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GRAINS Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) believes that weed management and herbicide resistance has been neglected in Victoria. “Everywhere in Victoria has herbicide resistance to lots of groups of herbicides,” Chris Preston, chairman of the Australian glyphosate sustainability working group, has told a herbicide-resistance seminar for Victorian agronomists in Bendigo. “We started with glyphosate resistance – the world’s first case of glyphosate resistance was at Echuca in 1996 – but now we have paraquat resistance, too,” he said. In general terms Dr Preston was talking about winter crops but many other crops are also affected. “Everywhere you go milk thistle is resistant to A and B herbicides, cape weed is resistant in southern Victoria and we even have stinging nettles in celery resistant to herbicides in southern Victoria,” said the associate professor of weed management in the University of Adelaide school of agriculture, food and wine. As the name of the sustainability group suggests, chemical companies such as Monsanto, Nufarm, Dow and Syngenta are closely allied with it. “Bayer is coming on board after a hiatus,” Dr Preston said. Glyphosate resistance was first docu-

mented in Victoria in 1996 in annual ryegrass. As part of the new focus on the state’s weeds a crew led by Dr Preston will return to southern Victoria to look for resistant weeds. “We’ll be back surveying and collecting herbicide resistant weeds in the southern region, that is south of the Western Highway this summer, probably in the first week of January 2015,” he said. Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative communications leader Peter Newman said recently that too many Australian farmers were allowing “world champion (herbicide resistant) weeds” – annual ryegrass and wild radish – to become well established in continuously cropped paddocks, making contributions each season to the seed bank. Mr Newman said that to be farming in the future it was essential to incorporate integrated weed management into every-day farming practice. Change was urgently needed across all regions. “Integrated weed management adds another layer of complexity to the farming system and can be a pain,” he said. But Australian farmers had a reputation for innovation and problem-solving and were no longer relying on herbicides alone. Mr Newman urged every crop grower relying on herbicides to employ WeedSmart, a 10-point plan to battle against herbicide resistance.

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ZINC at Federation Square will be the venue for the Australian Dairy Farm Investment Forum on Monday, September 15 in Melbourne. Stronger opening season milk prices, burgeoning demand from China and growing farmer confidence about the industry’s future will be the backdrop. “The forum will provide an opportunity for all parties interested in the Australian dairy industry to gain a deeper understanding of the operating environment, outlook and innovations shaping the industry’s future,” said Dairy Australia

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director John McKillop. Attendance will cost $700. More information: http:// www.dairyaustralia.com.au/ dairyinvestmentforum. THE 2014 National Landcare Conference at Melbourne’s Crown Conference Centre, Southbank, to run from September 17 to 19 has the theme Celebrating Our History, Growing Our Future. Highlights will include presenters like chef Matt Moran, ABC Landline presenter Pip Courtney, expert on the impacts of climate on Australian ecosystems Dr Mark Howden, CSIRO Futures Lead Scientist Dr Stefan Hajkowicz and environmentalist and behavior-change researcher, Tanya Ha. More at nationallandcareconference.floktu.com. THE Royal Melbourne Show will run from September 20 to October 1. More information: royal show.com.au. THE 15th annual South Gippsland dairy expo will take place at the Korumburra showgrounds on Wednesday and Thursday, September 24 and 25. Farm consultant Matt Harms and a panel of district dairy farmers will dissect the entrails of the dairy industry on the Wednesday morning.

A new initiative, the Udder Truth Showbag, will see one visiting farmer win $3000. More information: Deane Kennedy 0419 878 055, http:// www.dairyexpo.org.au. A COMMUNITY conference at Federation University auditorium, Gippsland Campus, Churchill from October 3 to 5 on living with bushfire will explore the wide range of issues relating to fire and the effect it has on our community and natural resources. A joint initiative between DEPI, Federation University Australia, the Country Fire Authority, Latrobe City Council and Parks Victoria it will cost $20 per day and will include a field trip. More information: Peter West 0427 409 619, Wendy Wright 5122 6854, http:// federation.edu.au/industryandcommunity/engagement/ fire-conference. THE National Centre for Dairy Education is running an AI course with the National Herd Improvement Association of Australia over three days in October. It will comprise a thorough grounding in bovine anatomy and reproductive physiology, liquid nitrogen and semen handling, common reproductive diseases, heat detection and record-keeping, genetic theory and bull selection,

nutrition and fertility. The theory course runs on October 15 in Leongatha followed by two days of practical inseminations on October 22 and 23 in Sunbury. More information: Sue Bird, 5667 4502, sbird@ncdea.edu.au. DATES have been set for this year’s Southern Pulse Agronomy Field Days in the Western District, Wimmera and Mallee. The Western District field days will be on the Southern Pulse Agronomy Research project site at Westmere on October 15 and 16. The days will provide an opportunity for growers to hear the latest information on varieties and agronomy from researchers, agronomists and grain marketers. These days highlight the progress and future for pulse agronomy and breeding, and the role of pulses in successful farming systems. More information contact Mary Raynes at Pulse Australia, 0408 591 193. THE Wandin-Silvan horticultural and farm machinery field days will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 17 and 18 at the Wandin East recreation reserve. For more information: Nan Cleven 0429 428 537, info@ wandinsilvanfielddays.com. au, WandinSilvanFieldDays. com.au.

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Interest knows no border $28,000 created headlines, it is the commercial sector focus that the Prentice family’s Poll Dorset and White Suffolk stud’s success is built on at Ariah Park. The development of Kurralea’s type was built on having a bigger framed sheep with a maturity pattern that enabled all commercial market weights to be targeted by clients. The difficulty was to build rapid early growth

and muscling into this frame type, as there are negative correlations involved. Genetic outriders needed to be identified and then used astutely to bring in the consistency producers need. The same principles have been used in both their Poll Dorsets and White Suffolks. Widespread client endorsement is the best evidence of their success

in achieving this. James Osborn, manager of the ‘Barratta’ and ‘Zara’ properties AF&A Ltd is a big supporter of Kurralea genetics. The company uses rams from both breeds to mate with approximately 17,000 ewes each year on all its Hay Plains’ properties. “The reason we shop at Kurralea is the quality of the draft and the large selection of choices; there

are very few places where you can get the numbers of that quality, plus they are fantastic people to deal with.” AF&A targets the 2124kg carcase weight for Woolworths and in good years 70 per cent will achieve that, with the balance going as store lambs. AF&A aims to turn a majority of lambs off in four months. Store buyers line up to get their bigger drafts of store lambs.

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Gippsland farms appreciate with top index performance The 44,268 transactions, totalling 5.8m ha, generated sales of $15.2b; the index removed sales under 30ha. The report found 10 per cent of rural land sales were between family members, although East Gippsland, at 7.9 per cent, was the state’s lowest in this category. The index found three distinct trends in the past 23 years. Between 1990-2000, farmland values were stagnant, with capitalised annual growth of 1.8 per cent. From 2000, values rose rapidly over the next eight years to a peak in 2008. The capitalised annual growth rate was 11.6 per cent.

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WEST and South Gippsland farms are Victoria’s top performers in land value appreciation, according to the latest index by Rural Finance. Farms in the regions averaged annual growth rate of 4.96 to 20 per cent above the index’s average performance. The region saw 5603 farm sales totalling $2431m and the median parcel size was 52ha. Victoria’s next-highest growth was 4.85 per cent in the Western District. The Victorian Farmland Values Index 2013 tracked the results of almost 45,000 land sales across Victoria since 1990.

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Unique approach to enterprise By RALPH COTTER Department of Environment and Primary Industries

LIKE many Western District properties, 1215-hectare Murnong – midway between Inverleigh and Winchel-

sea – has a mix of farm enterprises. But as visitors heard during an open day at the farm on July 29, the types of enterprises and the way they are integrated is unique. Cropping is the primary one with roughly 900ha sown to canola, wheat, barley, oats, lucerne and pulses. On the animal side there is an intensive prime lamb flock consisting of 900 composite ewes run on 200ha and a 320 sow free range piggery. Farm manager Josh Walter said it was a really happy mix of enterprises that complemented each other. “Pig manures spread over cropping paddocks, lambs get the grain leftover from seed cleaning and a lot of straw is needed for the piggery,” he said. Cropping Mr Walter described Murnong Farms as embracing a minimum-till

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YIELD MAXIMISERS: Farm manager Josh Walter (left) and cropping manager Triston Nicholson (right) inspect a crop of Murnong lupins.

system with inter-row sowing and semi-controlled traffic, being highly adaptable to the high rainfall zone. “We are not a true controlled traffic (enterprise) because the header is not on the same tracks; we don’t over capitalise on machinery and have about half the equipment of similar farms. “A John Deere 7930 tractor does just about everything with a smaller 6520 used to spray crops if the main one is tied up air seeding,” he said. Harvesting is done using a John Deere 9760 header fitted with an 11m offset front. It is fitted with auto steer, draper front that has been converted for windrowing (also windrow spraying) and a chopper that cuts the trash and spreads it evenly across the full width of the header. Making inter-row sowing possible is a John Deere RTK two-centime-

tre guidance system. “The accuracy to inter row sow was the whole crux of us being able to move towards no-till,” Mr Walter said. “Our long-term goal is to go to a 3m system when we turn the header over to gain the full benefit of a full controlled traffic system with a further five to 10 per cent improvement in the use of our machinery.” The soil protection provided by minimum tillage has allowed the direction of sowing to focus on getting water to flow off the paddocks. “We sow down the biggest slope in the paddock which gets the water off the paddocks with no risk of erosion,” he said. R a i n fa l l ave r a g e s 550mm a year. “Removing unproductive, waterlogged areas has made a huge difference to total yield; we still get a few wet areas but no longer see entire paddocks wiped out.”

