Agriculture sector adapts to unusual weather patterns
THE Limestone Coast agricultural sector is preparing to adapt to the impacts of unusual weather patterns in recent weeks as an early cold snap...
Saleyards manager gets back to roots
AFTER working alongside the agricultural sector for the past two decades, newly-appointed Mount Gambier and District Saleyards manager David Wallis can finally hone in...
Farmer confidence lifts livestock prices
THE benefits of solid rain in New South Wales have flowed down to Limestone Coast livestock producers, who are cashing in on higher cattle...
Stock agent hangs up hat after 50 years
THE past week has been a strange time for long-time Elders Mount Gambier livestock manager David Creek.
After over five decades of dedication and commitment...
Lockdown dashes Kelpie Muster hopes
THE 24th annual Australian Kelpie Muster has been cancelled with organisers pulling the pin on Casterton’s landmark event due to Victoria’s current COVID-19 health...
Students gain dairy career insight
A SCHOOL program exposing young people to career and education pathways within the dairy industry has delivered its 2020 program online.
Cows Create Careers has...
Millicent cattle rebound
THE long decline in cattle throughput at the Millicent saleyards has been reversed, with a 25pc surge for the financial year which ended on...
Ill health claims life of Glencoe giant Guernsey steer Big Moo
ONE of Australia’s biggest agricultural stars Big Moo died over the weekend.
The giant, lovable Guernsey steer - which stood 190cm tall and weighed over...
Dairy production tipped to expand across region
SOUTHERN Australia’s minimum milk prices for the season are solid and a new quarterly report is forecasting production will continue to expand across the...
Insect infestations reported in Limestone Coast grain crops
Limestone Coast grain growers are advised to keep an eye on vulnerable emerging crops, with unusual caterpillar and moth activity being reported across South...
$40m sale deal struck for group of Mount Gambier dairy farms
Beston Global Foods’ four Mount Gambier dairy farms has been sold to Melbourne-based Aurora Dairies in a $40.4m cash deal, including water licences and...
Demand drives up farmland values
THE median price per hectare of farmland in the Limestone Coast continues to soar, fuelled by strong livestock prices and an appetite for expansion.
The...
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THERE has been a shake up in the Cabinet of South Australia following Member for Sturt Geoff Brock stepping down from his ministerial duties....
