AgLife – July 26, 2017 edition

July 26, 2017

Growing gold When Narelle Bubb moved to the farm she wanted to grow fresh, seasonal, chemical-free produce. She now has award-winning garlic for her efforts. Story page 23.

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arron’s Narelle Bubb entered this year’s Australian Food Awards to gain feedback about the garlic she and her husband Chris grow on their Carroway farm.

She was blown away by the result.

“We’ve been growing garlic for about four years and when I saw the Australian Food Awards had a garlic competition, I decided to enter,” she said.

“I basically did it to get some feedback, because people kept saying our garlic was great, but I didn’t know if they were just being polite.”

According to the judges’ feedback, they were telling the truth.

“There were 37 entrants from across Australia in the non-organic section,” Mrs Bubb said.

“The judges awarded two gold medals, one silver and one bronze – we were lucky enough to get one of the golds for our Printanor variety.”

Mrs Bubb said although Carroway’s garlic products were not certified organic, they were grown chemical-free.

“When we moved to the farm I wanted to grow fresh, seasonal, chemical-free produce – enough for us and others as well,” she said.

“We have a broadacre cropping program, growing cereals and legumes.

“We had a few awkward acres in the middle of the farm and after much trial and error we’ve learnt the land lends

itself to growing garlic.” The Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline runs directly through the farm, about 25 kilometres west of Donald.

The pipeline allows the Bubbs to ‘efficiently drip irrigate’ when rain is lacking.

Mrs Bubb said ‘amazing’ rain in 2016 produced large, juicy bulbs.

“Each year has seen our garlic production area become progressively richer and healthier with the addition of green manures and other locally sourced organic matter,” she said.

Mrs Bubb said garlic production was a family affair, with the couple’s children, Rhys, 15, Natalya, 14, and Jonte, 13, helping with the preparation and hand-planting process in March and April.

The garlic bulbs are hand-harvested in late November to December, cured for at least four weeks and packaged for sale for eating or planting.

The Bubbs sell their garlic at Donald and St Arnaud IGA supermarkets, Donald’s Family Butcher and online via Farmhouse Direct.

Mrs Bubb said 90 percent of garlic available to buy in Australia was imported.

“We’re members of the Australian Garlic Industry Association and we’re excited to be able to promote and provide home-grown Aussie garlic,” she said.

“This year we’ve doubled the amount of garlic planted from the year before – we’ve got at least four softneck varieties and two hardneck varieties.”

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Mrs Bubb said she loved life on the farm and enjoyed seeing the family business flourish.

“I had an interesting path, I suppose,” she said.

“I grew up at Litchfield, close to where I am now, and spent many years living overseas and in other parts of Australia.

“My husband was a pilot who did a lot of work through Mission Aviation Fellowship in Arnhem Land and Papua New Guinea.

“We also spent some time in Port Hedland with the flying doctors before deciding to make a ‘tree change’.

“I’m a teacher by trade and occasionally do some relief teaching when I’m not weeding garlic.”

Mrs Bubb said her focus was on growing her products well and increasing their output.

“We’re up to our fifth harvest now,” she said.

“We’ve always loved the land and I really enjoy growing things, particularly things you can eat.”

• Rupanyup-based Wits End Pulses also impressed at the Australian Food Awards, winning a gold and a silver medal in the grains and pulses category.

FAMILY AFFAIR: Garlic production is a family affair at the Bubbs’ Carroway farm. Jonte, left, Rhys and Natalya all help with the preparation and hand-planting process in March and April, hand-harvest in late November and December and sales of the award-winning product.

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This allows BCG staff to view treatment effects such as nitrogen and disease differences.

Despite being very prevalent during sowing, mice activity appears to have slowed.

While minimal in-crop damage is being observed now, BCG staff are keeping a close eye on some wheat varieties in the GRDC funded ‘managing early sowing wheat’ trial.

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Staff are keeping a close eye on this as we saw first-hand how quickly scald can affect crop health in 2016.

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uthorities are urging grain growers to continue to be vigilant in monitoring and managing mice as the season heads closer to spring.

Agriculture Victoria has warned the threat of mice damage to crops remained strong and has organised a series of forums for Wimmera and southern Mallee growers early next month.

