Dairy farming family use smartphone technology to ensure lifestyle benefits
With plenty to do on this family milking operation smartphone technology to monitor cow movements has proved a vital and secure time saving For the Bevan dairy farming family who supply Dairy Farmers, their move into smartphone-linked technology is having a big impact. Fifth-generation dairy farmer Henry Bevan farms with his wife Anna and two […]
Organic Industry Farmer of the Year for 2022 is Brendon Hoyle
Brendon Hoyle has been named Farmer of the Year at the 2022 Australian Organic Industry Awards Growing the sweetest berries is an art and a science according to Brendon Hoyle, who has been named as the organic industry’s Farmer of the Year for 2022. Brendon, who is co-owner and operator of Ashbern Farms in Queensland, […]
Beef Week Casino is back with an exciting program across 11 days of non-stop activity
The Casino Food Co-op will celebrate 10 years as naming sponsor for Beef Week 2023 with the event running from 20 to 30 of May 2023 in Casino NSW The Casino Beef Week Promotions Committee Inc hosted its annual Christmas party in late November 2022 but even more exciting for those in attendance was some […]
South East Field Days at Lucindale includes some action packed entertainment
There is plenty for the entire family to see and have a fantastic day while exploring the agriculture equipment and displays in-between some great entertainment A major difference for the South East Field Days at Lucindale is the hard work that goes into the event from organisers, the hard working Lucindale Lions Club and specifically […]
Anameka Farms prepares for a record harvest for season 2022-23
Able to avoid frosts and the flooding that persecuted eastern states growers this Tammin WA grower prepares for consecutive record harvests following a stellar growing season For thirty-one-year-old Western Australia farmer, Oscar York, it’s a matter of rolling up his sleeves ahead of what he predicts to be yet another record harvest on Anameka Farms […]
Brandt expands across the ditch with takeover of Agrowquip NZ
This takeover now positions the Brandt Group of Companies as New Zealand’s most comprehensive John Deere equipment dealer network With Brandt’s expansion plans for mainland Australia held up with some old-time dealer principals digging in for more cash, the company has decided to mop up New Zealand while it sits and waits for circumstances to […]
Circle Harvest says bugs in your food is a good thing for shareholders
Finding a bug in food has put many good restaurants and food processing outfits out of business – but not so for Circle Harvest where bug protein in food thrives If you went to business owners running restaurants and food supply outlets who have been slammed and even put out of business for a health […]
Massey Ferguson MF 5S Series wins Farm Machine 2023 Award
In a hotly contested field of class leading tractors in the less than 88kW (120hp) category it was the Massey Ferguson MF 5S Series that came away with first prize Massey Ferguson’s versatile MF 5S Series has won the Farm Machine 2023 Award for tractors less than 88kW (120hp) from the Groupe La France Agricole […]
Wet harvest across eastern states disrupts the record breaking 2022-23 season
Not every state is still onboard for a record harvest off the back of the 2022-23 winter crop as driving flood waters take the edge off the season Grain growers in northern NSW have felt the pinch more than most from widespread flooding and ongoing rain, as wet conditions downgrade the grain quality and prolong […]
PlantSensors shows how Top End agriculture is gaining momentum
Now a finalist in the Export awards see how this Top End business has made use of the opportunities that still exist for agriculture in the Far North It has been spruiked for a while, open a business in the Top End and you will be surprised at the government subsidies they will throw at […]