Flashback Friday – August 1995

Mid North farmer Adrian Laubsch, with son Nathan, and daughter Renae checking out the Janz wheat

Eudunda shearer Kevin Jenke working for Andrew Heidrich at Neales Flat. The Heidrichs shear about 1000 Merinos, based on Pollville bloodlines.

Bill Close, Newbold, Gawler River.

SA 1995 Miss Showgirl winner Robyn Lally, and runner-up Rachel Lawrie toast their success following last year’s judging ceremony.

South East grazier Nigel Watson, Pleasant Park, Lucindale.

John Rohde in his bean crop.

Adelaide Woolbrokers Association chairman Les Sugars.

Shearer Karl Davenport, Saddleworth, and Bob Crawford, got to work at their neighbour Colin Adam’s property before the rain set in.

Bruce and Colleen Cavanagh, Tintinara with woolclasser Michael Northcott (centre).

Brothers Vernon and David Bolt, Gate Pines Stud, Corrigin, with a line of rams.

Southrose studmaster, Jim Ashby, holding the top-priced ram of the Keith selected two-tooth ram sale, with Craig Escott, Mungala Pastoral Co, and Jonathon Ashby, Southrose, Tintinara.

Elders auctioneer Greg Patterson, Port Lincoln, John and Wes Daniell, White River, Port Lincoln, with buyer Paul Blight, Bon Bon Station, Glendambo, and Richard Earle, Wesfarmers Dalgety with the top selling White River ram at it’s 16th annual on-property auction.

Greg Patterson, Elders Port Lincoln, John and Wes Daniell, White River, Port Lincoln, with long-time buyers Kevin and Heather Hams, Broad Oak, Whyte Yarcowie.

Neil Smith, Calcookara, Cowell, in his lucerne crop.

Ellen, Declan and Michael Collins from Ti Tree Park, Corny Point, enjoying the sunshine.

Nick Kimberley, owner of Riverton Hydroponics, among some tomato plants that grow up to 15 feet in the greenhouse.

David and Graham Kellock, Kelvale Merino stud principals.

RIchard Walsh and Alexia Deegan at the Geralka Rural Farm near Clare.

Galloway Farm yabbie grower Carol Schofield.

Myponga farmer and successful bush poet, Bob Magor.

Navy Stock Journal BBQ aprons were a bargain at $12 in 1995.

Chris Escott, SAL Naracoorte representative, and Chris Clampa, Qlcar station, Lucindale, checking the liveweight rates at the Watervalley steer sale.

Padthaway grazier, Peter Fisher calculates the numbers at the Watervalley steer sale.

Mick Morris, Strathalbyn and Tony Davis, Moville station, Willalooka.

Elders Kingston auctioneers John Higgins and Trevor Lehmann, with Jim Bullock, Hamilton, and Toby Robinson, Lucindale at the Watervalley steer sale.

Darren Thomas, Booborowie bringing in a mob of 350 merinos for shearing on John Jacka’s Gum Creek property, Myola.

Trevor Tiller, Conmurra station, Kingston, SE, feeding out oat and vetch hay to his 850 Shorthorn cows and Simmental cross calves.

Mark Saegenschnitter, Midarra Downs, Frankton, getting ready to spray broadleaf weeds.

Barry Smith, Glenville stud, Cowell holds the $3700 top-priced ram at the record breaking Glenville-Calcookara sale at Cowell, with buyers Robert and Michael Proude, Tewinga, Port Lincoln.

Philip Hyde, Tom Ashby, Elders auctioneer Greg Patterson, Matt Ashby, John Hyde and Graham Ashby. The Hyde family, Port Lincoln bought three Merino rams from WB Ashby & Sons at the Tumby Bay ram sale.

Freeman and Pat Puckridge, Brian Jamieson and Peter Rolstone, East Bungaree, and Lance Puckridge. The two rams from East Bungaree, Mt Bryan, sold at the Tumby Bay auction to the Puckridge family, Wangary.

David Shannon, Lower North, in some early sown, direct-drilled canola.

SA’s entrant in the National Miss Showgirl Quest, Robyn Lally, Clare.

Independant stock agent, Andrew Butler, Burra.

Dennis Goodes, Adelaide, Trevor Male, Kangarilla, and Allen Fogden, Elders Mt Pleasant at the Strathalbyn market.

Greg Agnew, Laighside texel stud, Carramulka, participated in the inaugural IAMA Sheep Field Days.

