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Euroa’s Rebecca Dean accepts scholarship to beef-up career

Euroa local and Charles Sturt University student Rebecca Dean is taking another step closer to her dream of a career in the beef industry, accepting a prestigious internship with Angus Australia.

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Weights and prices good despite early sale

Strong results and a large crowd were registered last Wednesday at Euroa Saleyards’ Early Angus and All Breeds Feature Cattle Sale, despite being held weeks earlier than normal.

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No ban: Chester

Senior Nationals MP Darren Chester has urged against banning Australia’s live sheep export industry after a damning review revealed disastrous failings to stop animal cruelty.

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Dry forces beef slaughter up

Ongoing drought and a poor rainfall outlook has seen 2018 Australian beef production forecast to finish six per cent up on 2017 at 2.3million tonnes carcase weight.

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Canola meal can be good option

Charles Sturt University research has found canola meal may provide an option for beef producers to supplementary feed steers and still access premium prices for grass-fed beef.

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Minister slams department

Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has ripped into his own department over live exports as his Victorian counterpart called for the phasing out of the industry.

Rodney Woods
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Shake-up for live exports

An independent inspector-general will oversee Australia’s live export industry as part of a major reset of the under-fire trade.

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Studs rise to the challenge

The inaugural Victorian Limousin Society On-Farm Challenge has been run and won, with 22 studs and 150 cattle from all over Victoria taking part.

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Growing hopes for new legume

A new variety of a forage legume that can significantly reduce supplementary feeding of sheep in summer and autumn and boost on-farm productivity was officially launched recently.

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Strong beef sale outcome

Witherswood Angus has registered a complete female dispersal after the Taminick stud’s stock was snapped up at its October 19 sale.

Alana Christensen
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Top ram heading west

The top-priced ram at the recent Pepperton Poll Dorset and White Suffolk ram sale will be heading to Western Australia.

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Stud’s dispersal sales begin

It was standing room only at Taminick stud Witherswood Angus’ complete female dispersal sale as more than 440 lots went under the hammer on Friday.

Alana Christensen
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Avoiding calf scours

Calves are the future of your herd, therefore keeping them in good health is vitally important.

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Low throughput shuts Kerang saleyards

A reduction in stock for sale during the past decade has seen the Kerang Saleyards shut down temporarily.

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Good prices lift index

In what is the biggest monthly gain since December 2010, strong wheat and cattle prices drove a 6.5 per cent rise in the National Australia Bank September Rural Commodities Index.

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Joyce backs live trade

Nearly all sheep involved in live exports arrive at their destination in the same, if not better, condition as when they left, former agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce said.

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Dry season forces sale change

Euroa’s annual Angus cattle feature sale will be split across two months this year.

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Sale supports hospital appeal

The second Good Friday Appeal charity sheep sale was held on Friday, with nearly $16000 raised for the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.

Rodney Woods

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Man is critical after Gunbower crash

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Sentenced pushed back two weeks for Moama killer

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Mooroopna man involved in double fatality

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