North East and Goulburn Murray Farmer

NORTH EAST AND GOULBURN MURRAY

Part of the Farmer Group Rural Newspapers Covering Victoria Published since 1984

AUGUST, 2014

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Japan set to enjoy good Aussie drop Wine tariff cut set to increase export trade

LOVING THE LAMB: Elizabeth Sutton joined a record number of visitors and exhibitors at the 2014 Australian Sheep & Wool Show, showcasing the best of Australia’s world-class wool, prime lamb and fibre fashion industries.

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OPPORTUNITIES have opened up for local wineries in North East Victoria to enter into the lucrative Japanese wine market after a partnership agreement was signed between Australia and Japan.

The Japan Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA) has now been signed by the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

The wine market is only just developing in Japan and with the phase out of tariffs for Australian wine over the next seven years it is expected that the Japanese will soon be able to get more of a taste of what Australia has to offer.

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The agreement is expected to reopen doors by providing valuable preferential access for Australia’s exports with the elimination of the 15 per cent import tariff which now includes bottled, sparkling and bulk wine.

Winemakers’ Federation of Australia Strategy & International Affairs general manager Tony Battaglene said the agreement is about developing export opportunities and giving wine a “step up” in the evolving Japanese market.

“Currently our sixth largest market by value and volume, wine consumption there is growing rapidly as the younger generation moves away from traditional products to wines.

“We are expecting to see strong growth in sparkling and still grape wines, with targeted sales of middle-to-premium Australian wine brands.

“Just look at our major competitors such as Chile, which enjoyed significant increases in market share in Japan after completion of its Free Trade Agreement in 2007.

“Australia now has the opportunity to follow suit,” Mr Battaglene said.

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*KIEWA Catchment Landcare is holding its annual general meeting at the Baranduda Community Centre on Tuesday, August 19.

AUGUST: 4-5: Hamilton Sheepvention; 6-7: Mallee Machinery Field Days, Speed; 15-17: Border RV & Camping Expo, Wodonga SEPTEMBER: 7: Finley Show; 5-14: Royal Adelaide Show; 20-Oct 1: Royal Melbourne Show; 23-25: Henty Machinery Field Days; 27- Oct 4: Perth Royal Show; 30-Oct 1: Horsham Show.

For more information on country shows visit www. vicagshows.com.au or www.countryshows.com.au.

Starting at 7.30pm and ending at 9.30pm, longterm Landcare member, Bob Gough will speak on his role as the Australian Deer Association – Hunter Education and his recent trip to the Tiwi islands.

A light supper will be provided.

For more information contact Belinda Pearce on 0407 227 814.

Tuesday, August 26 at Kelso Park Border Leicesters, Tatura.

Wednesday, August 27 at Coledale Poll Dorset, Bungeet.

For more information contact Stuart Warner on 0438 331 768. *ENTRIES are now open for the 2014 Royal Melbourne Show Fleece Competition to be judged on Friday, September 26 at the Melbourne Showgrounds.

Exhibitors will compete for the prestigious Henry W. Hopkins Memorial Award, awarded to the fleece that receives the most points in the skirted fleece or lambs’ wool classes and the Polwarth Sheep Breeders Association of Australia’s Perpetual Challenge, awarded to the most attractive Polwarth fleece.

Fleeces will be displayed during the 2014 Royal Melbourne Show for family, friends and the public to enjoy, demonstrating the varieties and versatilities

*THE Department of Environment and Primary Industries together with GOTAFE are holding RamSelect workshops in August.

The practical workshops assist in defining your breeding objectives, learning how to read and use Australian Sheep Breeding Values, finding out how genomics and its use in sheep studs can benefit your commercial flock, assessing rams using figures and visual assessment, preparing for auction or selection day and investing in rams for production and profit.

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Entries close on Friday, August 29.

For more information contact Fiona Looker on (03) 9281 7412. *THE Corowa District Landcare annual photographic competition and exhibition is on Friday, September 26 at the Arts Space, Civic Centre, Edwards Street, Corowa.

The exhibition doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start, with a $5 entry fee for adults including light refreshments.

For more information contact Joanne Diver on (02) 6033 8933. *THE Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise is hosting a two-day conference titled ‘Ag in the Asian Century: National Export and Innovation’ at the Empire Theatre, Toowoomba on Wednesday, October 1 and Thursday, October 2.

The conference will include key industry speakers, world-class presentations and panel discussions.

Speakers include Federal Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce, Queensland Agriculture Minister John McVeigh and National Farmers’ Federation president Brent Finlay.

The conference will also provide a variety of networking opportunities, including a business matching service and the chance to meet with potential investors.

To view the official program and purchase early bird tickets visit www.agintheasiancentury. com.au.

The Premier Field Days of the Yarra Valley & Dandenong Ranges. Featuring Demonstrations, Displays & Information of Horticultural Products & Services and the latest in Farm Machinery.

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For more information contact Jo Sheppard on 0407 024 665. *NOMINATIONS for the 2014 Australian Dairy Industry Council’s (ADIC) outstanding service award are now being accepted.

The award recognises and celebrates collaborative leadership provided to the Australian dairy industry, honouing individuals who, through their leadership, dedication and commitment have provided outstanding service to the industry.

All nominations are assessed by a selection panel convened by the ADIC who will consider certain criteria to select the winner.

The recipient of the award will be announced at the ADIC Dairy Industry Leaders Breakfast on Friday, November 28, 2014.

Nominations must be submitted by 5pm on Friday, October 3.