Agriculture Victoria land management extension officer Felicity Pritchard said reports had revealed large numbers of mice across parts of the Wimmera and southern Mallee during autumn.

She said the forums were designed to help growers learn how to monitor and manage mouse populations in established crops.

“Growers and advisers in the Wimmera and southern Mallee are reporting continued mouse activity through winter. These forums will help growers be on the front foot,” she said.

“They will help growers prepare for the possibility of moderate to high mouse activity in spring.”

Keynote speaker at the forums will be Professor Linton Staples from Animal Control Technologies, who will talk about a potential increase in breeding

activity when the weather warms and crops begin to mature.

Ms Pritchard said moderate mouse numbers could still cause significant damage to crops in spring, depending on the growth stage of the crop.

“Mice can reduce crop yields as they chew growing stems and nodes,” she said.

“They can drop seed heads by chewing through the top node at flowering and also damage maturing heads and pods.

“Crop damage in spring can be insidious and might not be noticed without monitoring.

“The key to preventing crop damage is recognising and treating infestations early.”

Ms Pritchard encouraged farmers to record their observations on mouse populations on a MouseAlert app so the CSIRO could track trends in mouse populations. It is available online at www. feralscan.org.au/mousealert.

Forums will be at Hopetoun on August 7, Taylors Lake near Horsham on August 8 and Kaniva and Kalkee on August 9. More information on the mouse forums is available from Heather Drendel on 5083 2205 or Felicity Pritchard on 0429 884 207.

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Within a strip that stretches from Bordertown in south-east South Australia in a straight line across to the Grampians, conditions are such that growers have received ample rain during July and are now ready for spring-like conditions to take hold of early sown crops to get them grown, done and within striking distance of a completed crop for season 2017.

As we move into August and weather starts to warm, canola will start to bolt and flower and cereals will bulk up rapidly to transform the region in

the space of just a few weeks. However, both north and south of this strip have seen conditions remain on the drier side, and although the season is still ticking along reasonably well, the finishing line for many crops is still a long way off, particularly for growers who have been forced to re-sow due to damage from a variety of pests earlier in the year.

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Barley has improved out of sight to be priced at about $250 port for F1 and the canola price continues to trade with a five in front of it, with a port price at about $530.

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member of the GRDC’s Southern Regional Cropping Solutions Network, said using data from the closest Bureau of Meteorology site to determine farm temperature might be valid for some farms, but was usually inadequate for most.

As part of the national frost initiative project, in which Agrilink is involved, temperature loggers have been installed at trial locations in the midnorth of South Australia as well as at several on-farm monitoring sites.

The results indicate minimum temperatures between the BOM sites – 1.2 metres above bare ground – and the height of the crop fluctuate significantly and there is greater variability in temperature in spring than winter.

Mr Faulkner said the time from frost damage occurring to identification was critical.

“Identification of frost damage is important because it enables a grower or adviser to understand the impact of frost on yield and extent of the area of damage,” he said.

“Assessment provides information on financial exposure and immediate mitigation options which include cutting for hay or silage, and grazing a standing crop.”

Through the frost project, consultants are researching sensors and other methods to more accurately identify damaged plant tissue or damaged parts of a paddock soon after frost events, which each year inflict an estimated $400-million in crop losses in Australia.

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Agrilink Agricultural Consultants principal consultant Mick Faulkner said temperature monitoring within a paddock in frost-prone areas was seen as an important tool.

“Yet very few growers measure temperature at the susceptible parts of their property,” he said.

Mr Faulkner is part of the Grains Research and Development Corporation National Frost Initiative project – ‘Spatial temperature measurement and mapping tools to assist growers, advisors and extension specialists manage frost risk at farm scale’.

He said growers should consider using temperature loggers to more accurately identify when low temperatures occur.

“Until now, frost identification has often been registered by the presence of ice at or after dawn, at ground level near the farm residence,” he said.

“But this might not reflect the actual temperatures at the susceptible parts of a paddock where crops are being grown.

“Often frosts that have occurred earlier in the night but have cleared by dawn are missed, and frosts that caused ice on lawns are assumed to have had a similar effect in paddocks, but that might not

necessarily be the case.” Temperature monitoring equipment, such as Tiny Tags, iButtons and weather stations, are commercially available and can help inform growers’ frost mitigation strategies and enable them to accumulate data over numerous seasons to develop farm frost incidence and severity maps.