There is no set crop rotation on Murnong with the decision based on what is needed to rectify a paddock’s problems, such as weed control, fertility or water logging. Mr Walter said controlled traffic, inter-row sowing and retaining stubble enables staff to get onto paddocks year round. Soils range from heavy clay duplexes to loamy sands “This means our timing for applying nutrients, chemicals and seed is the best we can get it,” he said. “We can begin sowing earlier because of the water retained by the soils with the minimum-till system. “We are not trying to sow in the mud and our crops are established before the soil gets wet. “We are out there doing the right thing at the right time, when we used to be delayed in the old system because

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auto-steer which limited compaction to specific wheel tracks. This resulted in soils that were better able to both drain and store water. In 2009 they introduced crop sensors to the front of the main cropping tractor allowing them to measure differences in crop health that are invisible to the eye. The improved information provided by the sensors assisted with key input decisions, particularly nitrogen applications. Mr Walter and the consultant used topographic maps collected by the RTK auto-steer as well as crop sensor and (five to seven year stacked average) yield

maps to assess where water moved around the property and identify waterlogging impacts. After all of the data was reviewed they decided on the location of a drainage line which was cut by a drainage contractor. Probably to date the biggest gain from this has been the identification of areas with poor drainage; Mr Walter estimates that the average area of crop loss has been reduced from 50 to only 5ha. An 1890 per cent return on investment in block re-design and drainage works amounted to nearly $100,000 in two years. In future Mr Walter

plans to use crop sensors to conduct weedmapping across the paddocks during summer spraying operations. Precision ag tools have allowed him to zone the farm by soil type to allow problem weed patches to be identified and the information used to vary herbicide and seeding rates. Since zoning paddocks according to soil type, Mr Walter also plans to use crop sensors to monitor crop performance in the zones throughout the growing season to assist in site-specific management. Ralph Cotter is a DEPI fodder and wool specialist based in Geelong.

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Mr Walter said the most important thing was their resolve to put the plough and match behind them. “We decided we wanted to get into no-till, controlled traffic, inter-row sow and leave our stubble and we have stuck to our guns,” he said. Measuring to manage In 2005 Mr Walter started working with a precision agriculture consultant by analysing satellite imagery for crop biomass and was surprised at the degree of spatialvariability in crop performance. The following year he started controlled traffic farming with an RTK 2cm

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“It was capped at the beginning of July,â€? Mr Inglis said. Operating since last October after being trialled in Tasmania for about two and a half years, the program guarantees that fully traceable products “have been grown and treated using best practice for animal welfare, food safety and management proceduresâ€?. Mr Toohey, one of the ďŹ rst producers to sell to

JBS in October, told the seminar the program was “phenomenal and had changed what we do�. Previously he had struggled to keep his vealers below Coles’ supermarket requirement that carcases weigh less than 270kg. “The problem was that 60 per cent of our cattle were above that weight and Coles didn’t want them. “Then if they went over 500kg live weight

the feedlots didn’t want them either. “That’s where this system is the best thing I’ve ever seen in terms of ease of management and selling cattle and I’ve been in the industry since 1989,� he said. Basically JBS now accepts young male and female cattle with zero to four teeth weighing 220 to 420kg carcase weight. However, he said it required concentration and attention to detail to make

the program work, not least because JBS bought female cattle too and “they are different because we can run into problems of them becoming over fat�. “But being able to easily sell the cull females makes a big difference in this system,� he said He normally keeps 120 to 150 of his better females every year and sells the rest. The “best� heifers had this year sold for $870. “But when we later

sold the lighter ones in the middle of April, because the price had lifted, they returned $930 a head,� he said. Mr Toohey said that he generally started marketing calves at about eight or nine months of age in April or May. But this year he started selling in March when JBS was buying cattle for at least $2 a kilogram liveweight for 420kg animals. At the time of writing

Mt Egerton fodder trials test best brassica determine the best fodder brassica to sow. Turnips were on the menu for a few years but were scrapped “because of a choking issue�, Mr Toohey said. “There are heaps and heaps of these fodder crops coming through which are really worth their weight in gold and although we are happy with the brassica rape we are on now we’ll check the new varieties again next year,� he said. Last year in a 60 hectare paddock he sowed three varieties and then watched what the cattle ate, with the result that Subzero hybrid forage bras-

sica is still his best preferred variety. “The cattle will tell you every day of the week what they prefer, but the one they consistently leave is the one I don’t sow next year,� Mr Toohey said. He always has a run off paddock with straw available to balance the rape input. People will say what costs are involved - there is a cost in breaking paddocks up. The cropping program starts when Mr Toohey spray tops pasture paddocks the year before planting. They’re then grazed out

over winter by cattle and are again sprayed in SeptemberOctober before rape seed is drilled in. Other paddocks, currently totalling 140ha, were sown to wheat in autumn. At the Ballarat seminar Mr Toohey was accosted by an attendee who said he would never feed his cattle brassicas again because he had cattle die from brassica poisoning. Mr Toohey said care needed to be taken, especially when rain caused the crop to shoot after a dry spell. A run-off paddock with hay available was always essential.

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Asado makes a Sunday tasty lunch BARBECUING a forequarter of beef was never going to be easy given the weight of the meat involved and the time needed to cook it. But Warialda Belted Galloways’ Alan and Lizette Snaith, on 60 acres at Clonbinane on the Great

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Argentinians enjoy asados where whole sheep or beef carcases are butterflied and hung on a metal frame standing against or over a wood fire to cook. In those cases a steel post usually suffices to support the meat. But the Snaiths and Mr Chan were working at another level and looking at supporting and turning a Belted Galloway forequarter of more than 70 kilograms over a substantial fire. Mr Snaith erected a serious gantry and added a specially welded frame which he wired to the forequarter. A block and tackle was then fitted to raise and lower the whole deal. The day before the event, the team assembled components and about 8pm started the fire. That burned all night and steady low heat was maintained until the meat was deemed to be cooked at about 1 pm the next day. Then with little apparent difficulty Mr Snaith and Mr Chan moved the forequarter from the fire on to a large stainless steel-topped table. Then the former demonstrated his butchery skills in reducing the fore-

RIB-CATCHER: Hugo Brancatisano, from Tuerong, enjoyed the Belted Galloway asado feast at Clonbinane.

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Care in silage-making SILAGE is a major feed component in southern Australian dairy cow rations from December until pasture can meet forage intake needs. Silage can be present in dairy rations, in varying amounts, for as much as 10 months of the year. Many of my clients maintain some silage in the ration all year to sustain consistency/base of ration components. The feed budgets we prepare for our clients each August aim at meeting this requirement, and of the last few years of violent seasons and milk prices, we’ve increased the silage budget by 50 per

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cent as a goal reserve to sustain milk production/ profit through adverse seasons and economic downturns. Silage can comprise 50 per cent of our consumed forage as veriďŹ ed of our feed budget post-mortems over the last 10 years. In terms of dry matter tonnage, it often equals grain fed for the same 12 months. We would not tolerate poor quality grain, yet silage by the time it reaches a cow’s mouth has a cost higher than grain on a dry matter basis. Silage management requires our best efforts to ensure we harvest a quality product that has the palatability and nutrient content to optimise its conversion to milk dollars. The four key elements to silage quality are: 1) correct moisture, 2) plant sugars, 3) lactic acid bacteria, and 4) oxygen-free storage. After many years of testing silage, from the perspective of fermentation quality, moisture content of 65 per cent is well proven to produce the highest lactic acid content (palatabilityand stability), and lowest level of undesirable acids. High lactic acid ensures a rapid fermentation to bring silage to a stable condition. Plant sugars are required for lactic acid bacteria to convert to lactic acid.

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Pasture is inherently low in sugars so the use of a silage inoculant with enzymes to break down indigestible ďŹ bre to sugars for lactic acid conversion is essential. Lactic acid as described above is our best hope to make silage stable (no further fermentation = minimal dry losses) by lowering pH very rapidly. Also, lactic acid makes silage palatable reducing wastage at feed-out and optimising intake. Lactic acid will minimise other less desirable acids that reduce intake and are unable to produce stability due to lactic acid being 10 times stronger than other fermentation acids. The goal of fermentation is to preserve surplus forage for later consumption when pasture is reduced. It should burn up all oxygen to stop any further fermentation and breakdown of dry matter. To achieve this we must also seal silage sufďŹ ciently to minimise any oxygen entering the bale or stack. In the case of a pit or stack, ensure the face is removed daily to reduce secondary fermentation from exposure to oxygen.

SPEED ESSENTIAL: Time of cutting to ensiling plays a critical role in determining silage nutrient levels.

This is less of an issue in pasture silage due to low starch and sugars. The four phases of silage production Plant material will continue to ‘breathe’ after cutting and continue doing so after ensiling until all oxygen has been used. So oxygen is our enemy in producing good fermentation, for preservation and limiting of undesirable yeasts and moulds from forming. As plant material breathes it converts plant sugars to carbon dioxide and water – a costly loss to nutrient value and capacity for conversion to milk dollars. Heating occurs also as this process devalues our silage. Heating will cause caramelising and breakdown of protein rendering it unavailable to the cow as well as dry matter loss. For these reasons, the time from cutting to ensiling plays a critical role in just how much nutrient we end up with and how much milk we’ll produce per kg DM of silage. Anaerobic This phase begins when all oxygen is depleted. Anaerobic lactic acid bacteria start the fermentation process lowering pH as rapidly as their number will permit. With silage inoculant containing adequate lactic acid bacteria a pH below 5 should have occurred within 72 hours in pasture or lucerne silage. Once pH reaches this point, dry matter losses stop and oxygen loving yeasts and moulds cannot grow. Many varieties of bacteria exist naturally on forage, but few are good enough (specie) or in sufďŹ cient numbers to cause a rapid pH decline. Inoculants containing lactic acid bacteria ensure a rapid and uniform fermentation; fermentation

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Dairy expo offers $3000 reward THE South Gippsland Dairy Expo on September 24 and 25 at Korumburra showgrounds will award one lucky attendee $3000 for coming to the event. A new initiative for the expo, the Udder Truth Showbag supported by South East Organic Fertiliser will be responsible for providing the $3000 cash. Nothing more is being given out about the $3000 prize yet and visitors will have to come through the gate to ďŹ nd out more. Organised by the Strzelecki Lions club the event will be celebrating 15 years of providing the local dairying community with a showcase for the latest in dairy innovation, products and services. During the past 14 years, the Club has distributed more than $315,000 back to the community from this event and this achievement would not have been possible without the involvement of loyal sponsors who have continued to support the expo and the community. The expo will again hear from Matt Harms from Onfarm Consulting who will chair a panel on

FRESH TAKE: Matt Harms (right), from Onfarm Consulting, will chair a panel on the Wednesday of the Dairy Expo titled ‘2013: celebration or hangover, good memories or just a blur?’

the Wednesday at 11am titled 2013: Celebration or Hangover - Good Memories or is it just a blur? Panel members will be local dairy farmers Leo and Karen Argento, Wooreen; Neville and Sherrie Beveridge, Mt Eccles; Tim and Grit Cashin, Leon-

gatha South and Russell Mann, Rabobank. The South Gippsland Shire Council and Rabobank will support the session. T h e Yo u n g D a i r y Development Program (YDDP) will be hosting a farmer challenge for East,

West and South Gippsland Young Farmers. Watch them go head to head in a challenge that will involve flexibility, skill, practical knowledge and teamwork at 1pm on both days of the expo. As always expo sponsors promise to have

Dairy Expo o Wednesday 24th & Thursday 25th September 2014 from 9am-3.30pm

Korumburra Showgrounds, Cnr South Gippsland Hwy & Charles St Korumburra

Our northern neighbor imports the equivalent of 10 billion litres of milk

Visit our Major Sponsor Be sure to visit our major sponsor, Devondale Murray Goulburn, as well as the team from MG Trading at their hospitality area.