For more information contact Sarah Chahine on (03) 8621 4200. *THE Victorian Farmers Federation is calling on people to participate in this year’s Run 4 Farmer Health during the Melbourne Marathon on Sunday, October 12.

The Run 4 Farmer Health campaign is to raise awareness for the crucial role and importance the National Centre for Farmer Health has played in delivering physical, practical and mental health wellbeing for regional people.

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*THE Department of Primary Industries and GOTAFE are hosting the 2014 North East Beef Conference at the University of Melbourne’s Dookie campus on Wednesday, August 13.

The conference brings leading industry speakers and producers together to hear and discuss ideas and challenges around increasing efficiency and profitability in their beef enterprises.

The conference will be preceded by a dinner featuring guest speaker Member for Benalla and local beef producer and veterinarian Bill Sykes on the Tuesday evening.

The conference program combines topics relevant to all beef enterprises, covering elements of the feed base through to markets in a program that includes practical and informative sessions.

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National approach to ag education needed A NEW national approach to agricultural education is needed if Australia is going to be able to meet the expected agricultural production needs by 2020 according to a report released by the peak industry body for agricultural and natural resource management professionals.

According to a report released by the Ag Institute Australia (AIA), Victorian agriculture has been challenged to double agricultural production by 2020 thanks to the Asian population explosion, but this will not occur without the best possible agricultural education.

Currently in Victoria, a student can study agriculture at the University of Melbourne,

La Trobe University, Northern Metropolitan Institute of TAFE and Box Hill TAFE. Instead of “spreading resources thinly over all universities” the AIA believes the resources should be concentrated to achieve critical mass in each of the institutions.

“Think how much stronger the offering of agricultural education would be if a virtual faculty was created where by the resources of both universities can be combined to avoid duplication and wastage.

“Surely this would create a stronger faculty,” the report states.

The AIA, together with other interested parties who support the call for consultation between

the University of Melbourne and the wider agricultural community including the Victorian Farmers Federation, Agribusiness Association, Grasslands Society of Victoria and Southern Farming Systems, aims to ensure thatAustralian agriculture has an adequate supply of bright young people who are suitably equipped as agriculturalists or agricultural science researchers.

The report noted that universities, including Melbourne, “will need to ensure that good fundamental science and a sound knowledge of the multiand inter-disciplinary activity known as agriculture underpin curricula”.

“This is particularly needed in the narrower, specialist dis-

ciplinary areas such as meat science, soil science and animal production and medicine,” the report stated.

“Employers observe that students graduating from the University of Melbourne (and many others) Department of Agriculture can do so without appearing sufficiently trained in agriculture nor the science of it.

“Inevitably, in the modern educational environment, characterised by shrinking pools of talent – both of potential students and existing staff – universities will need to combine their specialisations and strengths and co-operate in hitherto unprecedented ways to provide high quality training for agricultural-

ists and agricultural researchers in the future.”

The report also stated that there is a shortage of graduates that are equipped to enter the areas of international trade negotiation, domestic policy development and project management.

Meanwhile, Independent member for Indi Cathy McGowan recently called on the Federal Government to meet with the Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture to discuss the proposed budget changes and the impacts on tertiary agricultural studies.

Ms McGowan said the proposed changes will have a detrimental effect on a $30 billion industry if it was not supported with world-leading science.

“Not only will increasing fees make it less attractive for students to choose agriculture, but it will make our agricultural courses less competitive, internationally.

“It’s already hard enough to attract post-graduate researchers because of the cost and the 100 per cent proposed increase in fees for post graduates will become an even greater disincentive,” McGowan said.

The Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture has just appointed its new president – Holger Meinke from the University of Tasmania.

Professor Meinke said he would continue to help the industry towards sustainability through the provision of a world class education system.

Carbon Bus set to tour again in September THE Young Carbon Farmer ‘Carbon Bus Tour’, organised by the Future Farmers Network, is set to hit the road again in September.

According to the Future Farmers Network, with Australia’s climate becoming increasingly variable, it is vital for young farmers who will be making major decisions in the future to take into account the impacts of climate change and variability, and how they are going to need to respond.

The Young Carbon Farmer ‘Carbon Bus Tour’ offers a unique opportunity for Australia’s best and brightest young farmers to learn from leaders in climate science and carbon farming.

Ten innovative young

farmers have been chosen to join the ‘Carbon Bus’ on its final three-day tour of research sites and innovative farms in Victoria.

All tour costs, including flights from the closest airport to the start of the tour have been covered for the successful applicants.

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Bee council warns crop chemicals could harm CHEMICALS used to control aphids in canola crops could potentially damage the bee industry.

Attempts to control green peach aphid, which is believed to be causing the spread of the beet western yellows virus (BSYV) in canola crops in Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales could potentially have a devastating impact on the Australian bee and pollination industry according to the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC).

While the council said it understands the need to control the pest in canola crops it is concerned to hear reports that some products being used to combat the aphid contain the active imidacloprid – a systemic neonicotinoid chemical.

AHBIC chairman Ian Zadow said that while the council is told these products control the aphid and are safe for the crop, they will devastate any bees and beehives foraging on that canola.

“In addition, some of these products are not registered for foliar application in canola according to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority.

“Foliar-spraying these products on canola are extremely hazardous to any foraging insect, even if sprayed well before flowering – bees located up to seven kilometres

BEE WARNED: Aphids and Varroa mite continue to threaten the bee industry.

from a treated paddock could still be at risk.

“The immediate concern is the effect on other pollination-reliant crops,” Mr Zadow said.