Such equipment is recommended as part of an integrated management plan to enable growers to build their knowledge base of their properties to mitigate the impacts of frost.

It is a central focus of the corporation’s national frost initiative, of which the spatial temperature measurement and mapping tools project, led by Steven Crimp from CSIRO, is a major contributor.

Mr Faulkner said temperature loggers should be situated at or just above the canopy height and raised every week or so during the growing season to account for crop development, particularly when the head was emerging.

Where possible, monitoring should be done in several locations that take into account differing factors that influence frost impact, such as varying landscape gradients and soil types.

While this is the most accurate method to collect data on the temperature the plant has been exposed to and likelihood for frost damage, data from sites further away, such as fence lines or other weather stations on the property, might still be useful.

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August 2-3, 2017 at Speed

Welcome from president Kiley W Days.

elcome to the 2017 Speed Lions Club’s Mallee Machinery Field

These are the 39th field days hosted by Speed Lions Club.

After a challenging field days last year, due to wet conditions, we look forward to another successful event.

Many would hope we get the same rain as last year, but maybe a week earlier or later would be preferred.

The field days site has been prepared by our Lions members.

After gypsum was laid at the canteen area last year we decided to extend this to the undercover pavilion.

Hopefully this will be beneficial to both exhibitors and the public.

I would like to thank all of our volunteers for their contribution in endeavouring to make these field days successful.

With a full site I’m sure the public and exhibitors will benefit.

We have a huge display of the latest broadacre farming technology as well as our craft and interest demonstrations.

There are also many government sector exhibitors, so everyone should find something of interest.

Terry Kiley Finally, I hope you all have an enjoyable time and a safe journey home and we hope to see you again next year.

Terry (Jacko) Kiley, Mallee Machinery Field Days president

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allee Machinery Field Days committee members are working hard in the lead-up to this year’s event, set to attract exhibitors from across Australia and as far as New Zealand.

The event, two kilometres south of Speed on the Sunraysia Highway, will showcase machinery and equipment valued at about $100-million.

Committee secretary Andrew McLean said despite a few hiccups, plans were running relatively smoothly.

“We’ve had a few spanners thrown into the works, but we seem to be coping with everything,” he said.

“Tents have arrived and they’ll start going up this week.

“Some of the machinery has also made its way to the region, so it’s full steam ahead from here.”

The committee will host this year’s field days on August 2 and 3.

Mr McLean said sites had been in hot demand.

“We try to keep the number of sites about the same each year,” he said.

“We might have a couple of extra exhibitors this year because a few people left it too late and have jumped

in with other companies, so we have a few more shared sites this year.

“We’ve had four cancellations – at least one because they couldn’t get their products together in time – but we have been able to fill their sites with businesses on our waiting list.

“We’ve still got people on the waiting list so if anyone else pulls out, we should still have a full site.”

Mr McLean said he hoped large crowds would make the pilgrimage to Speed for the two-day event.

“We’re hoping to get crowds of similar size to previous years, so around 8000 to 8500,” he said.

“The population in the area might be declining a bit but we seem to be reaching out further and further afield.

“This year we have exhibitors coming from as far as New Zealand, Western Australia and Queensland.

“We’ve pretty much got all the states covered.

“Hopefully the weather will be kind to us.”

Mallee Machinery Field Days has gone from strength to strength since its humble beginnings in a paddock in 1979.

The event provides agriculturalbased companies with a great oppor-

tunity to showcase their wares, including new equipment and products.

Mr McLean said he was expecting to see some innovations in boom sprays at this year’s event.

“We’ve got three or four companies talking about bringing their new sprayers – one is apparently 45 metres, which is a bit bigger than what I’m used to!” he said.

“We seem to have a fair supply of engineers and shed builders this year and all the grain marketers will be present.

“There will also be a few new fertiliser companies, including some with some natural products.”

Mr McLean said the craft and interest pavilion was again well supported.

The pavilion will host site-holders selling everything from flowers and gifts to ladies clothing and food.

There will also be several demonstrations, including talks about dementia, a fashion parade and cooking showcases.

