This week's Flashback Friday hails back to February of bicentenary year 1988, where some special dignataries attended the AWC Bicentennial Wool Collection function at the Sydney Opera House.
Numerous SA studs also opened their gates for the 1988 SA Stud Beef Field Days, while the Isolated Childrens & Parents Association held their group meeting in Glendambo.
United Farmers & Stockowners branches also held meetings across the state, including at Coonalpyn and Keith, while a Bordertown meeting heard from the Australian Wheat Board that South East farmers could exploit the soft wheat market with new wheat variety Tataria.
Dianne Robinson won a trip to Sweden through the Rural Youth exchange at the RYM annual state conference at Roseworthy College, while farmers were shown through the new Boral Cyclone high-tech piggery at Monarto South. The piggery featured the first SA use of an effluent flushing system.
Stock Journal also captured the action at Jamestown, Burra and Mount Gambier markets, Meningie store sheep sale, the Southern Australian Livestock weaner sale at Naracoorte, Dalgety Bennetts Farmers beef female circuit sale at Penola, the Murray View Murray Grey sale at Mount Pleasant and at the SE Holstein-Friesian Calf Day.
Alisha Fogden
Journalist at Australian Community Media newspapers since 2007.
Journalist at Australian Community Media newspapers since 2007.