“Alarmingly we’ve heard reports that this practice has occurred within flight range of almond properties where beehives are expected to arrive within days.”

The AHBIC is calling for growers and agronomists that have used these products to ensure that any beehive owners within a seven kilometre radius have been notified.

The council also is urging neighboring landholders who currently have, or will soon have beehives on their properties to have open lines of communication.

“Unfortunately this practice has the potential to decimate hives that

visit treated crops, causing acute financial losses to both the apiary and pollination-reliant industries,” Mr Zadow said.

“WhileAHBIC is not advocating a no-treatment policy of the aphids, it is aware of products available containing the active ingredient sulfoxaflor that are registered for this specific use.

“Whilst sulfoxaflor is part of the neonicotinoid family, it is a newly registered compound and much softer on non-target insects once it dries.

“The most important thing here is for open lines of communication about the impact certain chemicals can have on our industry,” he said.

Meanwhile, according to a recent survey conducted by TQAAustralia on behalf of the Federal Government’s Pollination Program, the majority of blueberry, apple and cherry growers believe the quality and quantity of their crops will be significantly affected if the honey bees they rely on for pollination are struck down by the Varroa mite.

WithAustralia currently the only continent free of the Varroa mite, growers were asked about their pollination practices as part of efforts to prepare for the likely arrival of the devastating pest.

TQA Australia’s Mark Leech said growers are extremely reliant

on feral honey bee populations and take advantage of them by using the minimum number of managed honey bee colonies when feral bee populations are known to exist.

“Experience from overseas shows us that the arrival of Varroa will practically wipe out feral honey bees and have a major impact on managed hives.

“This means free pollination services will practically disappear.

“Australian’s bee population has no natural resistance to Varroa destructor and unless we remain vigilant in the fight against pest incursions we will have a serious problem on our hands,” Mr Leech said.

He said that growers need to develop relationships now with beekeepers to help put them “at the top of the list” for the limited services likely to be available.

The survey showed that more than half of growers surveyed believed that the quantity of their crop would be significantly affected and more than 70 per cent believed the quality would be seriously compromised if there was a shortage of honey bees.

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Funding delivered for vital health service for farmers FARMERS and farming groups have welcomed the $625,000 Federal and State Government funding for the National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH) in Hamilton.

The State Government has delivered $250,000 to the centre, with the Federal Government contributing $375,090.

State minister for health David Davis said the funding is a “welcome step� and the centre will develop a sustainable funding solution for the long term. “Farmers are at risk of poor

health, with above average rates of premature morbidity and mortality through heart disease, cancer and suicide. “By working directly with farmers, providing education and training, the centre is actively reducing the incidence of chronic diseases among farmers across rural Victoria and interstate,� Mr Davis said.

The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) have been ďŹ ghting hard for State and Federal Governments to deliver $500,000 each to the

NCFH which provides national leadership to improve the health, safety and mental well-being of farm men and women, farm workers, their families and communities across Australia.

The centre needs annual funding of $1 million per year to keep operating.

VFF president Peter Tuohey said that looking after the physical and mental wellbeing of farming communities should always be “a high priority for government�. “It’s important to note this is

only one-off funding. “We need both State and Federal governments to realise the longevity of the NCFH and to ensure that it is a service farming families can rely on in the future. “There’s proven support from both sides of government, both State and Federal and even abroad to continue the work of farmer health. “For a centre and program that is now being adopted and replicated in Canada to simply be abandoned after a year would be bafing,â€? Mr Tuohey said.

Barley takes a hit as the rain continues to fall MURRAY GILBY, with wife Denise and son Colin, farm a 700 hectare cropping property at Kotupna, 30 kilometres east of Echuca. The farming enterprise includes cropping canola, barley and wheat, along with an agricultural contracting business, supplying customers with all their cropping needs.

We are about to apply another 50 litres per hectare of UAN onto the canola and a low rate on wheat crops.

The barley that we were able to sow before it became too wet.

Generally the wheat crops are looking very good, but the barley has taken a hit.

We had sown 200 hectares, but the extreme wet has left us

with about 30 per cent that is worth persevering with.

The canola struggled through the wet, but it is beginning to move along a bit now that things have dried out a little.

We are attending a two-day event in Wodonga at the end of July which will cover soil health and nutrition.

This event will be covered

by two excellent presenters on these subjects and it is always interesting to listen.

As farmers we are always on the lookout for updates in technology and any cost saving associated with it.

Our transport side of things has slowed down since the closure of Select Agrifeeds in Moama.

The new owners have shifted all the plant and equipment from Moama to Ballarat.

This has effectively slowed us down to some grain and canola meal deliveries.

I always think that when one door closes another will open, so we are on the lookout for the next door.

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He added that the agreement builds on the positives from the Australia-Korea Free Trade Agreement and the industry looks forward to ongoing discussions to open up further trade possibilities in the future including China.

One of Australia’s leading family-owned wine companies, Brown Brothers has been exporting to Japan for close to 30 years and was one of the first Australian companies to do so.

Brown Brothers chief executive officer Roland Wahlquist said that the lift in tariffs will help Australian wineries increase the percentage of wine they export to Japan – a country that has mainly consumed traditional styles of red wine.

“It has been slow going setting up a partnership because Japan does not have a wine culture.

“We are still quite a small player in Japan with only about four per cent of wine sold in Japan is from Australia.