Special Features Wednesday 24th & Thursday 25th September LADIES PAVILION This pavilion promises to have something of interest for all the ladies. KIDS ACTIVITY PAVILION Plenty of fun for all the kids can be found in the Sanders Pavilion. Proudly sponsored by Burra Foundation

Visit our Gold Sponsors & Exhibitors As always the Expo Gold Sponsors and Exhibitors promise to have plenty of exciting new products, services and innovations.

11am Wednesday, 24th September

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A new initiative to the Dairy Expo, the Udder Truth Showbag, supported by South East Organic Fertiliser will see one lucky farmer win $3,000 cash. There is an old saying, you have to be in it to win it, so find out how at the Dairy Expo entry gate!

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plenty of exciting new products, services and innovations at the Dairy Expo. Catch up with Devondale Murray Goulburn and MG Trading, Reid Stockfeeds, Rabobank, Notman Pasture Seeds, NCDEA/ GOTAFE, GippsDairy,

come current suppliershareholders and all other visitors to enjoy their hospitality. Members of MG’s regional ďŹ eld services team will be on hand to discuss a variety of dairy farmrelated topics including milk supply, share farming, income projections, milk quality and farm productivity. The company’s retail division, MG Trading, will also be available with expert agronomists on hand to provide advice and to display a range of new products available in store. Refreshments will be available on the day including sampling of some of the great tasting and high quality products from Devondale and Liddells. For dairy farmers, the Devondale Murray Goulburn and Reid Stockfeed breakfast on the Thursday morning will be an attraction. Bookings with Murray Goulburn on 5662 9666 or Reid Stockfeeds on 5633 2222 are essential. Once again, there will also be something for partners in the pavilion at the expo and the Rotary will help with children.

IN 2013, China imported more than 2.1 million tonnes of dairy products worth US$8.8 billion to make it the largest importer of milk products in the world. Its imports have increased more than 45 per cent in the last ďŹ ve years and this trend is set to gather pace. As the need for overseas produced dairy in China grows, the requirement for a diversiďŹ ed group of reliable international suppliers of the best quality is becoming urgent. Whole milk powder for instance, is supplied almost solely from one country - New Zealand - that garnered 41 per cent of total Chinese dairy imports in 2013. China imports the equivalent of 10bn litres (1000ML) of milk each year, which is more than the total national production of Australia and with Australian domestic demand increasing the chances of Australian dairy ever â€˜ďŹ‚ooding’ the Chinese market are very small. A free trade agreement that gives Australia the same tariff provisions to the Chinese market as New Zealand will undoubtedly help to deepen the already strong relationships between the Australian and Chinese dairy industries and lead to better deals for Chinese consumers. The Australian dairy market has been price deregulated since 2001 and is resilient, highly efďŹ cient and responsive to

consumer demands on price, quality and safety with strict government-enforced standards in place to protect consumer health and welfare. Australia is already supportive of China’s domestic industry, nurturing its on-farm development with the export of more than 50,000 dairy heifers every year. Dairy Australia has presented at the China Dairy Industry association annual conference since 1995 and has been working closely with the Association on the Dairy Australia China Scholarship Program since 1999. In that time DA has brought to Australia 220 Chinese scholars to get ďŹ rsthand knowledge of our industry and the relationships established are providing invaluable personal and business links between our two nations. The cooperation between our dairy industries extends in other directions. For over a decade, Australia has worked closely with the Ministry of Agriculture sharing technical information in the biennial China-Australia Dairy talks and assisted with domestic production. For two years running, the Australian ambassador to China has spoken in support of these growing ties at the CDIA conference in Shanghai, proof of the level of importance the Australian Government is giving to dairy. As our relationship further deepens, the completion of a free trade agreement will be signiďŹ cant.

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With more than 700 exhibitors, there’s always more for farmers to see and do at Elmore Field Days. More demonstrations. More in paddock trials. More equipment. More innovations. More displays. More machinery. More people to talk to. More information to gather. In fact, more of everything! So come along this year, because there’s more than ever before.

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Entry fees and opening times SINGLE day passes can be purchased for $18 and ordered from the Field Days Office. Public admission each day: Adults .............. $18 Secondary students ............. $8 Children Under 12 ....... Free No concessions. Companion card accepted.

Elmore Field Days 2014 checklist Tuesday, October 7, Wednesday, October 8 and Thursday, October 9 LOCATION: The Field Days are held at the Elmore Events Centre adjoining the Midland Highway approximately two kilometres east of Elmore township. HOURS: The Field Days site opens each morning at 8.30am and the gates close at 5pm. CAR PARKING: Unlimited free parking is provided adjacent to the entry gates on both sides of the Field Days site. Disabled parking is

available at Gate 2 and Gate 10. ENTRY COSTS: The entry charge is $18 for adults and $8 for secondary students, GST included. Children under 12 are free. No concessions. Companion Cards accepted. SITE SERVICES: Bendigo Bank ATM machines together with the Parenting Centre and St John First Aid facilities are provided adjacent to the Administration Office.

Mobility scooter and wheelchair hire is available on the east and west side of the field days.

found in the nearby regional centres of Bendigo, Echuca/ Moama and Shepparton. FOOD AND DRINK:

PURCHASES: The Field Days provide a parcel pickup service for equipment items up to 50 kilograms purchased from exhibitor sites, which are delivered to depots adjacent to the entry gates for collection. A nominal two dollar charge is donated to local community groups. ACCOMMODATION: Hotel and motel accommodation is to be

Local Elmore community organisations provide an extensive choice of catering options on site, along with a number of specialty food vendors during the event. A public bar also operates on the site each day. AIRCRAFT:

measures 1000 metres in length by 50 metres in width. Adequate aircraft parking space is also available. For more information contact Wayne Cowan on 0427 326 444. ADMINISTRATION: The Field Days administration office is located in the centre of the site and can be reached on (03) 5432 6176. WEBSITE:

A marked grass airstrip is available parallel to the Midland Highway and east of the display area which

For regular updates visit www.elmorefielddays.com.au or find us on Facebook – Elmore Events Centre.

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IF your group is considering visiting the Field Days, please consider pre booking your tickets, this will allow your group quicker access to the event. Contact the Field Days Office at least two weeks prior to the event to arrange.

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Lely Australia Pty Ltd

Lely Welger, Lely Hibiscus, Lely Splendino, Lely Tulip

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AUSA Forklifts & Telehandlers

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FIELD DAY PRESIDENT: President of the Elmore Field Days committee Frank Harney said he is looking forward to the ‘Taste more at Elmore’ feature at this year’s event.

million and is being continuously enhanced by the construction of additional buildings, for both the public and exhibitors, and provision of additional services including equipment demonstration areas. In the last few years a bi-annual Demonstration Day, devoted to tillage, cultivation, spraying and fertilising and other input handling has been successfully staged on the Field Days site. This is both seasonally relevant and of practical benefit to farmers in the region complimenting the focus on hay and silage production equipment during October. A distinct advantage of the site is the adequate space available for crop trials or other in field demonstrations. Elmore Field Days is a community owned and run, not for profit

organisation that strives to maintain its fundamental purpose - an unbiased service to agriculture and community with flow on economic benefit to regional areas. “Everything is shaping up very nicely at the moment,” Mr Harney said. “It’s all drying out, which will be just in time for the crop demos, so it will be a good opportunity to see the machinery at its best. “I would really like to thank the girls in the Elmore office for putting this all together in the time frames we all work under. “The office staff correlates everything and the committee worked tirelessly to present the venue in the best condition possible. “The Elmore Field Days is just going from strength to strength,” he said.

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FOOD and wine is one of the main features at this year’s Elmore Field Days with the organisers keen to showcase plenty of local produce in the new food and wine pavilion. According to the president of the Elmore Field Days committee Frank Harney, the new pavilion will host about 21 exhibitors which is expected to be a drawcard at the 2014 event. “This year the site is absolutely full,” Mr Harney said. “We have been inundated this year, with about 100 more on the waiting list. “We have opened up a new area for food tastings – Taste more at Elmore – which will feature cheeses, wines, salamis, with all exhibitors having to provide tastings. “All the exhibitors have produced all these food and wine products from their own land,” he said. Mr Harney added that another new exhibit this year is the American car display, which will be alongside the usual vintage machinery display. “We also have an increased number of exhibitors displaying their organic or natural fertilisers as opposed to always relying on the synthetic stuff and of course the arts and crafts general interest area will be of great interest to visitors again,” he said. The 2014 General Interest pavilion will provide the opportunity to enjoy the many cottage and commercial displays and demonstrations over the three days. The Country Women’s Association of Victoria will display and demonstrate a variety of both new and old handicrafts. Elmore has gained recognition as one of Australia’s premier agricultural field days. The first Elmore Field Days were held in October 1964 after a voluntary committee organised the first comprehensive display of farming equipment and services alongside the Campaspe River. The permanent site now has a developed cost approaching $2.5

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designers and artisans, Naona and Gavin Stewart, who share a passion for creating artwork made from metal. Based in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Metalscape design and produce artwork for businesses and individuals across Australia and export

overseas. Gavin has a life-long connection with metal, working in various forms from industrial applications through to the creative arts and Naona relishes creating distinctive original designs that are both personal and resonate for her customers.

Gavin said he loves working in metal because “it’s a natural element which is strong and durable and we enjoy creating distinctive styles which enhance our customers’ living spaces always with an eye for detail and a quality ďŹ nishâ€?. “We are now in our 10th

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Recycling farm materials into fashion Ag Art Wear Competition has record number of entries THE Ag Art Wear Competition is back at this year’s Elmore and District Machinery Field Days with a record number of entries on display during the three days in October. Coordinator of the general interest area and spokesperson for the competition, Joyce Giffin, said the competition is for a wearable ‘work of art’ including accessories created from materials and items of an agricultural nature found on a farm. “Garments in previous competitions have been made from frost cloth, copper, grain, electric fence tape, beer bottle tops, common wool packs, hessian, rubber tyres, ear tags, hay bales, twine, glass and even old parts of cars,” Mrs Giffin said. “A big variety of materials are used and they fashion it into a garment. “Materials can be purchased at a hardware store, just as long as the material can be found in an agricultural environment.” The Ag Art Wear Competition is open to everyone and is divided into four sections - Avant Garde, Designer, Under 21 and a Hat section. There are special conditions of entry and Mrs Giffin emphasised that one of the most important of the conditions is that “the garment must allow free body movement and not injure, scratch or be of a hindrance to the model wearing the garment”. “It must be of a weight that can be comfortably worn and carried,” she said. “It is also important that the creation be durable enough to be worn at least six times during the length of the field days and that commercial dress fabric, hats, shoes etc is allowed but judges will deduct points for the use of non-agricultural materials. Local models are sourced from Elmore and Rochester to wear the “way out creations” and take part in the fashion parade on the catwalk in the Auditorium Marquee. The fashion parade takes place at 11am and 2pm each day of the field days, with the winners announced after the 2pm parade on Thursday, October 9.