“We try to have something for everyone and make sure we don’t have too much of the one thing,” Mr McLean said.

“The field days offers two great days out for the whole family and we hope

“The population in the area might be declining a bit but we seem to be reaching out further and further afield. This year we have exhibitors coming from as far as New Zealand, Western Australia and Queensland.

We’ve pretty much got all the states covered” – Andrew McLean

people come along and support this year’s event.”

Gates open at 8.30am both days and close at 5pm.

There will be food and refreshment stalls, with EFTPOS facilities available on site.

The event is a fundraiser for Speed Lions Club and other community groups.

People can visit www.mmfd.com.au for more information about the 2017 Mallee Machinery Field Days

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BLAST FROM THE PAST: From left, Ella Hastings, Kaimie Darley, Chloe Hastings and Bronte Michael dressed up for the 2015 field days.

Field days demonstrations Wednesday, August 2 10.30am – Bertilla Campbell, dementia consult from Alzheimer’s Australia will give an insightful talk on the poignant topic of dementia. Topics will include ‘worried about memory’, ‘what is dementia?’ and ‘what help is around?’.

11.30am – Cooking demonstration – Jamie from Jamie’s Fine Dressings.

1.30pm – Doterra Oils.

2pm – Fashion parade, Poppy and Lola of Swan Hill with personal stylist Trudy Symes.

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Thursday, August 3 10.30am – Exercise physiologist Katie Sutton and regional agribusiness manager Margot Faracia both grew up in the Mallee. They will share their stories about how they both developed and became successful professional career women.

Noon – Cooking demonstration by Doug from Screaming Seeds.

1.15pm – Doterra Oils.

2pm – Mallee Track, chair-based exercise with Tsharni.

2.15pm – Fashion parade, Poppy and Lola of Swan Hill with personal stylist Trudy Symes. www.theweeklyadvertiser.com.au

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Eastern Eyre Machinery will be at Speed on site no. 165

Come and see us at the Mallee Machinery Field Days Check out the display of a trailer fire-fighting unit and talk to the team about private units on the fire ground, the harvest breakfast at Hopetoun and Birchip, and have a look at the new sand tanker.

Displaying small bait spreaders for mice poison etc., slasher loading ramps, etc.

Raycol airseeder accessories, and bait/fertiliser spreaders If you need any Ezee-on parts we can bring them – SAVE ON FREIGHT – contact your local Ezee-on dealer or ring us direct

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Enormous vision comes to fruition T

he chartered members of Speed Lions Club searched for a fundraising venture that would hold them in a sound position to serve both the local and broader communities.

The first field days were in 1979 in a local paddock.

Thirty-nine dealers exhibited their products with an emphasis on broadacre agricultural machinery and equipment.

The two-day event was run in different temporary sites with all amenities being erected and pulled down each year.

This was a major logistical exercise, and after six years, the current permanent site was settled on a leased area on the Sunraysia Highway between Speed and Turriff – 42 kilometres south of Ouyen and 55 kilometres north of Hopetoun.

Subsequently, permanent amenities were constructed and the club was successful in acquiring the original historic Speed Railway Station as its main office.

Through the years, permanent buildings and utilities were built to keep up with demand.

Today, the Mallee Machinery Field Days has earned the respect of the industry. It is a major event on the agricultural calendar and one of the biggest in the Mallee.

ROOM TO GROW: The first Mallee Machinery Field Days was in 1979 with 30 dealers present. Last year more than 8500 people visited the 350plus exhibitors at the Speed site.

About 350 site holders and 8500 attendees make the event the success that it is. People come to seek out and evaluate equipment on offer, along with technical information to aid modern broadacre farming.

One of the features of the field days,

which this year are on August 2 and 3, is its circular design.

A section of the site is allocated for crafts and interests, which include fashion parades, central demonstrations and craft tables.

Mallee Machinery Field Days has

developed into one of the biggest in the state and has been a great fundraiser for Speed Lions Club and many other organisations.

Speed Lions Club has more than 20 members and without their volunteered hard labour and support from

local sporting and social clubs, this event would not be the success it is today. Organisers look forward to seeing you at the Mallee Machinery Field Days and being a part in our future’s history.