“Chile which has had a free trade agreement with Japan for quite a while has about 14 per cent of the market, so we are hoping, in time, Australia will see a lot

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Brown Brothers is quite well known in many of the Asian countries, with 15 per cent of its market share exported to Singapore, China, Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia.

All Saints Estate chief executive Eliza Brown said that although All Saints is yet to find a suitable distributor in Japan, it is a very exciting opportunity for those in the wine industry interested in creating partnerships within the Japanese market.

“The agreement will help the whole of the wine industry by opening up new export markets.

“The biggest hurdle is to find appropriate partners and products that are suitable to go into that market.

“Japan is quite a sophisticated market for wine,” Ms Brown said.

“They really understand flavors and tastes, so you really have to find a partner that is appropriate for your product.

“You really need to find someone with common ground, but Japan is definitely on our hit list,” she said.

All Saints Estate currently exports to China and has been doing so successfully for the past 12 months.

Wines from the North East region of Victoria and southern New South Wales are quickly gaining accolades around the world, with many Rutherglen wineries having recently taking home awards from the prestigious International Wine Challenge (IWC) held in London.

The IWC, now in its 31st year, is known as the world’s finest and most meticulously judged wine competition which assesses every wine blend and judges each for its faithfulness to style, region and vintage.

Throughout the rigorous judging processes, each medal winning wine is tasted on three separate occasions by at least 10 different judges and awards include medals (Trophy, Gold silver, Bronze) and commended and Great Value awards.

This year, trophies and medals were won by many Rutherglen wineries, mainly for their fortified varieties, including wines from Morris Wines, Stanton & Killeen Wines, All Saints Estate and Campbells Wines.

“We have won quite a few medals over the past three years which means a lot, particularly to our London distributor,” Ms Brown said.

“The IWC is highly regarded internationally and the fact that many of these awards are coming from the same region makes more of a punchy statement.

“We are a relatively tiny region getting quite a lot of recognition.

“We all work so hard and the wines we are submitting are good so it is great to win and we always hope to win,” she said.

These award-winning winemakers are all part of the Winemakers of Rutherglen membership-based association that formed in 1992.

There are now 20 wineries involved with the association’s prime focus being the promotion of the wineries and their products through co-operative marketing.

The Winemakers have developed a number of events within the region to promote tourism and wine sales.

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Get with the strength at Le Martres ACCORDING to Le Martres Limousins stud principal Leon Martin the cattle he breeds presents some major benefits to the beef and meat industries.

After 16 years of measuring and deliberately focusing breeding for higher Intramuscular Fat the stud’s 58 head returned an average of 3.8 per cent, with a range of 2.7 per cent to 4.5 per cent, with the test range being zero to six per cent.

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“Marbling is terribly important for meat quality and the subsequent eating experience for consumers.

“Our cattle have now achieved this important milestone.

The Le Martres Limousin Stud was founded in 1988 with the purchase of its first females from the Manor Hill Limousin Stud.

At this time, the stud was operated in conjunction with Bunding Park Limousin Stud located at Ballan, Victoria owned by Bert and Ruth Bowden.

In 1994, the Martin family purchased the property named ‘Rosemont Farm’ located at Table Top, NSW, and the Le Martres Limousin Stud was relocated to Table Top, NSW. The stud then acquired an additional selection of older apricot and black Limousin cows and bulls to

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Older cattle were selected as proven breeders and as having been proven to be structurally correct by time.

Le Martres Limousin now breed French and Australian purebreed Limousin cattle with exceptional quality carcases, various coat colors (apricot, black, blue and strawberry) and horned or pooled.

“The animals offer phenomenal, high-quality carcases which perfectly suit the domestic meat market,”

horned and polled bulls will be available.

“Le Martres has specifically selected Limousin cattle that have outstanding longevity as this is a very important trait for maximising on-farm resource efficiency and optimising profitability,” Mr Martin said.

“Your inspection of our Limousin cattle is welcomed throughout the year.”

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Mr Martin said.

“The carcases offer extra meat yield, fine grain meat, marbling and even fat cover by selection.

“Consequently, the cattle can be killed younger and offer still ideal portion sizes for both the butcher and customer.

For the first time, the stud recently offered pedigree females by online tender for sale, complementing the upcoming bull sale scheduled for Friday, February 27, 2015 where a selection of

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Welcome Swallow set for its 15th spring bull sale A LINE up of 55 HBR and APR Angus bulls displaying power, body capacity, structural soundness and great temperament will be up for sale at Welcome Swallow’s upcoming outcross bull sale.

According to stud principal Suzy Martin the traits of the bulls up for sale combined with balanced high performance EBV’s for calving ease, growth, fertility and carcase ensure their client’s purchase a quality animal.

Welcome Swallow was established in 1994 by Alec, Jim and Suzy Martin, The stud’s herd now consists of 380 breeders run under commercial conditions on ‘Illalangi’ - a 820 hectare grazing property 20 kilometres south east of Benalla, Victoria.

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“The Welcome Swallow program offers a comprehensive quality assurance program both pre and post sale,” Ms Martin said.

She added that all bulls must pass certain criteria and vet checks before being deemed suitable to be offered for sale.

“All sale bulls will be yarded for inspection on Wednesday, August 20 from 9am until 12 noon.

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The stud’s sale will take place on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 1pm.

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Good buying at Kanimbla and capacity.

To do this they source genetics from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and more recently, the United States.

The stud principals see showing as a way of observing trends in seedstock and as a reference point with how the Kanimbla herd is developing.

They have enjoyed success in this environment having won many broad ribbons at Royal shows.

