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Andrew Marshall

The Brandt Group of Companies now owns 23 John Deere dealerships in Australia and New Zealand.

Canada's Brandt machinery group adds Deere dealerships in SA

Vanessa Binks

WAY FORWARD: Achieve Agriculture Solutions' Nathan Scott, Vic, spoke at a recent livestock workshop at Kapunda. 

Call for sheep producers to change work mindset

Stan Gorton

CROPS PLANTED: Seeding at Lockwood outside of Kingscote. Photo: Stan Gorton

KI farmers are set to capitalise on great commodity prices with an excellent break to the season.

Seeding complete, now wait for rain on KI

LARGE OFFERING: South Gap Pastoral's Bob Greenfield, Paul Greenfield, John Greenfield, Nic Greenfield and David Miller. 

Station offers top run at Jamestown

Kiara Stacey

Seeding time: Tom Michael, Barunga Gap, with son Bill, 2, sowing wheat into last year's canola stubble.

Starting an agricultural enterprise is a very costly task, with small enterprise goers looking to save in big investments, but still achieve their sought after result.

Minor adjustments help smaller operation grow

At the Hamilton Sheepvention Prime Minister John Howard sashed the champion Texel ram, held by Felicity Muir, Penryn, Hexham.

THIS week's Flashback Friday takes us to the August 2001 editions of Stock Journal for part one of this jam-packed month.

Flashback Friday - August 2001 | PHOTOS

Push notifications from the BOM weather app will include six types of weather warnings: tropical cyclone, fire weather, flood, tsunami, severe thunderstorms and severe weather. PHOTO: Shutterstock.

THE Bureau of Meteorology has introduced push notifications on its BOM Weather app to provide more targeted advice to communities during severe weather.

BOM app upgrade to provide targeted severe weather advice

Emergency services volunteers gain louder voice

Katie Jackson

NEW LIFE: Former backpacker William "Woodie" Allen turned a working holiday into the career of a lifetime. 

FROM Ireland to Australia, one former backpacker's "Irish dream" has resulted in a decades long career in SA horticulture and a wealth of experiences he'll never forget.

Irish dream evolves into new career

SHORTAGE: The electorate of Grey has ranked number one in the country for poor access to childcare. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK

A REPORT released from Victoria University earlier this year has ranked an SA regional electorate as one of the country's worst performers for childcare accessibility, with early childhood educators calling for change heading into the federal election.

Childcare scourge highlighted in SA regions

Dean and Michelle Bagshaw run livestock, but also offer farm experiences and are building a farmgate shop at Myponga Beach.

Wesley Hart (centre), Meadows, with grandson Jayden Jolly and daughter Chantel Hart, Nairne, and Keith the bull. For years, the family ran Herefords but recently began the switch to Angus.

James Darling, Keith, with some of his Duck Island composites, among the few composite herds in the state.

Greg Tynan, Yumali, with some of his May-June 2019-drop Romney-SAMM ewes, which he was just about to shear.

Maranoa Downs manager Craig Brewin and staff member Jordyn Green use a variety of apps on-farm.

Brodie Howard with daughters Indy, Airlie and Marni, and their South Devons in front of the Dudley Wines cellar door at Penneshaw. Photo: KATE HOWARD.

Despite baiting and regular shoots, fox populations across Brenton Mosey's Ngapala farm were steadily rising - until he tried fumigation, which he believed caused a significant fall in numbers.

The practicalities and advantages of early weaning cattle were the focus of a recent online forum.

Leigh Samwell, Eastbrook Vegetable Farms, Mount Barker, was using the family's off-type brussels sprouts as cattle feed.

A Subzero hybrid forage brassica trial on the Collins family farm at Corny Point surpassed expectations, with the grazing variety filling a vital feed gap in the crop and livestock operation.

Moses & Son Woolbroking Livestock Specialist Lexi Cesnik said eID tags were a time-efficient and labour-efficient way of collecting data and record keeping to make flock decisions.

Sunpork's Danni Glencorse presenting at a Pig Industry Day at Tanunda.

Anthony and David Lowe, Mundulla, with competition organisers Tim Wiese and Francis Andrews, were the first entrants to win the Mundulla prime lamb competition with Merinos.

Lambs Alive sheep consultant Jason Trompf, a speaker at a MLA MeatUp Forum at Gawler, said sheep producers should stop chasing singular market signals.

Trevor Thorpe, Rillamead, with sharefarmer Peter Saint and grandson Daniel Thorpe, and some of Rillamead's Hereford-Friesian calves.

