Rural
Sale yarding rebounds and prices improve
Prices rose slightly overall and the yarding grew at Colac’s weekly cattle market.
High cattle prices to continue
Cattle prices remain at historic highs despite winter weather reducing numbers at recent sales, and a Colac agent says higher prices could be on the way.
Rural Scene news
Advice for moving bobby calves, a bee pest eradicated, a threat from imported seeds, and VFF issues feature in today’s Rural Scene.
Boorcan farm fetches $19k a hectare
A Boorcan farming property has sold at auction for more than $19,000 a hectare in a thrilling result for agents and vendors.
The grass is greener for aspiring farmer
A family move to the country has quickly become a career for young farmer Shae Stout. The 17-year-old works at her neighbours Clint Theodore and Brooke Lane’s dairy farm after watching them from through her window most of last year.
Grant spurs ag career
A dairy scholarship has helped Cobden district’s Emily Walsh find her dream work in agronomy.
Rural news rundown
Cheaper prices for NLIS tags, Census news for farmers, legal reforms for migrant workers, an extension for submissions on a review of the dairy code, and more topics feature in the Rural Scene this week.
Study highlights skin cancer risk
A new study from James Cook University has found that farmers are at greater risk of certain types of skin cancer.