Kanimbla Poll Herefords have been breeding for over 20 years and follow on with many great successes including past Supreme Poll Hereford exhibits at Sydney Royal, Melbourne Royal, Canberra Royal and Bathurst Royal and Interbreed Champion Bull at the Bendigo Beef Expo in 2008.

It has been runner up in the interbreed at Canberra Royal on three occasions and once in Melbourne.

Kanimbla operates on the philosophy that to provide bulls that meet the different speciďŹ cations that cattlemen require, it must maintain well-framed cows.

This enables it to use the sire selection to create the appropriate bulls

to meet the market.

K a n i m b l a r eg a r d s Breedplan as a useful ally but only after visual analysis of the animal.

The principals always welcome visitors wanting to go through the herd and they keep in contact with buyers to ensure feedback into the breeding program.

Animals acquired during the sale are delivered free of charge within NSW and Victoria.

For more information visit www.kanimblapollherefords.com.

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THE drafts of 35 bulls up for grabs at Kanimbla Poll Herefords ninth annual sale display the thickness and do-ability that the stud has been striving for.

Stud principals Mike Todd and Mark Baker expect bulls to sell from $2500 (plus GST) at its on-farm sale to be held on Thursday, September 4, 2014 at its Holbrook property.

The sires of the bulls for sale include Tycolah Fair & Square, Harvie Ladies Man, Kidman Bligh, Mt Raven Fedex, Merawah Export and Topps Mr Hereford.

According to Mr Todd, the heifers on offer are the pick of the drop and should represent good buying.

Kanimbla is also offering some select semen packages and a ush in this year’s Sydney Supreme Exhibit, Kanimbla Centrefold G58. “For the last three years, Kanimbla heifers have won grand champion at the Hereford Junior National. “To encourage our junior members, we are offering a ďŹ ve per cent discount to any female purchased at the sale by a junior member,â€?

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2014 North East Beef Conference Pathways to efficient and profitable beef enterprises

The 2014 North East Beef Conference brings together leading producers and industry presenters to provide current insights and ideas on how to improve efficiencies within beef enterprises.

Speakers:

Venue

David Webb-Ware, MLA Producer Advocate

The University of Melbourne, Dookie Campus Dookie Campus is situated half way between Benalla and Shepparton just off the Midland Highway at 940 DookieNalinga Rd. Accommodation available if required.

Bill Sykes, MP Pre-conference dinner speaker “Challenge in the beef industry is not new” Opportunities for higher beef herd profits

Tim McRae, MLA Market Analyst Global beef outlook and market projections

Mark Inglis, JBS

Date and Time Pre-conference dinner Tuesday 12th August 2014 6:30pm Conference Wednesday 13th August 2014 9:00am – 4:00pm

Understanding what makes a quality beef product

John Simmonds, MSA Increasing returns with the new MSA Index

Bill Wilson, MLA Producer champion Making the most out of the feed-base

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Fiona Baker, DEPI

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Weaner nutrition – improving performance

Pre-conference dinner: $30 p.p.

Ian Locke, Beef producer

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Making genes pay on farm

Conference: $45 p.p. ($30 per additional person from same business)

Brian Cumming, BC Agriculture Setting breeding objectives

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Value for money the main focus THIS spring, Irelands Angus will offer 50 outstanding, easy doing bulls at their on-property sale to be held on Friday, September 12, 2014.

Irelands Angus principal Corey Ireland says this year he is catering for the more varied needs of his clients by offering 25 rising twoyear old bulls and 25, 18 month old bulls.

“We feel by offering the different age groups it gives clients the opportunity to purchase bulls for both breeding seasons,” Mr Ireland says.

Celebrating 30 years of breeding stud Angus cattle, Mr Ireland says he is excited for the 2014 spring sale, believing them to be an excellent representation of how the Irelands genetics are continuing to produce consistent, affordable, easy doing cattle.

According to Mr Ireland, this year’s sale bulls display a fantastic cross section of the stud’s herd, with the first Cricklewood Cracker (NZ) calves for sale.

Some of the other sires up for auction include, Raff Dynamite D345, Irelands Fletcher F1, Rennylea Edmund E11 and the last calves from Irelands Zulu Z20.

“I am very happy with the way they have grown into strong, thick topped, soft skinned bulls.

“We are very proud of our bulls and we select on the basis of conformation, structure, growth and fertility,” he said.

CRICKLEWOOD CRACKER 399: Crackers first crop of Irelands calves will be sold at the upcoming Irelands Spring Bull Sale.

He believes the strength of genetics will determine the consistency of the progeny, “no matter the market”.

Mr Ireland said that his main goal is to add profitability to his clients’ programs and measures his own success by the success of his clients.

The bulls are backed by generations of performance genetics, are semen tested, vaccinated for Vibrio, tested free for Pesti and are ready to work.

Mr Ireland maintains his main focus is value for money.

“Of the 356 bulls we sold in 2012-2013, 85 per cent sold between

$3000 - $5000.

“We believe this is affordable for every budget,” he said.

The 50 bulls will be sold onproperty, Friday, September 12, 2014, by auction, commencing at 1pm on the Kyeamba property, 45 kilometres SE of Wagga Wagga.

Inspections start at 10.30am.

An open afternoon and barbecue lunch will be held to inspect the bulls on Friday, August 12.

For more information, videos, lot images, catalogue or to book a private inspection visit www. irelandsangus.com.au.

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Breeders establish joint venture stud “The flock has been managed along commercial sheep farming lines, with a very strict culling policy in place.