WEARABLE ART: The Ag Art Wear Competition is about creating wearable art using materials found in agriculture.

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LOCAL MODELS: Models from Elmore and Rochester are used to showcase the “way out” creations.

“It is quite professional now with the models wearing the creations,” Mrs Giffin said. “When the competition started in 2001 those that entered the competition had to model their own designs. “We had 12 entries then and this year we have about 50 entries. “And our generous sponsors provide cash prizes for the winners of each section.” The best 12 garments from last year’s competition were displayed at various places of the field day’s sponsors, with a two month stint at the Bendigo Tourism Centre which proved to be very popular. “Anyone can enter the competition from school students through to the older generation,” Mrs Giffin said. “We find the biggest number of entries come from the students in the Under 21 section. “It has become a regular competition for some of the schools and some of the garments are way out of this world.

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Whitlands Engineering clocks up two decades of Australian-made FAMILY owned, country-based farm machinery manufacturer Whitlands Engineering is celebrating its 20th year in business this year. It will build its 3000th firewood handling machine, see six employees go on long service leave and take advantage of exciting export opportunities. These days it specialises in designing and building a range of domestic sized hydraulic wood splitters and industrial ďŹ rewood processing machinery.

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The business was shaky at ďŹ rst – Mr Burder had little experience running a business and then there was the problem of getting the word out about this great new machine. Looking back it was an almighty risk, especially since the workshop was on the Whitlands family farm in the mountains between MansďŹ eld and WhitďŹ eld, 75 kilometres from Wangaratta. That meant freight, access to power, employees and marketing exposure were all limited. Mr Burder started attending local ďŹ eld days to showcase the machine. Henty, Elmore, Seymour and Tasmania ďŹ eld day attendees were all incredibly receptive to the design and momentum began. Despite no glossy brochures, internet or email, the company steadily built a solid reputation for providing great service and tough machinery. By ďŹ ve years, the business had taken on its ďŹ rst employees: a bookkeeper, a ďŹ eld day representative and three in the workshop. About 15 years on, those ďŹ rst ďŹ ve employees are still with the company. “I had no experience

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Many farmers in our Recharge Conditioning Program are getting 8 to 10 years out of their batteries. Just dose them when you buy them, treat them every two years and give them an overnight charge twice a year between treatments and eliminate the sulphation problem.

GERARD Anselmi will be at the Elmore and District Machinery Field Days again this year marketing his battery rejuvenation solutions. Known as Recharge Battery Revitaliser it is available in various pack sizes with the two litre size at $230 the most popular. Online that size pack sells for $380. Capable of treating 80 car batteries or 40 N-70 tractor batteries, Mr Anselmi said the cost of treating an average car battery was about $4. Treatment with Recharge means the liquid dissolves the sulphur ions that form on and degrade battery plates. That enables the electrolyte to hold a charge again. Mr Anselmi said one of his satisfied Queensland customers, Shane Perry, Claremont, had recently returned to buy his third two litre Recharge pack since 2007.

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Mr Perry told Mr Anselmi he only bought secondhand batteries but by rejuvenating them with Recharge he was able to get four to six years of life from them; before Recharge their average life

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SWARM management and other important tasks of the early part of a beekeeper’s season will be the topic of an introductory workshop on bees and beekeeping held by the North Eastern Apiarists Association on Sunday, October 5 at Swanpool, south of Benalla. Experienced beekeepers from around the North East will be on hand to discuss, demonstrate and encourage learning on all aspects of beekeeping. To be held on the tennis courts at Swanpool, this workshop follows a highly successful workshop held at the same location in October last year that more than 60 people attended. The day will start with a screening of an iconic beekeeping documentary Gentlemen, the Queen. Filmed in 1974 this film features one of the most experienced beekeepers in the North East, Linton Briggs.

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Dealing with the production of queen bees, viewing the film today is a fascinating insight into how much and how little things have changed over the past 40 years. Spring is the time for reproduction of the species and for bees this means swarming. Seeing half the residents of their workforce disappearing over the back fence is the last thing any beekeeper wants. There are, however, techniques available to the beekeeper that allow the hive to realise its natural desire to reproduce and at the same time retain the bees for the beekeeper. Interest is already high in this spring workshop and interested beekeepers should register with treasurer Rodney Whitehead at their earliest convenience. Contact him on (03) 5727 3468 or at walkabouthoney@westnet. com.au.

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was 12 months. The best was eight years life for a battery powering his bulldozer. “All batteries sulphate,” Mr Anselmi said. “You buy them with sulpha-

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To make an appointment to meet sales staff at the field days, email shows@ newagecaravans.com.au or telephone 03 9305 1714. Information on the range can be seen at www.newagecaravans.com.au.

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Airwell’s water solutions pump life to remote bores PREVIOUSLY unused water sources from low flow bores or bores located remotely from electrical power can now play an important role in farm water supply planning thanks to Airwell Pumps. The Airwell Group Pty Ltd has been providing water pumping solutions to the agriculture industry for over 35 years and has witnessed too many occasions where insufficient planning and attention to farm water supply has created major difficulties and expensive solutions to farming operations. So its technology allows Victorian representative Robert Fishburn to design farm water systems using the most diverse range of pumping products currently available. He will be on the company’s stand at Elmore Field Days to discuss your farm water requirements. Mr Fishburn has been involved in the Victorian agricultural water industry for more than 35 years and has been heavily involved in water designs ranging from small single pump and

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tank installations, to very large farm water designs which included multiple pumps and tanks, 28 kilometres of water pipe and 56 troughs. He has the knowledge and experience to recommend the best pumping and that has been recognised by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries. As well, he has been a regular presenter and

speaker at farm water seminars and conferences for the past five years and also delivers water management strategies and design ideas to farmer groups and department staff as part of the Rural Industries Skills Training program. For more information contact Robert Fishburn on 0418 501 585 or visit www.airwellgroup.com. au.

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Planning for the future today. The time to do your Farm Water Planning is NOW not when you are about to run out of water. For a professional review and assistance with your Farm Water Planning call and see Robert Fishburn at this years Elmore Field Days. Robert Fishburn has been representing the Airwell Group in Victoria for over 20 years. Robert has many years experience in Farm Water Planning, supply and installation of Airwell pumps and all other forms of pumping equipment. Call and see why he is a regular speaker and presenter for water seminars held by the Department of Primary Industries in Victoria.

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HAY SAVER: A WasteNot Feed Pad feeder in action on a feed pad.

WasteNot tackles bossy cows and PXGGLHG ¿ HOG KD\ THE wetter than usual autumn and winter has made it much more difficult to feed cattle without seriously pugging valuable pastures on flatter farms. But Terry Allan of WasteNot Stockfeeders, at Elmore Field Days again this year, has seen a number of his Feed Pad hay feeders help save the day, particularly on dairy farm feed pads. “With a Feed Pad, cows can be fed after each milking (if that is how you have set it up) to boost their intake and/or to balance their total ration, thus increasing the efficiency of conversion. “When they reach the paddock we see a much gentler

scene: cows are much quieter, grazing or laying down much earlier, rather than charging around the pasture chasing the tractor or today’s hay. “Pasture is eaten out later in the day – even into the afternoon,” Mr Allan said. “If the Feed Pad has been used to help manage the pasture better, hopefully we have grown a little more feed and will utilise a little more of it every paddock, every rotation.” In a year like this, he said it was particularly wasteful to roll out hay or silage for cattle in a wet paddock. “The herd lines up and eats the first half of the hay but watch what

happens to the second half. “A group of cows progressively leave the line although there is still hay there because it is no longer an effective feeding space for tail enders. “The bossy cows dominate the remaining hay, and it is not until they are full and they leave the line that the shy cows and heifers get a chance to come back to where the hay was. “But it’s gone by now – either eaten by the bosses or trampled into the mud,” he said. “Did the tail-enders or the pasture get a fair g o at your place today?” Mr Allan asked. For more information contact Terry Allan on 1800 808 685.

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Freedom Tanks site plays host to fundraiser in Bays’ memory Bike ride raises funds for Bendigo Hospital children’s ward Hospitals for kids can be bad enough, but if you are able to stay with your child in some comfort that may make it a little easier. to 4pm each day of the ďŹ eld days. “A group of six riders will be riding non-stop, with two riders riding at a time in two hour stints,â€? Mr Fuller said. “We will be riding on wind trainers, which are a small item that you place under your bicycle so that you can ride without going anywhere. “There will be people around telling the visitors what we are doing and why, and all about the cause. “We really just want to raise awareness of what we are raising money for. “Elmore Field Days is a great local community event where they get a lot of people who utilise the kids’ ward at Bendigo hospital. “So if there is any small way we can contribute and help them, then this is what it is all about,â€? he said. Mr Fuller said he had a fantastic group of people and businesses to help, including Freedom Tanks, his employer, who has given the foundation a small area of their site to use during the Field Days. “ASA Printing Bendigo is printing banners, ags and brochures free of charge for us, Heavenly Threaded are donating shirts for us to wear, AiA Massage Bendigo will keep the riders going and Moroni’s Bikes are donating the wind riders.â€? For more information contact Roger Fuller on 0449 004 630.