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August 2-3, 2017 at Speed

ON SHOW: Seven Creeks Pearls will again be exhibiting at the Mallee Machinery Field Days.

Craft showcase always popular F ollowing is a list of exhibitors and products featured in this year’s craft and interest pavilion at the Mallee Machinery Field Days.

• From Little Things – flowers and gifts • Poppy and Lola – ladies clothing and accessories and personal stylist Trudy Symes • Noah and Scarlett – hats and beanies • Seven Creeks Pearls – handcrafted pearl jewellery • Jamie’s Fine Dressing – salad dressings and marinades • Sweet and Sour Liquorice and Fudge – licorice and fudge • Suke – handbags and wallets

Authorised by Andrew Broad MP 146 Eighth Street Mildura VIC 3502

• Pud for all Seasons – puddings, sauces and chocolate treats • Romeo’s Woodshed and Sarzabelles – birdhouses, dish racks, restyled vintage furniture • Lavender by Denise – skin care and body products, soaps, handbags • Woodbine – cards, gifts, cake stands and novelty items • Doterra – essential oils • Billie Bow – hair accessories and soaps • Sunshine Toys – wooden educational toys • Screaming Seeds – spice blends, seasonings, sauces, salts etc.

• Carmel’s Kitchen – pizza bases, jams, relish, sauces, honey

Good Parts & Machinery & Good Prices •N ew Holland TJ 375, 3200 Eng hrs, 2003 Model, Duals, Airseeder return lines.

• J ohn Deere 9200, Remotes, 540 pto, 20.8/R42 duals.

•L awless Laser scoop, 8ft, Tilt rippers, New paint work.

•H ardi Commander spray unit, 7000lt tank, 36mt boom, Single line, Triple nozzles, Steering, Hyd pump, Granny pot.

•K ubota M6030, 4wd, 540 pto, 62hp, 8447 eng hrs.

•C hallenge front end loader to suit Puma 180 [ No bucket ].

•F endt front end loader [ No Bucket].

•R ear linkage to suit New Holland TJ255 and Case 290.

•R ange of unloading augers to suit most models.

•C R970 Chopper chaffer.

•N ow Wrecking, John Deere 9650CTS, New HollandCR970, New HollandTX66.

•C hris Grow slasher, 15ft, Rear tyres.

Ranging from pencil to 70’ x 10” augers with all attachments available

Unique NEW turbo drum to suit Case and Macdon fronts

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August 2-3, 2017 at Speed 2017 Exhibitors • A & M Tools • A.J. and S.M. Petrie • AAA Socks • AAI Ltd Apia • Action Steel Industries • Advantage Feeders • Aeolis Leather • Ag Leader Technology • AgFarm • Agg-Tech Machinery • Agmaster • Agpoint Australia • Agricultural Energy • AGT Foods Australia • Aherns Group Pty Ltd • Ajustabar • Allframe steel • Andrew Broad MP • ANU Tools • ANZ • Apco Machinery • Aquablade • Aquamax Rural Water Filtration • Arag Australia-Sensefly Ag Drone • Archer Daniels Midland Company • Arkles Honey • Atlex Stockyards • Auger Power Wheels • AUS-Sharp • Australian Tyre Traders • Australian Vermiculture • AvantAgri Grain Pools and Consulting • AWB • Baldwin Boats • Ballarat Clarendon College • Ballarat Grammar • Ballarat Trailers and Towbars • Barber Engineering • Bargain Boots • Bell’s Farma Products • Belle-Vue Trading Pty Ltd • Belpard • Bendigo Bank • Bendigo Country Clothing • Berrima Engineering • Bingham Harvesting • Bison Engineering • Bolts and Fasteners