“Only the best Charollais have been used in AI and ET programs,” he said.

Charollais Australia’s stud breeders use a number of performance recording tools including ultrasound eye muscle scanning, weighing lambs at birth, weaning and scanning, CT scanning, progeny testing, lamb survivability and assessing functional traits.

“There is no point breeding high index sheep that can’t walk properly or who are too lean,” Mr McDougall said.

“CT Scanning speeds up the rate of genetic gain of lean meat production enabling us to breed more meat where it is worth most - in the loin and hind quarter.

“Using extensive transfer, Lambplan recording and CT scanning we are developing our Charollais into a prime lamb sire very much suited to today’s prime lamb market.”

Feedback from farmers using Charollais rams is that lambing is very easy and lamb mortality low.

Campbelltown farmer Ben Fawcett said lambs that were born last year were the best lambs he has ever had.

“Their weight and shape set them apart.

“Watching them come down the race mixed in with our other second cross lambs you could see that they are 50 millimetres wider across the back end,” Mr Fawcett said.

The stud breeders select for structural and functional soundness which includes good feet and legs, a wedge shaped body for easy lambing, length of loin - many Charollais carry an extra vertebrae, good muscling especially in the loin and the rump, a bare face, a bare breech and clean points and fineness of bone.

Ewes for embryo transfer are selected on both their carcass traits and growth rate along with their ability to perform as a mother (weaning weight of lambs).

“We want Charollais to be up with the best when it comes to kilograms of lamb weaned per 100 ewes joined.

“And ultimately we want our rams to perform for you – for lambs sired by our rams to be easily born, to be quick to their feet and suckle, to grow very quickly off grass and produce a quality carcase with a high meat yield,” Mr McDougall said.

The flock is Brucellosis Accredited, Johne’s disease monitored and vaccinated (MN1-V).

For more information visit www. charollais.com.au.

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THE owners of Charollais Australia in Hamilton, Victoria aim to sell rams that are very functional, full of meat and produce lambs that will be profitable for its clients.

Charollais Australia – Australia’s foundation and largest Charollais stud - is a joint venture between Colin, Heather and Anthony Hilsdon and Ian McDougall of Farmgene Pty Ltd, Gladstone, South Australia.

Colin and Heather Hilsdon emigrated from the United Kingdom (UK) in 2008 with sons Anthony and David, his wife Claire and son Ryan.

They ran a flock of Charollais in the UK and were keen to establish a stud Charollais flock in Australia, so in 2008 they arrived in Australia to do just that.

Ian McDougall, an Australian vet specialising in artificial reproduction in sheep has lived and worked in the UK for the past 27 years.

He has extensive knowledge of the Charollais breed in the UK and abroad, spending many years inseminating and carrying out embryo transfer on Charollais sheep.

“In 2005, Farmgene imported Charollais embryos from the UK,” Mr McDougall explains.

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August 2014

Putting the lump back in the rump IT has only been seven years since Trevor Troeth and Ian McDougall met up at Sheepvention and decided that they would introduce the Ile de France breed to Australia.

Mr Troeth has bred Poll Dorsets at Heywood, Victoria, for many years after growing up on this father’s Corriedale stud.

He felt that the Poll Dorset and White Suffolk had lost conformation - in particular hind quarter muscling - in the pursuit of growth rate and lean-

ness, however he saw a breed that could put the “lump back into the rump�.

Mr McDougall ďŹ rst discovered the Ile de France breed on a trip to the Paris Agricultural Show in 1988 and was involved in establishing the ďŹ rst Ile de France ocks in Canada and Mexico in the mid-1990s.

He felt that with the breed’s ability to cycle all months of the year, its great carcass, white wool and its do-ability the time was right to introduce

Ile de France to Australia.

Ile de France Australia was then formed and after “a lot of hard workâ€? it is now a successful sheep stud situated north of Portland. “Our aim is to produce rams that sire easy lambing, early maturing lambs with great shape, that grow fast and ďŹ nish quickly off mum and dress out well,â€? Mr McDougall said. “We birth weigh all of our lambs and cull any ewes and rams that are implicated in

breeding, oversized or incorrectly shaped lambs. “Our stud rams are selected from those that have grown fast to weaning, with positive fat, good eye muscle and hind quarter,� he said.

Many of the stud’s clients have reported how easy lambing the breed is including Andrew and Sheree Mills who run 1200 merino ewes on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

Mr Mills has used Ile de France rams over their merinos

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Elders offers online quad bike training A national registered training organisation, Top Rider has worked with Elders Insurance to produce the online video training series that can be accessed at www.farmsafetyfirst.com.au.

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The regional and rural insurer is making available a short, online video training series on a dedicated safety portal aimed at providing practical knowledge about how to operate a quad bike safely.

Elders Insurance general manager John Fox said the insurer is encouraging everyone who lives or works on a farm in Australia and who has access to these types of vehicles to undertake the online training.

“It’s straightforward and will only take 10 to 15 minutes, but the knowledge and awareness you will gain about how important safety is when operating these vehicles could save your life or that of a loved one.”

Mr Fox added that he was aware that Elders’ training is not a complete solution to the high on-farm accident rate but the insurer wanted to do what it could to help reduce the occurrence of accidents on farms.

“Our message is simple and clear – be better informed, be aware of how you’re using quad bikes and whether they are appropriate for your farming activities and, importantly, be safe,” Mr Fox said.

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DEPI expert says quality silage will produce more milk in cows From page 20

Yes, the contractors will squeal because crops will be much lighter than most contractors (and many farmers) will be used to, but the contractors will be in their rights to charge a bit more money to harvest light crops to cover their costs.