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THE Freedom Tanks’ site at this year’s Elmore Field Days will have a little extra activity about it, with cyclers taking over some of the site to raise awareness for an upcoming fundraising event. Roger and Andrea Fuller have set up a foundation known as “Bays’ Foundation� which is named after their son Bailey who passed away in 2012 at the age of 8 as a result of an on-farm drowning accident. “Bailey (Bays) was a very bright and happy boy who loved life and everything to do with it,� Mr Fuller said. “Bays had an intellectual disability, so he had no sense of danger but a great sense of adventure. “Some of his passions were bike riding and swimming, which unfortunately contributed to his death.� The Bays Foundation is raising funds for the children’s ward at the Bendigo Hospital to purchase chairs that convert to beds for parents to sleep in while their children are in hospital. “Hospitals for kids can be bad enough, but if you are able to stay with your child in some comfort that may make it a little easier. “I can speak from experience, as we have spent many a night there,� Mr Fuller said. The foundation’s goal is to raise $20,000 by cycling 404 kilometres from Mildura to Echuca over two days on the second weekend of November. Mr Fuller is heavily involved in Bendigo’s cycling community and had called on many of his friends and more than 20 local businesses to support the fundraiser in what will be known as “Bays’ Ride�. To raise awareness for the upcoming fundraiser, the Freedom Tanks site at Elmore Field Days will have a display of bike riders, riding on their bikes on wind trainers continuously from 9am

AWARENESS: A foundation named in honor of Bailey, pictured here with his older brother, Zac, will be raising funds at the field days.

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On-site grassed airstrip welcomes ¿ HOG GD\ YLVLWRUV DEPENDING on the weather, Elmore regularly attracts 40 to 50 fly-in visitors to its three day event. The weather that causes most cancelled fly-in plans is low cloud which eliminates all but instrument rated pilots who can fly solely on the gauges. But high winds are not usually a problem because the grass strips next

to the field days site provide access from four points of the compass. The strip is located at latitude 36° 29.578’ south and longitude 144° 38.709’ west. It is 420 feet ASL and radio contact can be made on frequency 126.7. For information call Wayne Cowan on 0427 326 444.

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DAILY DEMO: Mike Fix with his Rehabilitator plough at Elmore Field Days 2013.

GRAHAM Wood, Graham Wood Machinery, and Mike Fix of Fix Engineering will again team up at the Elmore Field Days. They have been partners on imported Austrian, as well as their own Australian built machinery for many years. In the latter category they will release at the field days new seed boxes and seeding systems built by Fix Engineering in Daylesford. One of the Australian imports on display will be the Vertikator, a one pass pasture and small seeds seeding system for over-sowing and re-seeding. It levels, harrows, seeds and rolls at high speed with seed evenly dispersed over the whole surface without drill rows. It will be demonstrated at Elmore each day. The second is the Exaktor seed box, designed for aftermarket attachment to

cultivating equipment to combine two or more operations. Mr Wood is the originator of a third, the Whoppa Choppa cutting and feeding out system for all baled fodder. Also, Fix Engineering has a number of implements for weed management and seeding in the vegetable industry. The most popular is the low power Rehabilitator plough. It provides environmentally friendly tillage with superior lift to allow more air into the soil. Deep and surface cultivation is often achieved in one pass. With a seed box attached crops are sown at the same time. There are pasture options as well for deep and surface aeration without tearing up existing pasture. For more information contact Graham Wood on 0418 591 678 or Mike Fix on 0418 508 573.

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TIDY UP: Tow ard Farm’s tow-and-collect pasture cleaner will be on show at the field days.

TOW and Farm will launch its new liquid fertiliser spreader, the Tow and Fert Multi 4000 at this year’s Elmore Field Days. Designed and made by New Zealand-based company Metalform it joins Tow and Farm’s other similar machines, the tow behind Multi 1000 and its three point linkage 1200L model. All machines have similar traits. A stainless steel trash pump, which has the ability to draw water/ effluent from any source on the farm, quickly fills the machine at which time any form of soluble

fertiliser can be added. The 4000 is sold with an onboard crane (optional) making filling quick and easy; with its vigorous in tank agitation, it will dissolve urea in 10 to 15 minutes. This application saves up to 50 per cent of the cost of applied nitrogen. Users can then add any form of fine particle fertiliser that soil or animals require. Once mixed and located in the appropriate paddock, the operator presses remote control to open constant re-circulating booms

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1= ODPE EUHHGV ERRVW SUR¿WV BY adopting New Zealand sheep genetics, Inverleigh-based Murnong Farming has boosted prime lamb gross margins by more than 60 per cent compared with lambs produced from first cross ewes joined to Poll Dorset sires. With NZ Highlander ewes joined to NZ Primera rams, Murnong found 180 per cent lambing is normal compared with 130 per cent from the traditional cross. A total of 1000 of the former survive happily on 62.5 hectares while the latter need 75ha for similar comfort. With a kilogram of live lamb valued at $5, the resulting 1800 Primera/ Highlander lambs average 25.5kg each and after some supplementary feed inputs gross $215,100. However, the first-cross Poll Dorset lambs only number 1300 and weigh 22.5kg each to gross $133,350. Murnong manager Josh Walter told a recent field day that like the rest of the farm – it runs a 320 sow piggery and extensive winter crops - the focus of the prime lamb system fell on

Murnong farm achieving better lambing and carrying results

SHAKY ISLE GENES: Highlander ewes in a crop at Murnong in western Victoria.

increasing profitability and efficiency. “We wanted to produce a consistently high quality lamb carcase of 19 to 23kg in a self-replacing system,” he said. While developing the action plan to achieve this goal Mr Walter and staff identified the need to address the key problem

areas of lamb survival, lamb growth rates and mature ewe size. He said the farm’s piggery had taught them what could be achieved with the right balance of nutrition, genetics and management. “How can we get the sheep more like the pig operation - that’s where we started the technical

thinking,” Mr Walter said. “We found as nutrition got better, production improved and having sheep in good condition all year (by feeding supplements) made the flock easier to manage. “So we had the nutrition and management down pat, but we needed the genetics.”

In order to find the right ones Mr Walter travelled to FocusGenetics in NZ to see its sheep program first hand and, as a result, imported Primera rams and Highlander ewes in 2010. He then carried out his own on-farm trials comparing them to what could be sourced within Australia.

Trialling the imported genetics has seen lamb survival substantially increase in their commercial flock. Some of the other improvements include: s BIRTHING ASSISTANCE levels dropped from five per cent in 2010 to 1.9 per cent in 2013; s SCANNING PER CENTAGES

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were up 18 per cent and weaning ratesimproved; s LAMB SURVIVAL INcreased by 10 per cent from the existing crossbred system; s PER CENT LESS FEED input was required to produce more lambs due to the reduced frame size of the ewes; and s LAMB GROWTH RATES ALlowed lambs to be turned off threeweeks earlier than the original crossbred system. “When you take into account all the possible variables that affect lamb production, our own trials indicate we could likelyachieve a further 20 per cent increase in kilos per ha return over and above our existing crossbred and Poll Dorset prime lamb operation over the next three years or earlier as the genetics take influence,” Mr Walter said. The results were well beyond his expectations. Following subsequent discussions with the Focus Genetics partnership, Murnong Farming has become a ram multiplier breeder in Australia and a key genetic breeding facility in western Victoria.

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Lambex gold win THE Woolumbool ram sale on October 1 will offer lamb producers a smorgasbord of high quality genetics, specifically bred for south eastern Australian conditions and suitable for current domestic and export market specifications. Gold level accuracies on all data from the stud’s Poll Dorset and White Suffolk sheep should instil confidence with prospective buyers, but just in case, there is now another stamp of excellence on Woolumbool genetics. At the recent Lambex 2014 conference in Adelaide, Woolumbool rams sired a gold medal-winning entry in the associated competition to find Australia’s Best Lamb. Stud principal Phil Clothier’s family entered lambs in the competition.

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DETPA Grove’s long and successful history in the White Suffolk breed and prime lamb industry is the foundation for its current launch of ‘new generation’ sires. Extensive use of advanced breeding technology has greatly reduced generation turnover and decades of objective measurement have placed Detpa Grove at the elite end of the industry for veriďŹ able performance. As an example of how genetic management, artiďŹ cial breeding and feed technology are combined optimally is the ram Detpa Grove 130066, one of the Pipkorn family’s new generation sires. He is in the top one per cent as a trait leader for carcase plus index, weaning weight, post weaning weight, yearling and hogget weights. This ram weighed 75.5kg at four months under natural grazing conditions and has been used to cover 100

specially selected ewes in the stud. Sires like him dramatically impact commercial prime lamb production by increasing growth rates in terminal sires; lambs reach proďŹ table slaughter target weights more consistently and in a shorter time than industry averages. For lamb production efďŹ ciency, DG130066’s dam produced quintuplets and off grass she weaned 201kg of lambs at three and a half months of age. Detpa Grove’s total ock performance has it at approximately 20 index points above the industry average. Thursday, October 9 presents the next opportunity to purchase some of these new generation Detpa Grove White Suffolk genetics, with about 200 head of stud and ock rams and stud ewes on offer at its Jeparit onproperty sale.

Englewood Park to offer 133 rams ENGLEWOOD Park Poll Dorset and White Suffolk stud, Inverleigh, will hold its 37th on property production sale on Wednesday, October 8 at 1pm. It will offer 102 Poll Dorset ock rams, 10 Poll Dorset stud rams and 21 White Suffolk ock rams. Stud principal Geoff Oliver said the stud aims to produce rams that are true to type and have adequate length with plenty of muscle and dense downs wool while maintaining balance. He said he bred rams to sire

prime lambs to meet any market speciďŹ cation in the quickest possible time. “All our rams are visually appraised for structural soundness and then Stockscan performance assessed to give buyers the important eye muscle area along with growth and fat measurements,â€? he said. This tool assists buyers select the best rams to suit their endeavors to produce perfect carcases, Mr Oliver said. All rams are OJD-vaccinated and are accredited ovine brucel-

losis-free. He said the stud used the success of progeny from its 1300 ďŹ rst-cross ewe prime lamb enterprise to prove the genetic value of its Englewood Park rams. “Our ďŹ rst draft of 280 12 to 14 weeks of age sucker lambs hooked at MC Herd’s works last September averaged 21.2kg and returned $118.54 each. Then a pen of 77 shorn lambs sold at Ballarat market on April 22 this year made $167 each.â€? More information: Geoff Oliver 0409 355 018.

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SHEEP SALES

September, 2014

Southern Farmer, Page 17

Merinos star turns at three shows By DAVID RIZZOLI

HAPPY GROUP: Students from Tintern Schools, Ringwood East, with champions from their East Friesian and Romney stud flocks at the 2014 ASBA Sheep and Wool Show, Bendigo.

a gross of $72,200 and an average of $1900. Hamilton’s Sheepvention is the major highlight of the year for this rural city, attracting as it does, tens of thousands of visitors over two days in early August. Activities range from yard dog trials to high fashion wool parades and countless hundreds of stalls and displays, but it is the sheep that form the centrepiece. Monday saw the traditional Hamilton and Western District Sheep Show which attracted 1000 entries from 15 breeds. The Merino was once again the feature breed and exhibitors came mainly

from Western District studs and central Victoria. Southern Farmer region stud sheep breeders were again well represented among the broad ribbons in many of the breeds on display. Merino Champion ultra fine ewe, reserve champion ultra fine ram, reserve champion unhoused superfine ram, reserve champion superfine ram, reserve grand champion superfine ram, Mac and John Barty, Beverley, Redesdale. Champion unhoused superfine ram, champion unhoused fine wool ram, champion unhoused fine wool ewe, Graeme Harvey, Poplars, Murgheboluc.

