THE beginning of a long farming history began in an unconventional way for the Davey family on the Yorke Peninsula, with the baton being passed to a young woman who would help safeguard the family farm for generations to come.

IN this edition of Flashback Friday we look back through the Stock Journal archives to November 1997, where a large storm had put a halt to harvest, producers were debating the move of the Gepps Cross livestock sale precinct to Dublin and pastoralist were enjoying their association's dinner dance at Broken Hill.