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• Brad Petschel’s Auto Elec • BRC agents • Breuers United Tools • Brookfield • BSC Swan Hill • Budweld Nursery • Burando Hills Pty Ltd • Bushman’s Water Tanks • Bute Disc • Callipari-Ned Kelly Red • Campbell Silos • Carine’s Merchandise • Central Steel Build • CFA • CHS Broadbent • Cigweld, KC Tools • Combi Clamp Pty Ltd • Comfy Feet • Commonwealth Bank • Conquest Group • Conquest Pools Swan Hill • Converte • Coolamon Chaser Bins • Corry Marketing • Country Hearing Care • Crop Smart • Crowe Horwath • Customvac Australia • Department of Environment and Primary Industries • Diggers Campers • Dipping Dynamics • Discount Cable Ties • Doc Trucks • Dodgshun Medlin • DogMaster Trainers • Dowell Towing • Drum Muster-Chemclear • Dunstan Farmers Engineering • Eagle Auto Exhausts-Air Seeder Solutions • Eagle I Machinery • Eastern Eyre Machinery • Eastern Spreaders • Elders • Elite Fodder Producers • Elsworth Engineering • Emerald Grain • Emmetts Swan Hill

• Entegra Signature Structures • Extend Security • Farm Pro • Farm Tender • Farmcall Supplies • FertiTech Fertizers • Filko Cleaning Products • Finch Engineering • Flexi-Coil • Flow FM • Frahn Engineering • G J Clarke & Co • Gamadale Australian White Sheep Stud • Gason • Geo-Commodities • Geronimo Farm Equipment • Global Tuning and Performance • GrainCorp • Grainrite Augers • Graintec Scientific • Grainwise • Grant Sheds • Great Western Tillage • Greefield Mowers • Grizzly Engineering • GWMWater • Haeuslers Group • Harberger Farm Supplies • Hard Metals Australia • Hardi Australia • Hecton Products • Homestar Promotions • Hopetoun Lioness Club • Horizon Grain Brokers • Horwood Bagshaw • igrain.com.au • J & M Chaser Bins • J & M Brain Safety Wear • J. Leahy & Co • JK Milling Pty Ltd • Johnson’s Truck & Coach Service • Keidra Woodworks • Kemgro Crop Solutions • Knuckey’s of Winchelsea • Kotzur Silos • Kustom Kegs Wine Barrel Furniture • Landaco Equipment • Landmark

• LED Light Co • Lever’s Concept Constructions • LGPM Process Innovation • Link Brokering • Liquid Farm Supplies • Littl Juey • Logan Contracting • Lonsdale Merchants • LTS Equipment Karcher Centre • Lynmac Metal Art • Madec Harvest Office • Magnum Welders • Malandy Outdoor Adventure •M allee Catchment Management Authority • Mansfield Garden Tools • Manutec • Marianne Bunning Framing • Mass Management • McDonald Steel • Melaluka Trading • Michaels of Donald • Miegel Engineering •M ildura & District Pest Management •M ildura and Wimmera Native Nurseries • Mildura Health Fund • Mildura Truck Centre • Moose Industries • Morgans Financial Limited • Morrow Motor Group • Mr Bees Manuka • Murray Mallee Machinery • NA Auto • NAS Electronics • National Australia Bank Ltd • Neils Parts • Nelson Silos • Nev Hamilton Engineering • Next Instruments • Niagara • North Star Transport Equipment • North West Ag Services • North West Header Repairs • Now Building • O’Connors Farm Machinery • Ozatts • Ozvalue Ag Machinery

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• Ozway small engines • Patons stock feeding equpiment • Perry’s Lemon Myrtle Products • Peter Crisp MP • Peter McRobert Machinery • PJ Green Agricultural Engineering • Plastic Fusion Services • Poole and Jackson • Pooles Farm 360 • Portable Diesel Compressors • Power Hound Attachments • Professional Nibbler • Pumpa Manufacturing • Pyramid Hill Welding Supplies • Quadra Commodities • Quality Testing (Vic) • R & S Faulkner • Rabobank • Rally Badges • RC & SM Bailey • Regional and Rural Finance • Rex Stotten Machinery • RFM AG • Ridley Agriproducts • Riordan Fuels • Riordan Grain Services • Riverina Belting Co. •R oos Rocks Clocks and Hapidary Supplies • Rootboot • Rupanyup Nursery • Rural Bank-Rural Finance •R ural Financial Counselling Service North West • Safelift Solutions • Salami Shack • Schinckel Hayrakes • Scoops Delight • Serafin • Showden Massagers • Silo Bags • Silo Upgrades • SLTEC Fertilizers • Smale Farm Equipment • Smallaire Pty Ltd • Sonic Boomsprays • Southern Skin Cancer Clinic • Spitwater Victoria • Spot On Ag