Chris Tapscott with his sons Jason and Sam, and Katie the dog, shearing lambs in their shed at Mount Pleasant.

Building in diversification that will allow the flexibility to be opportunistic is the game plan at John and Airlie Blore's Belmont Station, north west of Broken Hill.

Woodside's Guy Watson was drastically reducing paddock sizes to allow for intense grazing and subsequently better soil health.

Farm manager Ben Harrison, Molka, Vic, has gradually introduced multiple agtech platforms across his sheep farm.

Bruce Wood, Hynam, uses an intensive 12-cell rotational grazing system to lift productivity and soil carbon.

Amber and Lachlan Nancarrow, with children Isla and Rory, have established a Wagyu herd at Hindmarsh Tiers.

Andrew and Alistair Michael aim to produce sheep with wrinkle-free skin and a high follicle density.

Pastoralist James Kerr said graziers had no excuse not to be prepared for difficult climate patterns.

At Rogers Farm Barossa, Georgie Rogers (inset) breeds White Suffolks to produce an exceptional quality 100pc grass-fed hogget.

Roger and Amy Jenkin, with son Lenny and daughter Airlee, were feedlotting NT buffalo in their organic spelling yards at Long Plains.

Nancy and Leila Kasprzak from Birdwood Venison, which has a nose-to-tail focus.

Shane Oster, Keith, discussing remote water monitoring at a MeatUp forum in Port Augusta.

Bobbie Lewis Baida was working with other researchers at the University of Adelaide to develop automatic devices to measure temperature in grazing ewes.

Barry Hollonds, Sale, Vic, believes responsible stocking rates are a large part of his success.

Daniel Jenke showcased his flock during a recent travelling on-property Merino bloodlines field day near Eudunda.

Nuffield Scholar Sonya Comiskey with Caron and Andy McCullough at their Bazadaise33 stud in France.

Son and father Hayden and Barry Schubert run 800 Merino ewes at their Darke Peak property and had changed their traditional lambing time in the pursuit of better percentages.

Bute grazier Daniel Fidge was confident that his steady feed supply could help offset the cost of buying in calves at higher prices to fatten.

Donna, Damien, Max and Jake Mullin, with dog Toby, have made tweaks to their ewe and ram nutrition in recent years, which has helped to boost lambing percentages.

Western Flat first-cross ewe lamb producer Kevin Francis has a simple philosophy; to breed the best you have to start with the best genetics.

Dr Nicolas Lyons is a dairy development officer at the NSW Department of Primary Industries with expertise in dairy science, robotic milking, technology, pasture management, data management.

Risk mitigation is an important part of farming in the Mallee and for Moorlands mixed farmer Trevor Crouch, his lambing times and complementary cropping program provide invaluable flexibility.

Prices upwards of $200 at Murray Bridge lamb markets highlighted the operation, fourth generation farmer Craig Paech runs at Tepko.

With weeds a problem in-crop this season due to the late start, Murraylands lamb producer Glenn Richards decided to use his wethers as an alternative, and successful, method for control.

Thomas Elder Institute's Andy Phelan and PIRSA's Robyn Terry at the Reefinator field day held at Struan.

Australian Whites have been a reliable performer for Lameroo's Brenton Pudney for close to a decade.

Qld dairyfarmer Colin Daley was sceptical about genomics until he started milking genomically-tested heifers and the performance matched their genomics.

Daniel Parsons, Edilillie, said an April-May lambing was still achievable even with a later and longer joining period.

Bob Cooper, Flaxley, runs a 21-head herd of Murray Grey and Angus cattle on his 31ha property to get the best value from his pastures.

Karen and Bruce Slape transitioned to a full beef herd in December after a long history of dairyfarming and are planning to have a full Speckle Park herd in future.

For the past three years Tim and Greg Williams have been making grain-based pellets, largely for sheep, producing a ewe lactating pellet and a lamb finishing pellet.

Anthony Burge and his son Wayne run properties at Ceduna and Gawler Ranges that are focused on wool production.

Warramboo's Leon Veitch has been shearing twice a year for the past four years and said the frequency had many benefits.

Chelsea Donhardt from Nangkita dairy, Mount Compass, recently introduced automatic calf feeders.

Pernille Vaaben Nielsen installing a Farmbot monitor on New Crown Station.

PASSIONATE and innovative livestock producers from across the state have been showcased in Stock Journal throughout the year.

As well as profiling beef, sheep, dairy, deer and buffalo producers, we have spoken to industry experts about hot button issues.

Do you know any of the farmers featured in our Livestock gallery?

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