However, farmers will win out because the high-quality silage will produce more milk than before and, if cut early enough when the surplus is being recognised, these paddocks should not miss a rotation and regrowth will be faster, thicker and of better quality.

2. Wilt and harvest as quickly as possible and have the forage in the pit or bale within 24 to 48 hours, if possible, though it isn’t always possible.

The longer a mown crop takes to reach its target dry matter content to ensure it undergoes the most efficient fermentation, the higher the quality and DM losses.

Also, an extended wilting period increases the risk of the next rainfall occurring, resulting in even higher losses.

So, early in the season,

when the ground is damp, there’s little heat in the sun and it’s necessary to reach the target DM content as quickly as possible, how can farmers do this?

Often this is not easily achieved, but with a few management tips and appropriate equipment it is worth the punt and can be achieved by: s ALLOWING THE DEW TO lift before mowing; s TEDDING THAT IS

spreading the mown crop as soon as possible after mowing, probably retedding at least the next morning once the dew has lifted, and sometimes carrying out a third tedding for baling; or s MOWING PASTURES

clovers and young lucerne stands with a flail or tyned-type mowerconditioner and cutting crops such as cereals cut at soft-dough stage, summer forages and mature lucerne with a roller-type mower-conditioner and leaving the swath as wide as possible (75 per cent to 90 per cent of the mower width); and s APPLYING A FERMEN tation-enhancing silage additive to encourage a desirable fermentation,

as the forage will most likely be slightly wetter than ideal.

Each dollar spent on additive should ensure at least a three dollar to four dollar benefit – often more, occasionally less.

3. Compact stacks and bales as densely as possible.

The poorer the compaction, the greater the amount of air trapped in the stack or bale and greater the DM and quality losses.

For bulk stacks, chop material short and spread it in layers no thicker than about 150 millimetres.

Roll slowly to allow the tractor weight to compact the forage.

Baling slightly slower will increase bale density so set bale density as dense as possible on the baler.

Chopping balers will increase density by eight per cent to 15 per cent.

4. Seal airtight as soon as possible after harvesting.

Seal stack, don’t just cover them.

Try to complete rolling immediately after harvest is finished.

Avoid rolling the next morning as this just

New president for Grassland Society hopes to up membership make a living out of growing grass and the society brings together top quality people and information to help them improve.

Replacing Marney Jones as president, Mr Whale grew up on a sheep property and completed a degree in agricultural science at the University of Melbourne.

He has worked for the Department of Primary Industries as a sheep and wool development officer and managed a fine wool merino property in NSW. The GSSA is the peak farmer organisation dedicated to the transfer of information and technology related to temperate grasslands.

Formed in 1959, the GSSA has branches in South Australia, Tasmania, southern NSW and five in Victoria.

pared with the normal black/white sheets, if sealed well.

It does cost extra, but after experiencing its benefits, many farmers are swinging to the twostep system.

Individually stretchwrapped bales must have at least four layers of film applied over the entire bale and six layers if the forage or stubble on which it is sitting is stalky.

Experience by many operators using most continuous in-line and large square bale wrappers has resulted in them now applying six layers to ensure a reliable and robust seal.

If a white-grey mould is present in the silage, air has been or is present; this must be prevented in future.

5. Repair holes immediately using specific silage patching tape.

Ensure the area to be patched is clean and dry and that repair tape of a similar color to the holed plastic is used to minimise the difference in contracting and expanding in hot/cool conditions, resulting in the seal leaking.

New hay app helps make sales quicker A NEW app that allows hay-making contractors and growers to assess the quality of their product has been launched by hay service and marketing company, Feed Central.

Feed Central has developed the Australian-first app to give producers the ability to market their hay more promptly and to a wider audience.

Feed Central quality assurance and supply manager Ian Wickham said the company was rolling out the program to accredit contractors and growers to do first-round quality assessment and to list hay directly with Feed Central starting with the 2014/2015 hay season.

“It’s a great leap forward for the whole fodder industry,” Mr Wickham said.

“There is no national grading system and

in the absence of national standards the app helps standardise assessments and gives buyers greater confidence to buy more hay sight unseen, while still allowing growers and contractors to market this product through their own channels.

“Growers and contractors will be able to get their product online and available to sell much quicker.

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JAMES Whale is the new president of the Grassland Society of Southern Australia (GSSA).

The South-west Victorian farm business and livestock production consultant hopes to increase the society’s membership and to reactivate some branches that have been in a lull.

The GSSA also wants to attract the attention of young producers, particularity those in the beef and sheep industries.

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‘pumps’ more oxygen into the stack.

Rolling should keep up with forage delivery from the paddock.

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Gravel bags filled with pea gravel or washed sand is ideal for this job along bunker walls and the stack surface.

Another recent innovation for sealing stacks is the use of see-through 45 micron-thick oxygen barrier (OB) film.

It is not UV-heat stabilised and is more than 20 times less susceptible to oxygen permeation than normal 125-mircron black/white plastic sheets.