• Spraymate • St Patrick’s College • Steelesteel • Step Forward Orthotics • Stihl Shop Swan Hill • Sullair Aust • Sunitafe • Sunraysia Marine • Sunrise Ag • Super Drill • Super Tools • Swan Hill Chemicals • Swan Hill Kubota • Swan Hill Pool & Spa • SwanBuild • Tasco Inland • Tatiara Industrial Repairs • Techgrow Agriculture • The Great Australian Ice Creamery • The Spray Shop • The Weekly Times • Trelleborg Wheel System Aust • Trentham Estate • True Blue Goo • Turmerix Victoria • Twins Pantry • Ultra Grow Fair Dinkum Fertilizers • Unique Grain Management • VicRoads • Victoria Police • Wahroonga Enterprises Pty Ltd • Wallers • Walterscheid Aust • Ware Auto • Waringa Distribution • Weweld Steel Works • WFI Insurance • William Adams CAT • Wimmera Grain/AGE • Wimmera Hearing Society Inc • Wimmera Mallee Poll Dorsets • Wimpak Export Co. • Worksafe Victoria • Yarriambiack Shire • ZaWAHdee

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Ag machinery specialists PURCHASE PRICE

Victory Generators

$2300

• 40kW • 50 KVA

inc. GST

PURCHASE PRICE

$11,400 inc. GST

• 75kW • 92 KVA PURCHASE PRICE

Log Grab

$14,000

PURCHASE PRICE

inc. GST

$4400 inc. GST

PURCHASE PRICE

Victory VL200e Wheel Loader

$24,900* inc. GST

• 2000kg capacity (5500kg operating weight) • 86hp turbo diesel Weichai Deutz motor • Powershift transmission, air-cond cab, hydraulic quick hitch, 4-in-1 bucket, reverse camera, pallet forks, spare wheel 12 month/2000 hour FULL warranty

Ripper (to rear of a Victory Loader) • Ordered with a Victory Loader PURCHASE PRICE

$3000 inc. GST

Ex. Melbourne

PURCHASE PRICE

$34,900

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Victory VL280e Wheel Loader • 2800kg capacity (6500kg operating weight) • 125hp turbo diesel Weichai Deutz motor • Powershift transmission, air-cond cab, hydraulic quick hitch, 4-in-1 bucket, reverse camera, pallet forks, spare wheel 12 month/2000 hour FULL warranty

Soft Hands PURCHASE PRICE

$2300 inc. GST

Stick Rake PURCHASE PRICE

Ex. Melbourne

$3500 inc. GST

Victory VL280TS Telescopic Loader

PURCHASE PRICE

$45,400*

• 2800kg capacity (6500kg operating weight) • 125hp turbo diesel Weichai Deutz motor • Powershift transmission, air-cond cab, hydraulic quick hitch, 4-in-1 bucket, reverse camera, pallet forks, spare wheel 12 month/2000 hour FULL warranty

Hay Fork – Range of sizes available PURCHASE PRICE

$2550 inc. GST

inc. GST

Ex. Melbourne

Grapple General Purpose Buckets PURCHASE PRICE

$59,900* inc. GST

1.5m3

Victory VL360e Wheel Loader • 3600kg capacity (9900kg operating weight) • 125hp turbo diesel Weichai (Deutz) motor • Powershift transmission, airconditioned cab • Hydraulic quick hitch • 4-in-1 bucket, reverse camera, • Pallet forks and spare wheel 12 month/2000 hour FULL warranty

$1950 inc. GST

(2.0 & 2.8 Loaders)

2m3

$2000 inc. GST

(2.0 & 2.8 Loaders)

2.6m3 $4100 inc. GST • Range of general purpose buckets to suit 1.6, 2.0, 2.8 & 3.6 tonne loaders

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Main yard Horsham – Display yard at 21 Campbell St, Streatham depot

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See us at this year’s Mallee Machinery Field Days, Site 157-159

