Weekly Times
TRUE BLUE
The Tonissen family — Lachlan, Sam, Matthew and Jake — are raising the sheep production bar near Hamilton in Victoria’s Western District, doubling the size of their Chrome shedder ram offering within three years.
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SCORCHED EARTH
Beef producer Rob Clements was winding down at his local pub when the Longwood fire ignited last week, forcing him to evacuate his Whanregarwen property within 36 hours as a towering smoke column rose nearby. When he returned days later, about 80 per...
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FAMILY MATTERS
Southeast Australia’s famed new year calf sales have kicked off on a stronger footing. Yackandandah’s Gary Paull, with sons Oliver, 15, Emerson, 12, and Wesley, 8, was among those to benefit from good demand, selling steers to a top price of $1790 at...
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A shear turning point
Australia is on track to shear its smallest sheep flock in more than 120 years, with national numbers forecast to fall below 60 million as wool production slumps and the industry undergoes a profound structural shift. The Australian Wool Production...
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A MOUNTAIN of memories
Sixth-generation mountain cattlemen Lance and Lyric Anderson, with children Hugh and Rhyme, are continuing a 147-year Treasure family tradition, mustering 150 cattle 50km to the Dargo High Plains. The annual summer drive follows a grazing lease first...
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Bushfire threat ‘nuclear’
bomb waiting to go off” on their doorstep. Howitt Society president Peter Flinn said members had gathered photos from Mallacoota to the high country and across the state’s west that reveal “incredibly high fuel loads that pose a huge risk, coming into...
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