Grand champion fine wool ewe, champion fine wool ram, champion fine wool ewe, reserve grand champion superfine ewe, reserve grand champion

STANDING PROUD: Harry Miller from Glenpaen Merino Stud, Brimpaen, shows off the stud’s supreme Merino exhibit at the 2014 Ballarat Sheep and Alpaca Show.

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studs contested the Corriedale classes which were dominated by two studs – Nic Cole and Geoff Risbey’s Stanbury WCH, Bookar and the Ellis family’s Sweetfield, Mount Moriac. Champion unhoused ram, champion shorn ram, senior champion ram, supreme champion ram went to Stanbury at WCH. Champion unhoused ewe, champion shorn ewe, champion March shorn ewe, junior champion ram, junior champion ewe, senior champion ewe, supreme champion ewe, Sweetfield. Reserve junior champion ram, reserve junior champion ewe, reserve senior champion ewe, Jim and Brenda Venters, Liberton, Stonehaven. Perendale Champion ram, reserve champion ram, champion ewe, reserve champion ewe, Mount Monmot Perendales, Skipton.

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fine wool ram, champion superfine/fine wool poll Merino ewe, Wurrook Estate, Wurrook, Rokewood. Reserve champion fine wool ram, George and Helen McKenzie, Montrose Hill, Illabarook. Champion restricted medium wool ewe, reserve champion restricted medium wool ewe, reserve champion superfine/fine wool poll Merino ewe, Craig Trickey, Coryule, Willowvale; champion medium wool ram, champion medium wool ewe, grand champion medium wool ram, grand champion medium wool ewe, champion strong wool ram, Alan Harris, Koole Vale, Costerfield. Reserve champion strong wool ram, reserve champion strong wool ewe, reserve champion medium /strong wool poll Merino ram, Norm and Ryan Weir, Kerrilyn, Dunluce. Corriedale A strong field of seven

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AUSTRALIA’S premier wool producing sheep the Merino was the feature breed of the three major sheep shows throughout Victoria in July and early August. The shows drew Merino entries from all the sheep producing states including a record 24 studs from Western Australia, for the Australian Sheep and Wool Show at Bendigo in mid-July. As reported last month, major honors at that show were shared between Victoria and New South Wales with the supreme exhibit from the Raynor family’s Grathlyn stud, Mudgee, NSW. Victoria scored when John Crawford’s Rockbank stud, Victoria Valley won the Australian Merino pair of the year. A number of breeders from the Southern Farmer region were successful in Merino classes too. The Beverley stud of Mac and John Barty, Redesdale,won champion ultrafine unhoused ram (any age), champion ultrafine open ewe and reserve champion unhoused ram, while Phil and Kim Hartwich, Mount Challicum, Ballyrogan stood the champion ultrafine ewe (any age), and Glen Brothers, Wattlebank, Guildford won champion restricted superfine ewe and champion restricted fine wool ram. Graeme Harvey’s Poplars stud, Murgheboluc won champion steward’s fine wool ewe and champion unhoused superfine ram Merinos were again the feature breed at the 133rd Ballarat Sheep and Alpaca show with the honor of supreme Merino exhibit going to Rod and Sue Miller’s Glenpaen stud, Brimpaen. Glenpaen was the outstanding Merino exhibitor also winning grand champion ram of the show, the aggregate trophy for fine merinos, the aggregate trophy for fine ram classes and champion fine wool ram. Southern Farmer Me-

rino breeders who were successful included Mac and John Barty, Beverley, Redesdale with grand champion ultrafine ewe and aggregate trophy for superfine Merinos. The Montrose Hill stud of George and Helen McKenzie, Illabrook stood champion superfine ram with the Walton family’s Wurrook Stud, Rokewood, taking grand champion superfine ewe. Allan Harris, Koole Vale, Costerfield won grand champion medium wool ram and ewe ribbons. A number of other regional sheep competed with outstanding success. Southdown Champion ram, champion ewe, Graeme Denhert, Fernhill, Ballan. White Suffolk Champion ram, Shane Baker, Booloola, Baringhup. Dorset Horn Champion ram, ewe, Robert Grieve, Hillend, Millbrook. Hampshire Down Champion ram, ewe, Boonong Park, Langwarrin. Poll Dorset Champion ewe, Robert Grieve. Corriedale Champion ram, Stanbury at WCH, Bookar; champion ewe, Peter and Maree Baker, Loddon Park, Baringhup. Polwarth Champion ram, Geoff Kemp, Homeleigh, Heathcote; champion ewe, Fairview Polwarths, Yeo. The 25th annual Merino ram sale held in conjunction with the show there were 42 rams from 10 vendors including two from major New South Wales studs. Buyers were from New Zealand, Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. The top price of $4400 was paid by the Roseville Pastoral Co through an Ararat agent for a ram from the Coryule Stud of R and P Sloan, Willowvale, south west of Ballarat with Craig Trickey stud manager. The sale had a clearance of 32 of the 42 rams offered (90 per cent) for

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September, 2014

Weather conditions ideal for worms By JEFF CAVE

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WEATHER conditions are ideal for worms. The recent rain in the state has provided ideal conditions for the survival of worm larvae on our pastures. Sheep that are nutritionally stressed, in light condition and grazing on short pastures are likely to be affected by worms and scouring this winter. Worms should be considered in all ill-thrifty or scouring sheep, regardless of when the sheep were last drenched. To help establish whether worms are the cause of ill-thrift or scouring it is worth considering the following: The nutrition of the sheep including the feed availability, supplemental feeding and stocking rate; s THE CLASS AND CONDI tion of the sheep including their body condition score; and s THE DRENCH PROGRAM including the product/s used and date/s drenched, in particular the time since the last treatment. To confirm worm infes-

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RECIPIENT of a Horizon Scholarship, Mansfield’s Mikaela Baker, attended the 2014 Horizon summit in Canberra, where 38 scholars from across Australia gathered. As part of the scholarship Mikaela undertook public speaking exercises to help improve confidence, and also enjoyed a networking dinner where she had the opportunity to talk to industry leaders and voices of the agricultural sector. “I am now a second year scholar, and this year we had the opportunity to tour Parliament and meet our local MPs and the Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce,” Mikaela said. “I was fortunate enough to spend time with our local MP, Cathy McGowan (MHR, Indi), where we discussed how to get youth involved in agriculture in our local area.” The Horizon Scholarship, an initiative of the Rural Industries R&D Corporation in partnership with industry sponsors, provides $5000 per year for the duration of a student’s university degree. It also offers students annual industry work placements that give them first-hand experience.

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tation levels, faecal samples from at least five affected and five non-affected sheep should be submitted for worm egg counts. To help manage worms in sheep during winter: s PROVIDE ADEQUATE FEED for weaners and lambing ewes on low worm pastures such as those prepared by smart grazing over summer, those previously grazed by cattle, or those used for cropping; s WEANERS AND LAMBING ewes need to be in a condition score around 2.5. If lighter, they will need preferential treatment and feeding; s CHECK WORM EGG counts by Wormtest (samples from 10 representative sheep) every four to six weeks through winter and spring; s CONl RM THAT THE DRENCH succeeded by Wormtest at the time of drenching and 10 to14 days later; s CHECK WORM EGG COUNTS in lambing ewes about four weeks before lambing. Dr Jeff Cave is the Department of Environment and Primary Industries’ Wodonga district veterinary officer.

Aussie Down Champion ram, champion ewe, Graeme Denhert, Fernhill, Ballan. Suffolk Champion ewe, Paul and Kara Brown, Brofort, Marong. Reserve champion ram, Eden Park Enterprises, Blue Rock, Romsey. Annual ram sale The top price at the 2014 ram sale was $22,000, almost double that of 2013. The vendor was Henry

Armstrong, Pemcaw Merinos, Dunedoo, New South Wales. The buyer was a syndicate of studs from Victoria’s Western District. Second top price of $15,000 was for a ram from Graeme Wells,One Oak Merino Stud, Jerilderie, NSW. Around 400 rams were offered with a clearance of 85 per cent for a gross of $771,800 at an average of $1984. The top priced Dohne ram was $4000.

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September, 2014

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Bendigo lamb supreme for sale A BOOLOOLA ewe with a lamb at foot by the stud’s supreme champion White Suffolk ram at the Australian Sheep Breeders’ Association 2014 show at Bendigo will be offered for sale at the White Suffolk Elite show and sale on September 15. The association show will precede it on September 13-14. The Baringhup stud’s principal, Shane Baker, predicted the entry should generate extra interest because of his sire’s success. The outďŹ t will be one of a draft of elite Booloola ewes to be offered at that sale. Three weeks later Booloola will offer about

90 White Suffolk rams at its annual on property sale on Tuesday, October 7. Five in the entry will be specially selected rams. Most sales are made locally to breeders seeking to produce sucker, trade weight or export or heavy export prime lambs from Merino ewes. Mr Baker said Booloola averaged 130 per cent weaned lambs every year so he did not put particular emphasis on selecting rams for multiple birth characteristics. “Unlike the Western District, springs can cut out quite early in this district so breeders near here do not want to be rearing too many lambs,� he said. However, he said he

aimed to obtain sires with the best genetics for the family’s 200 ewe strong Booloola and 80 ewe strong Loddon Park studs, whether it be through natural service, embryos or semen and AI. “We are always focused on breed type with particular emphasis on loin width and well muscled legs,� he said. Each year the Bakers cull about half their ewe weaners and any older ewes not pulling their weight in the stud. The Bakers started the stud in 1998 with cast for age in lamb ewes from the now defunct Alkoomie stud owned by the Speirs family at Heywood. Showing success came

quickly and the following year the stud’s lambs won a class at the ASBA show at Bendigo. Mr Baker said he did some work at Bendigo sheep sales and had noted the increase in the popularity of White Suffolks. His observations indicated about one third of the lambs there were White Suffolk sired, a bit more than another third were sired by Poll Dorsets and the remaining third were attributable to other breeds. He said Poll Dorsets had lost a bit of ground to White Suffolks because, being slightly woolly around their heads, they collected more than their fair share of troublesome grass seeds in the warmer months.

POWER PROGENY: Shane Baker, Booloola White Suffolks, and judge Craig Mitchell with the show’s top sire.

