late damaging frosts have increased in the past 15 years in both the Victorian and NSW grain and fruit growing areas. This trend is expected to continue, so unless growers take some precautionary measures, losses from frost damage in cereal grains and fruit, including grapes, will increase. Operations manager Steve Harris from liquid fertiliser producer Fair Dinkum Fertilizers said that liquid seaweed application, together with cultural practices such as removing crop trash from the soil surface and correct positioning of fences and orientation of trees or vines in the case of fruit crops, is the best way to reduce late frost damage in spring. “It is important that the liquid seaweed has a high level of potassium - at least three per cent w/v - and that it is finely filtered,” he said. “The fine filtering is needed to avoid particles acting as nucleating sites for ice formation. “The elevated potassium level has been shown to provide additional short term protection and recently some preliminary results on wheat have shown some longer term protection,” Mr Harris said. Liquid seaweeds are thought to mainly work by supplying substances called

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in most fruit growing areas. “Preliminary work indicates that liquid seaweeds provide somewhat greater protection (three to four degrees Celsius) on cereal crops and canola.” The protection is not immediate and it is recommended that the product is applied at least 36 hours before the expected frost. For more information visit www.fairdinkumfertilizers. com.

Speed date your soil for intimate knowledge WHEN you look at your property’s soil, is it love at first sight? Participants at the recent NutriSoil Liquid Biological Fertiliser annual field day at Wodonga learnt skills to speed date soil and the importance of an ongoing relationship with it too. Soil Land Food agro-ecologist David Hardwick said that ‘speed dating’ relating to soil involved getting your hands dirty and assessing soil samples in many forms, with answers to complex questions written down and then discussed. “It’s all about trying to learn about the soil.” He said it was important to first be able to see the type of asset you have and identify it. Secondly, it was imperative to be able to assess the health of the soil. He also spoke about the benefits of setting benchmarks and aims when it came to soil health, as this allowed farmers to measure if the actions they were taking were moving them in the direction the business required or not. “If organic soil carbon is important to your soil target we need to set a benchmark,” he said. NutriSoil’s Rachelle Armstrong said the day was also a chance to workshop issues that were plaguing farmers in the region, with co-founder of Healthy Soils Australia Walter Jehne, talking through solutions. “We received fantastic feedback about the interactive sessions, where farmers got to learn key soil health skills in a fun environment and talk through issues they were experiencing on the farm right now,” Mrs Armstrong said.

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ter to the Goulburn allocation. Temporary water prices are falling and are currently sitting at $140 per megalitre for Murray and Goulburn, with slow trading in New South Wales. NSW Murrumbidgee Irrigation is trading slightly higher at $150 and Murrumbidgee at $130. It is with patience that people await the political pendulum to swing back to provide major infrastructure works including roads works, rail works, ports works and maybe water storage in the way of dam construction. If you visit www.livedata. mdba.gov.au/peechelba-ovens-river#tab_discharge_ml_ day you will see a flow chart for the Ovens system. Flows in the past five days for Ovens into Murray total 120,976 megalitres of spill water.

What a place to build a bigger dam, with delivery like that in five days and with minimal inconvenience. That yield is enough to keep the Murray flowing alone, plus the Kiewa River at Bandiana is supplying in excess of 10000 megalitres, which is contributing to the health of the Murray. With some 280mm rainfall for the past six weeks, water is rolling out of the hills like a wet sponge. With Ministers Joyce and Ruston having given pre-election commitment to transfer as much of CEWH allocation back to food and fibre production, the time is now the critical factor particularly with the temporary price easing to $140 per megalitre. At the start of spring, I wonder what the November prices will be.

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As all the quilts are handmade, about three to four are completed each day, depending on the sized that have been ordered which range from cot to super king, as well as duo quilt, which has different blanket warmth on each side of the quilt. In the July edition of the North East and Goulburn Murray Farmer the website address for the company was incorrectly displayed. For more information on Aussie Wool Quilts-Boort visit www.aussiewoolquilts-boort. com.au.

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Grant to help with virtual herding technology DAIRY Australia has received a grant from the Federal Government to fund research into managing individual grazing animals and better matching their feed requirements with the feed that is available. According to Dairy Australia managing director Ian Halliday, while the industry is currently “tightening our belts” to manage through difficult times, the organisation is com-

mitted to longer term initiatives that will benefit farmers such as the development of virtual herding technology. “Dairy Australia invests in research and technology to help ensure the longer term viability of dairy farmers,” he said. “The high up-front cost of developing technologies like virtual herding, which will reduce the cost of production, would not be possible without the shared contribu-

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New Rossi 1.2mt silage Round baler $35,000* Illustration Only

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FROM $3,600*

NEW Rossi VR200 Wrapper semi auto $19,800* TOPPERS / SLASHERS & MULCHERS

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MULCHERS FROM $1500* SLASHERS FROM $1,360* SPECIAL NEW 3.00MT GEARED TOPPER $10,870* Illustration Only

FANTASTIC PRICED PASTURE MULCHER Illustration Only

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HAY HANDLING EQUIPMENT

CELLI 1.8MT ORCHARD/VINEYARD MULCHER WITH HAMMERS $4800*

EXAMPLE 2 PRONG 1000KGS

BECCHIO FW 300 3MT CUT $9,900

$550*

BALE GRAB EXAMPLE 2/ND UNIT EURO HITCH

$1,980*

355 Benalla Road, SHEPPARTON

Ph: (03) 5821 4411 Fax: (03) 5831 2187

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* All prices include GST

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