Jack Jenkin, Windsor, spraying a 40 hectare clover pasture with a boomspray made by his son, Greg.

Former Stock Journal columnist Bert Kelly.

Lower north pig producers Brenton and Roma Schiller.

SA Nuffield Farming Scholars Association chairman, David Shannon with Jane Greenslade, Urania, Helen Murphy, Alice Springs and Ian McIntosh.

Greg Andrews, Bolinda, Mundualla, with Bolinda’s champion strong medium wool Poll Merino ram at the Hamilton Sheepvention

This ram from the Coorong Pastoral Co, Urana, NSW, topped the Naracoorte ram sale. Holding the ram is Coorong’s Tom Holt, with Geoff Watts, Wesfarmers Dalgety, Naracoorte, and buyer Phil Verco.

Members of Broken Hill’s Classic Arts and Crafts Deidre Mallon, Anne Nadge and Maria Hammond.

Hall Poll stud principal John Hall, Narambeen, WA, with Ales Horne, Morley stud, Cleve.

Bordertown Merino breeder, Torrie S Hunt, Kil Lel.

Anita Fry, Kingston, Kevin Johnson, Kevlyn Downs, Willalooka, with students Bruce Parker, Graham Parker, Ag teacher Mick Breen and Jodi Mayberry at the SA Young Beef Breeders Steer Education Day.

John Tilley, Burra, IAMA’s SA business manager Bryan Scott, and Jim Maclean, Othello Park, Langhorne Creek.

The Mulloorie team Brett, Peter and Paul Meyer with their young 1995 show and sale rams.

Quality Wool Port Adelaide’s trading manger Craig Perkins and Richard Tiver, Tiverton Transport Burra, prepare to unload a trailer of 122 bales.

Lower South East grazier Trevor Norman crutching and weaning lambs from his 2800 self-replacing Corriedale flock.

Anthony Ferguson, Anna Villa White Suffolk and Poll Dorset studs with his daughter Lauren, at the inaugural IAMA SA Sheep Field Days.

Romano Gazzola, Long Plains preparing to spray a crop of Schooner barley.

Andrew McBride, McBrides Transport, Burra, with Bill Gebhardt, Mt Bryan, at the Gepps Cross store sale.

Ken and Kay Klopp, Arborwind Texel stud, Maitland.

Julie and Peter Button with son Adam, Ramsey Park stud, Minlaton, at the IAMA Sheep Field Days with Hampshire Downs and Poll Dorsets.

Bronte Mawson, Othello Park Suffolk stud manager at Langhorne Creek.

Brenton Wilson, Carawatha, Wellington East, with his extensive native plant collection.

Angela Goode, Naracoorte, with Isaac and Sam, preparing to launch her book, Great Working Horse Stories.

Member for Wakefield Neil Andrew, and Ruth Strachan, The Gums, Burra, joined in the 86km bike ride from Burra to Morgan.

Kelly Evans, Wesfarmers Dalgety Jamestown, Mark Sheehan, Wesfarmers Dalgety Broken Hill, with Kim and Margo Cullen, Mt Westwood station, at the Gepps Cross store cattle sale.

Barry Gent, Wardle & Butterfield, Wudinna, with Roy Sampson, Warramboo, at the Gepps Cross sale.

Ian and Sue Warnes, Woolgangi station, Burra, with Elders Burra’s Ian Jaensch, in their first Adeladie wool sale of the new selling season.

Corriedale stud principal Wally Jenkin, Nayook South, Allendale East.

Alan Puttrose, Stokes Bay, and Garnett Bell, Kingscote, at the Kangaroo Island Agricultural Field Day in Kingscote.

Nick Bailey, Blue Range, Quorn, and Jamie McCallum, Deerness, Melrose, at the Gepps Cross store sale.

Ken Schoz sits on top of a wheat silo at his Wudinna property while checking for insects.

Jim Lambell surveys one of his blocks near Kimba.

Cleve identities Alison Turnbull and Judy Kraehe.

Cleve Coffee and Crafts members Agnes Traeger, Dorothy Turner, Aileen Hampel and Mary Leonard.

Peter Pinkerton, Ian Triplet, Lachlan and Gordon Paterson and Glen Hamlyn.

Upper South East farmers Bill and Matt Hunt.

Jock Duncan met a new friend at the Schiller family’s Brenroma Landrace stud at Sutherlands.

Brenton, Roma and Carey Schiller, Brenroma Landrace stud, Sutherlands, with some of their piggery’s newest additions.