Passion prevails for architect of show (and tell) By DAVID RIZZOLI

SURVEY work undertaken on 750 paddock and sheep flock interactions found both mob size and stocking rate have significant impacts on both twin and single born lamb survival.

BestWool/BestLamb is investigating further and recruiting for a survey of Merino and crossbred mobs lambing in AugustSeptember. Call Lyndon Kubeil on 0418 532 085.

GRAND EXPONENT: Ethel Stephenson tells of her passion for showing her beloved English Leicester sheep, one that she has pursued for three decades.

The Stephensons moved to a much larger property at Benalla where Mr Stephenson set up a Murray Grey stud and she ran her English Leicesters. Mr Stephenson died in 2006 so Ethel sold and moved to a smaller property in the same district Because of the small number of English Leicester studs in Australia (around 16) genetic diver-

sity is an ongoing concern. In 2013 the Ostlers Hill carried out an AI program using New Zealand semen with a resulting lambing percentage of greater than 100 per cent. “Lambing time is my favorite time of the year on the farm,�Mrs Stephenson says “and I particularly enjoy going to the shows.� This year, as a concession to her advancing

years, she had Nea Burgin parade and hold the sheep at the Bendigo show. But it was Ethel who fussed around the sheep with her shears and scissors to ensure that they presented at their best. “I would not have missed being a sheep farmer for anything, particularly the shows,� says this grand dame of the sheep and wool industry.

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ETHEL Stephenson’s passion for animals, in particular sheep and their wool, was obvious from the minute Southern Farmer sat down with her at this year’s Sheep and Wool Show at Bendigo in mid July. The sprightly 88 year old from Broken Creek near Benalla had once again taken championship honors with her beloved English Leicesters. Mrs Stephenson ďŹ rst exhibited English Leicesters in 1984 and it is doubtful whether any other exhibitor at the 2014 show could match her record of 30 years of showing without a miss at any sheep show in Australia. She graduated as an architect in 1948 and worked in that profession until she retired in 1976. That was the year that her husband Peter also retired and they moved to a small property at Flinders on the Mornington Peninsula. Mrs Stephenson acquired a small ock of black and colored sheep and threw herself enthusiastically into their breeding. She realised very early on that the only way to be fully involved was to register her sheep and be part of the breed’s development. To further her education, in the late 1970s she enrolled in a course at the Victorian College of Textiles. This led further because as she says,“The more I learned about sheep and wool, the more my interest

developed in stud and pure bred sheep.â€? And the breed that stood out for her was the ancient English Leicester breed which was fast becoming a rare breed. As part of her discovery into the sheep world, Mrs Stephenson travelled to Britain and there met members of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust whose aim is to preserve the genetics of old breeds. Liking the concept she became one of the 2002 foundation members of Heritage Sheep Australia. She registered her Ostlers Hill English Leicester stud in 1984 which currently consists of up to 100 breeding ewes and attended her ďŹ rst ASBA sheep show,“to learn more about sheep and sheep breedingâ€?.

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September, 2014

Contractors move to protect integrity By DAVID PALMER

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FOR the first time in 58 years the Australian Agricultural Contractors’ Association will not publish suggested rates for various forms of agricultural contracting. It has just published through rural retailers across the region lists of its members and pages listing the jobs contractors undertake with four blank spaces alongside for employers to fill with quotes they get. There is also an explanation of how contractors arrive at their quotes called the bottom line. So to assist members with their pricing the association has developed an on-line spread sheet. Secretary of the AACA and retired agricultural contractor Len Smyth told Southern Farmer it had been too easy for non-member contractors simply to undercut the previously published figures by, say, 10 per cent and the farming community at large feels the prices in the brochure are what members charge. He has been secretary of the AACA for 30 years and remains in that role. What most farmers do not realise is that they could be risking their

farms if they employed part time or what Mr Smyth called gumboot agricultural contractors on a nod, a hand shake, and a ‘she’ll be right mate’. Based at Scotsburn near Ballarat, he spent 30 years as an agricultural contractor and for the first half of that time did business on no more than a handshake. “But business done now by professional agricultural contractors should not be started just by a handshake. “If a problem gets to court, the judge or magistrate will say, ‘Show me the contract, don’t tell me’. “But if the parties can’t, it will be a case of ‘See you later’. “For some time before I did my last quotes, the document I gave my customers was 16 pages long,” he said. He said the 16 pages was derived from association experience and covered such things as a written quote, code of conduct, conditions of service and contract of engagement and copies of his high risk licences. Part of his engagement document put the onus on farmers to clearly mark stump holes, rocky outcrops, bore lines or other obstacles. “I said that if they didn’t

do it and I had an accident they would pay. “But it only happened once when a guy forgot to roll up an electric fence. “It was a heavy fodder crop, I couldn’t see (the wire) and it went straight through the mower and stalled everything. “It was a $50,000 mower conditioner so I rang the dealer and he sent a serviceman out to fix it.” About $2000 later Mr Smyth was back in action and the dealer sent the account straight to the client who paid it. He said he also made a point of telling customers to make sure their insurance policies would cover them for such an eventuality “which they often wouldn’t bother to rectify”. Mr Smyth said the most challenging part of his jobs was convincing farmers their crops were not ready to bale. “But I only had one occasion where I baled it against my convictions and the five by four round bales went as flat as a tack. “Fortunately the man was honorable and paid even though he had instructed me to complete the contract prematurely.” Legal action against AACA members has only arisen about half a dozen

times during Mr Smyth’s tenure as secretary. He said most of those taking actions were absentee landlords who did not fully understand agriculture. “When a contract combination was a gumboot contractor and a lifestyle city based farmer, the result could be disastrous, unless there were written instructions and a contract,” he said. So he has little time for what he calls gumboot contractors, or people who hold down a nine-to-five job, then for example bale a neighbor’s paddock after work, whether it is ready or not. “They often don’t give a continental if the hay’s wet,” he said. “Our guys are conscious, too, of biosecurity and spreading weeds and diseases so they all clean their machines when moving from one farm to another.” Just setting up a machine properly is really the work for a professional. “For example, many people using conditioners in fodder crops don’t know how to set them up properly and the conditioner gets the blame when it’s actually the operator,” Mr Smyth said. His message: take care.

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Three-week countdown to show THIS year marks the centenary year of Clydesdales at the Royal Melbourne Show, with a dedicated event to be held in the Livestock Pavilion for the first time. Clydesdales will join the Highland, this year’s beef cattle feature breed to celebrate their Scottish heritage in a parade led by bagpipes on Sunday, September 28on the CocaCola arena. The following day the Highland cattle will be judged by the Queen’s Balmoral Castle based Highland herdsman Cameron Ormiston. Conducted annually by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) to promote and celebrate Victorian agriculture, the show will run from Saturday, September 20 to Wednesday, October 1. More than 2500 entries across 250 classes will compete in the Horses in Action program, with over 600 individual horses and their riders striving for blue ribbon glory, including the top-prize for Australia’s most prestigious showing event for female riders, the Garryowen Equestrienne Turnout, which celebrates 80 years

in 2014. The Royal Melbourne championship dog show is the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, with thousands of pooches put through their paces including this year’s feature breed, the British Bulldog. There will also be a German Shepherd specialty show, agility and jumping trials and Dances with Dogs held on all 12 days. Families can discover urban agriculture and sustainability in a series of fun and interactive activities in My Backyard, including digging for veggies, potting seedlings, patting chooks, dressing scarecrows and taking a break in the new My Backyard café. More than 3000 exhibits will be on display in the art, craft and cookery pavilion. Visitors will have the opportunity to vote in the popular choice award, attend free cake decorating workshops, check out yarn-bombed farm animals, visit Disney’s frozen dream party display and get involved in the Great Tea Cosy Swap to raise money for Ovarian Cancer Australia. Pick up a limited edition art, craft and cookery

TAKE CARE: Families and exhibitors are counting down the days to the Royal Melbourne Show on September 20.

showbag containing a range of quality art and craft products for $20 for adults and $10 for kids or take home a limited edition tea towel featuring an award-winning design from RMIT textiles students. There’s a world of agricultural discovery to be enjoyed, with hundreds of farm animals to see, cuddle and feed inside the popular Animal Nursery, including lambs, kids, piglets, ducklings and puppies. Visitors can learn about where food comes from in the Paddock to Plate Pavilion, milk a cow at

the Legendairy Milking Barn, grind grain into flour and make macaroni necklaces, as well as see sheep being shorn, see different breeds of cattle at the Beef Experience and learn about dairy cows from dairy farmer Neville at the Dairy Experience. There is also Disney’s magical Fairies and Pirates garden to explore. This year there are even more epicurean wonders and delights to experience in the Tastes of Victoria Pavilion, where foodies can enjoy tasty food from three rotating pop-up restaurants – Estelle, Ham-

mer & Tong and Pho Nom. Sample decadent desserts from the new Burch &Purchese dessert bar or head outside to the new Vine & Dine bar, featuring pop-up food trucks from Hammer & Tong and Gogi. Cooking demonstrations from Victoria’s up-and-coming chefs, including Scott Pickett (Estelle), Simon Ward (Hammer & Tong) and Mike Patrick (San Telmo), daily classes from food and wine industry experts at the Producers’ Stage and the popular Royal Melbourne Fine Food Deli are

also on offer in the Tastes of Victoria Pavilion. Visitors to the Royal Melbourne Show will have an opportunity to join the exclusive MasterChefKitchen Tour, where they can discover the kitchen’s hidden secrets in an interactive tour and meet past and present MasterChefcontestants. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse are coming to Australia for the show. For the first time, visitors will have the chance to join Disney Rockin’ the House with Mickey Mouse at the Entertainment Dome. There will be an opportunity to meet Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse throughout the day, so don’t forget your camera. Disney will also have a range of other free, fun and exciting entertainment experiences for visitors to enjoy including a Disney Frozen Karaoke marquee, where visitors will have a chance to show off their singing talents to the coolest songs from the biggest animated film yet. Don’t miss some of Australia’s most-loved artists performing live and exclusively in the Entertainment Dome and

fans will also have the opportunity to meet and greet their favorite stars. Never seen before in Melbourne, The Rooftop Express live show will entertain visitors with its highly trained horses, cattle and dogs performing high-energy stunts with a comedic twist. Australia’s best FMX team, the Showtime Freestyle Moto X team, will wow crowds with gravitydefying stunts, tricks and backflips on the CocaCola Arena. For the first time in Melbourne, five-time Magician of theYear and Australia’s Got Talent finalist, grand illusionist Sam Powers, will perform in the Entertainment Dome. A variety of great value admission packages are available now online offering savings of up to 30 per cent. Open 12 hours daily from 9.30 to 9:30 the show will be easily accessible by trains and trams from the CBD. More information: www.royalshow.com. au, like us at www.facebook.com/royalmelbourneshow and follow us at @RoyalMelbShow on Twitter and Instagram.