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6 DISC LINKAGE DISC MOWER ..................................................... $9,460 8 DISC LINKAGE DISC MOWER ................................................... $11,000 BFS210 2.1MT SICKLE BAR MOWER ............................................ $4,390 DM-5 5 DISC LINKAGE 3 BLADE DISCS......................................... $8,300 2.4MT BAR MOWER ...................................................................... $4,990

MOWER/CONDITIONER NEW POTTINGER NEW TONUTTI NEW JF STOLL S/H KUHN

305H 3.0MT ROLLER CONDITIONER LINKAGE ............................$24,500 RMCR 2.5MT 6 DISC ROLLER CONDITIONER .............................$19,000 GMT3605 TRAILING, CENTRE PULL, 3.6MT CUT ........................$42,000 FC352RG 3.5MT, SIDE PULL, ROLLER COND. .............................$14,850

TYM T1003 100HP, 4WD, a/c cabin. with loader, incl. 4 in 1.

USED TRACTORS S/H DAEDONG DK90C DAEDONG, 4WD CAB FEL 3843 HRS $31,000 S/H CASE 495 50 2WD, ROPS, REMOTES, P/STEER ....................$9,500 S/H CASE 4230 83 2WD, CAB VERY TIDY 3200HRS ..................$18,000 S/H FORD 4110 54 2WD, ROPS, CANOPY, 4200HRS ..................$11,000 S/H FORD 4600 60 2WD, ROPS, CANOPY, FRONT END LOADER ....$16,500 S/H JD 2140 82 2WD, CABIN, REMOTES ....................................$13,000 S/H MF 135 43 2WD, ROPS, SINGLE SET REMOTES....................$7,800 S/H LANDINI VISION 95 4WD CAB, 2720hrs FEL BUCKET FORKS ....$48,000 S/H IH 454 50 2WD, ROPS FRONT MOUNT FORKLIFT ...............$11,000

TEDDERS TWO ROTOR

$3,500

BALERS 1 NEW HOLLAND S/H NEW HOLLAND S/H NEW HOLLAND S/H NEW HOLLAND S/H CASE

BR7070 6X4 SUPER FEED TWIN NET 3000 ROLLS ..................$48,000 275 SMALL SQUARE BALER ......................................................$5,200 648 4X5 TWINE NET ................................................................$15,000 BR7060 4X5 TWINE NET 17,500 BALES (YELLOW) ..................$27,800 8545 SMALL SQUARE BALER, CENTRE PULL ..........................$22,000

FOUR ROTOR

$7,590

COMBO TEDDER/RAKE

TOPPERS & SLASHER

NEW AGRISON NEW AUSSIE NEW AUSSIE NEW AUSSIE NEW DAKEN NEW DAKEN NEW DAKEN NEW SILVAN NEW CALANDRO S/H KANGA S/H FAIRBROTHER S/H AGRISON

VINEYARD/ORCHARD 2.4 MT

$8,000

CELLI FOLDING 4.5MT $26,000

TEDDER RAKES

ROSSI DR420 TEDDER RAKE, MULTI PURPOSE ROTARY RAKE CAN V RAKE, SIDE RAKE & SPREAD HAY

5FT LINKAGE TOPPER (YELLOW).............................................. $1,650 MA-6 6’SLASHER WITH DEPTH CONTROL WHEEL ................... $2,992 MA-6 6’ LINKAGE SLASHER ..................................................... $2,700 MA10 10’ LINKAGE TOPPER .................................................... $8,.470 1.2 4’ LINKAGE SLASHER – GALVANISED ................................. $1,760 1.35 4’6” LINKAGE SLASHER – GALVANISED ........................... $1,900 1.5 5’ LINKAGE SLASHER – GALVANISED ................................. $2,500 5’ WEEKENDER LINKAGE SLASHER.......................................... $1,947 3MT ORCHARD SLASHER SIDE THROW LINKAGE .................. $18,920 10’ LINKAGE TRAILING “V” ORCHARD SLASHER...................... $7,500 3.0MT LINKAGE 3 ROTOR TOPPER ........................................... $5,400 3.0M TOPPER 2 ROTOR............................................................ $7,700

$6,990

MULCHERS NEW WORKER NEW WORKER NEW BECCHIO NEW BECCHIO NEW BECCHIO NEW BECCHIO NEW CELLI NEW CELLI NEW CELLI NEW CELLI NEW CELLI NEW CELLI NEW NOBILI S/H BERTI

1.25MT MULCHER WITH REAR ROLLER .................................... $2,190 1.5MT MULCHER WITH REAR ROLLER ...................................... $2,380 FW300 3.0MT CUT, PASTURE TOPPING ..................................... $8,900 ML240 2.4MT CUT HAMMERS HIGH BODY HYD ...................... $10,300 TL 160 1.6MT WORKING WIDTH “7” KNIVES ............................. $4,700 TM800 8.0MT CUT. R/DOOR, END TOW, CUT DISC .................. $39,800 SIRIO/F 180 1.8MT CUT. MANUAL OFF SET, HAMMERS ............. $4,490 MIZAR/F 200 2.0MT CUT FIXED HAMMERS ............................... $7,300 VEGA/S 175 HYD SIDE SHIFT 1.75MT CUT, HAMMERS .............. $6,200 SCOR/F 250 2.6MT CUT, FIXED, “Y” KNIVES .............................. $9,850 SCOR/F 285 2.85MT CUT, FIXED, “Y” KNIVES .......................... $11,400 SCOR/P 5.0MT CUT, FOLDING, “Y” KNIVES, 2.3M TRANSP W .. $29,000 BKE210 2.1MT CUT, REVERSIBLE, HYD SIDE SHIFT, “Y”s ........ $11,495 2.5MT HYDRAULIC SIDE SHIFT, NEW HAMMERS ....................... $5,700

ROUND BALE FEEDER, LEFT/RIGHT DISCHARGE S/H ECONO

$7,600

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