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Sheepvention, Site 361-353

Green Kwik Kleen • 5 tube • Hydraulic drive • Cleans up to 70-tonne per hour

• 7 tube • Hydraulic drive • Cleans up to 100-tonne per hour

PURCHASE PRICE

$17,380 inc. GST

PURCHASE PRICE

$20,680 inc. GST

16ft

$29,150 inc. GST

Boxblade Finishing Scraper/Land Leveller

PURCHASE PRICE

IRE FOR H rsham o from H atham e r t &S

$16,500* inc. GST

• Sizes 12ft, 14ft, 16ft, 18ft and 20ft • Tractor hp required 150hp-300hp • Lift and tilt • Carries up to 7m3 of dirt •G reat for final grading paddocks, re-lasering, land levelling or cleaning out drains

10’

Victory VF25D Forklift PURCHASE PRICE

$18,600 inc. GST

Ex. Horsham PURCHASE PRICE

$19,700 inc. GST

• 2500kg capacity • 4500mm 3-stage container mast with side shift • 55hp diesel Perkins type motor • Automatic transmission • Pneumatic tyres •1070 tynes 24 month/2000 hour FULL warranty

• One year old • As new

• 3500kg capacity • 4500mm 3-stage container mast with side shift • 46hp CQ4Y dual fuel motor • Automatic transmission • Pneumatic tyres •1070 tynes 24 month/2000 hour FULL warranty

12FT

1x Mainero 10’ Bagging Machine • Ex. hire

2x 9’Mainero Bagging Machines

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$20,000 inc. GST

• Ex. hire

1x Mainero Outloader

Victory VF35D Forklift

Trailing Road Graders • 12’ trailing model with hydraulic angle, tilt and wheel-lift • Optional offset available • Over 7m long and approximately 2500kg weight • Centre beam 250 x 250 x 12.5mm tube • Optional linkage hitch • Patented turntable angle adjustment • Ideal for grading roads • Suits 100HP plus • 10mm Mouldboard - 500mm high clearance • Reversible hardened cutting edge • Fitted with four Land Cruiser wheels

3 x 9’ Marcher Bagging Machines

$23,000

• Ex. hire

Akron E9700HE Grain Bagger • For 9-foot bags up to 330 feet long

PURCHASE PRICE

$27,500 inc. GST

NEW

$19,140 inc. GST

IRE FOR H rsham o from H atham & Stre

Akron EX 3600 Grain Bagger • For sale, ex hire • 6 months old

Akron EXG300 Outloaders

SALES E & HIR

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$39,600 inc. GST

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Artistic trip on offer to field days visitors

P

atrons who travel north to Mallee Machinery Field Days at Speed next week will have an opportunity to experience one of the largest outdoor art galleries in the world.

A trip to the field days through the heart of Yarriambiack Shire this year provides travellers with an opportunity to visit a near-completed Silo Art Trail.

The Silo Art Trail stretches more than 200 kilometres and will link six Wimmera-Mallee towns with dramatic landscape-scale murals.

The project has featured some of the best street artists in the world creating artworks on grain silos at Rupanyup, Sheep Hills, Brim, Lascelles and Patchewollock.

A final artwork for a silo at Rosebery is scheduled later this year.

The concept is designed to combine a celebration of regional farming and social history and people with contemporary art by giving fresh use to decommissioned sites.

A work at Brim by Guido Van Helten in 2015 captured the imagination of a growing national and international audience and launched the series.

Brisbane street artist Fintan Magee’s impression at Patchewollock was the next to capture attention in October, 2016, before fellow Australian artist Adnate completed a mural depicting

RUPANYUP: Russian artist Julia Woolf Volchkova transformed a Rupanyup silo. four indigenous people at Sheep Hills in December.

Rupanyup in east Wimmera then provided the southern gateway to the series when Russian artist Julia Volchkova transformed large metal silos in the town with the images of two district children.

Melbourne artist Rone completed the latest of the murals, a work at Lascelles of long-time district farming couple Geoff and Merrilyn Horman.

Former Yarriambiack Mayor and

councillor Ray Kingston was a key driver behind what was initially a $300,000 concept.

Regional development, tourism and political leaders believe the trail will inject millions of dollars into the region for many years.

Patchewollock’s annual music festival has already tapped into the trail’s popularity and the attraction is now providing set to provide a bonus for travellers visiting the field days.

SHEEP HILLS: Australian artist Adnate completed a mural depicting four indigenous people at Sheep Hills in December.

Pictures: PAUL CARRACHER

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