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Ex-NFF chief lands job NATIONAL Farmers’ Federation former president Duncan Fraser has been appointed as the new chair of the board of directors of the Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (Sheep CRC). Mr Fraser, who farms at Hay, brings to the role more than 20 years of experience with various state, federal and commodity agri-political organisations.

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its 10th year. After a rocky start this event has seen some wonderful constructions and this year should be no exception. With some special awards planned for 2014, we call on all handymen, carpenters or dunny fanciers to enter. A decorated bra competition will be incorporated

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A RED Poll feature show will tie in with that breed’s World Congress at this year’s Whittlesea Show on November 1 and 2. More than 60 head of Red Poll cattle will be paraded and visitors from many parts of the world will be attending the show for this speciďŹ c cattle breed feature. Stud beef cattle will be judged on Sunday November 2; stud dairy, commercial beef and heifer cattle classes will be judged on the Saturday. A hoof and hook competition will again be part of the cattle competition and will be sponsored by Irwin Stockfeeds. The theme for the 155th show will be Youth in Agriculture. It will focus on future generations and their role in ensuring that agriculture continues to be one of the most important industries in Australia. Other attractions this year will consist of interactive stages and performers roving around the ground providing non stop entertainment for the entire weekend. Horse events this year will include showjumping starting at midday on the Friday plus classes for

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New farm-based training model offers flexibility BEING able to deliver relevant agricultural training courses onfarm is what has helped Andrew Boyd and the team at Agricultural Training Services achieve some great success stories. Together with Wodonga TAFE, they are delivering a new model of farm-based training in certificates III and IV in agriculture. Any person with an interest in furthering their knowledge and skills in farming now has the ability to do so from home or the workplace without the costs associated with travel and time off work, said ATS trainer and assessor Andrew Boyd. Rather than terms and semesters, enrolments are taken all year round, giving students the flexibility required in agriculture. Mr Boyd said that his love of agriculture and 15 years experience - 10 years owning and running a dairy farm and five years in cattle and sheep farming – has helped him deliver better and more extensive training dents. “We train people on-farm so they

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Feedlot manures nutrition lesson By KEITH HARRIS BEING located near the Caroona and Killara beef cattle feedlots in northern NSW makes manure a cost-effective and easyto-source option for us and will continue to be a key part of maintaining soil health and structure in Windy Station’s cultivation country. Their manure is used in conjunction with a more traditional fertiliser program and is applied on a rotational basis to one third of our farming country each year. Soil testing of paddocks is routinely undertaken to ensure that any fertiliser program, including manure application is correctly targeted and maintains an optimal nutrient balance. Organic matter helps improve the retention of moisture and nutrients in the soil and is a key part of maintaining optimal crop productivity over the longer term.

FEEDLOT FRIENDLY: Keith Harris is the GRDC’s northern region panellist based at Windy Station, Quirindi, New South Wales.

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Working a wombat-proof fence FOR the past 10 years, wombats have been a major problem in the Bega Valley in southern New South Wales, burrowing under the landscape and creating dangerous holes, as well as stretching fences and allowing livestock onto other people’s properties. For farmer Robert Burgess, the right combination of fencing has dramatically decreased the issues caused by wombats and made his life less stressful. He runs a 450ha property south west of Bega with his sister Jane, running 500 Merino and Merino cross ewes and 180 Angus cattle. A boilermaker by trade and with Jane working four days a week in Bega, Mr Burgess said it is even more important to have reliable fencing. “You need something you can rely on. “For example we have some sections of fence that were erected in 1967 and they’re still going strong. “After more than 40 years they may look a bit weathered, but structurally you know they’re very sound.” Mr Burgess said it is not uncommon to hear of tractors collapsing into wombat holes.

“I’ve been injured myself, when the quad bike I was driving ran into a large wombat hole. “It could have been really serious, but luckily I got out of it with just some bad bruising,” he said. “We never had wombats in the Bega Valley until about 10 years ago; today they are a really serious problem.” Mr Burgess installed 10km of fences in 2013 and is installing another 10km this year to tackle the wombat problem. The fence will feature MaxY® and Star® posts at a ratio of 1:4 for extra strength. The other main feature of the nine-wire fence is two lines of 2.8mm diameter Longlife® high tensile wire running along the bottom of the fence. The wires are purposely spaced about 10cm apart to enable wombats to waddle through; hopefully preventing them from burrowing underneath and making a mess. Mr Burgess said the high tensile wire will ensure that fence tension won’t be compromised by the impact of wombats. “The bottom two wires will expand when wombats walk through, and then close up to stop sheep

WOMBAT-PROOFER: Farmer Robert Burgess says fences put up in 1967 are still reliable but wombats present additional fencing challenges.

from getting in or out, without losing tension,” he said. This will certainly keep the neighbors smil-

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Warning tool forecasts mice AS the spring mouse breeding season approaches, grain growers in the southern cropping region are being equipped with a new electronic tool to help them monitor mouse activity and protect their crops. MouseAlert is a new interactive website which allows growers, landholders and advisers to record and view mouse activity in their local area in real time. Data entered will help with prediction of mouse plagues and assist in the timely control of mouse populations. Developed by the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre (IACRC) in partnership with the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Landcare Research New Zealand, CSIRO, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Primary Industries

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PTO shaft and 8’’ clutch included 5mm deck with under body strengthening Offset left or right 1 year warranty 2 year gearbox warranty 4ft 6’’ $1649 galvanized SALE! 5ft $1900 galvanized 6ft $2395 galvanized

Email sales@hayesproducts.com.au Wholesale freight available Australia wide

GRADER BLADES Medium from $419 Heavy duty from $745 Wheel kits $280

Additional augers available from $179 FLAIL MOWERS Light duty from $1199 Heavy duty from $1450 ATV FLAIL MOWER 4ft cut $2295

WOOD CHIPPERS 4’’ $2195 6’’ $3195

ROTARY HOE HEAVY DUTY Gear driven, PTO shaft and clutch included. 6 blades per flange 3ft $1450, 4ft $1949, 5ft $2145 6ft $2500 standard duty 3ft $1199 4ft $1349

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SALE! SLASHER ed 5ft galvaniz 750, down to $1 d ate powder co 550. down to $1

POST HOLE DIGGER WITH 9’’ AUGER INCLUDED PTO shaft with clutch included $875

4ft carry all ........................................... $349 6ft carry all ........................................... $499 3 point link 5ft smudge bar ................... $399 3 point link hydraulic lifting crane ........ $649 Star picket remover ................................. $49 ................................................... pounder $40 BOX GRADER Single tine rippers from ......................... $279 4ft $585 5ft $645 6ft $745 Single tine rippers with pipe layer from ...................................... $349 Disc harrows .......................................... $890 PTO driven cement mixer ....................................... $1025 PASTURE HARROWS Pallet forks from .................................... $279 5ft $499 Clamp on bucket forks ...................from $259 See full price list and Spare slasher gearboxes.................from $259 photos on our web site HUGE IMPLEMENT SPARE PARTS RANGE

www.hayesproducts.com.au

DeliciaÂŽ

5SVTU UIF ÂŽ QSPWFO QFSGPSNF ST

SLUGGOFF Lentils

Kill more snails for less bucks!

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5SFBUT NPSF UIBO UJNFT UIF BSFB PG DIFBQFS CSBOET 3BJO GBTU MPOHFS MBTUJOH GPS BMM DPOEJUJPOT $POUSPMT BMM TQFDJFT PG TMVHT BOE TOBJMT &GGFDUJWF PO BEVMUT KVWFOJMFT LH CBHT XJUI QPVSFS TQPVU BOE DBSSZ IBOEMF LH CVML CBHT GPS DPTU FGGFDUJWF BFSJBM BQQMJDBUJPO

PRODUCT

GENERAL SNAIL Metaldehyde CONTROL CONCENTRATION APPLICATION (g/kg) RATE (kg/ha)

PRICE/kg in 8-10kg pack

PRICE

metaldehyde active kg/ha

Delicia SLUGGOFFÂŽ Lentils

30*

3**

$11.41

$34/ha*** 0.09****

Comparison ‘rain fast’ pellet

50

5–8

$11.50

$57–92/ha 0.25-0.5

* ** *** ****

Twice the strength of cheap non-rainfast pellets. Lower application creating signiďŹ cant savings in time and application costs 40% cheaper/ha than the nearest comparable product. 36% less chemical used – so less metaldehyde applied to the environment. Correct as at February 2010 based on internal market research of product price points

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Excellence in Pest Animal Management

FOXOFF Econobait ÂŽ

Trust the proven performe r

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Restricted Chemical Product Only To Be Supplied To Or Used By An Authorised Person. This Product Must Be Used In Accordance With The Label Instructions And Any Relevant Documentation Issued With State/Territory Authorization

Animal Control Technologies Australia Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9308 9688 Fax: 03 9308 9622 Email: enquiries@animalcontrol.com.au Further information at: www.animalcontrol.com.au

Excellence in Pest Animal Management

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MASSEY FERGUSON

IT’S A WHOLE NEW ERA OF VALUE MF445 80 HP WITH LOADER

ROPS CAB

38,800 $ 49,800 $

INCL GST.

MF400SERIES

| 80 OR 100 HP

PROVEN AND TRUSTED DESIGN BRED FROM UNMATCHED MF HERITAGE Simple and dependable Perkins 1104 engine 12F X 4R transmission with side shift ROPS (Roll Over Protection Structure) or fully enclosed air conditioned cabin

3200 kg three-point linkage lift capacity 540/1000 speed independent PTO 2 rear remote valves with high flow hydraulic pump

MF455 100 HP WITH LOADER

ROPS CAB

41,800 $ 52,800 $

INCL GST.

MF5400SERIES

| 90 – 115 HP SPECIAL LOADER PACKAGES AVAILABLE

CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER FOR HUGE VALUE TODAY Dandenong

Small Horse Tractors

18 Lonsdale Street

(03) 9791 6414

Nagambie

John Sanderson Machinery

36-38 Industrial Crescent

(03) 5794 2272

Silvan

Darmac Ag Sales & Service

249-251 Monbulk Road

(03) 9737 9255

Warragul

REN Machinery

Normanby Street

(03) 5623 1255

Offers end 30 September 2014, while stocks last. No trade deals only. See in store for details.

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