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📍 Tributes have flowed for a Central Victorian livestock agent and community football stalwart who passed away earlier t...
23/01/2025

📍 Tributes have flowed for a Central Victorian livestock agent and community football stalwart who passed away earlier this month. 👉 bit.ly/4jvf9GK

📍 Cheaper prices meant good buying for restockers at the Leongatha store sale, but vendors took a hit due to the dry con...
23/01/2025

📍 Cheaper prices meant good buying for restockers at the Leongatha store sale, but vendors took a hit due to the dry conditions. See the sale report >>> bit.ly/3PMcfQ0

🏉 A passionate advocate of representative football is stepping down after three years in charge of one of the state’s st...
23/01/2025

🏉 A passionate advocate of representative football is stepping down after three years in charge of one of the state’s strongest leagues. 👉bit.ly/4gc7tWG

📍 A southern NSW man who allegedly stole cattle from the famed Wantabadgery Station has been slapped with six more charg...
23/01/2025

📍 A southern NSW man who allegedly stole cattle from the famed Wantabadgery Station has been slapped with six more charges. Details: bit.ly/3CjMsvs

📍 Former northern NSW cropping farmers have snapped up a 1758ha aggregation from a family of renowned Merino Stud breede...
22/01/2025

📍 Former northern NSW cropping farmers have snapped up a 1758ha aggregation from a family of renowned Merino Stud breeders. See all the details >>> bit.ly/4hrLcFF

📍 A regional urgent care clinic which provides a “vital” service for Gippslanders has been forced to sporadically close ...
22/01/2025

📍 A regional urgent care clinic which provides a “vital” service for Gippslanders has been forced to sporadically close in recent weeks due to a lack of resources. 👉 bit.ly/40GGpKP

🌿 Canola prices have rallied to $821/tonne in Victoria and wheat is tracking at $342/tonne. See how grain and oilseed pr...
22/01/2025

🌿 Canola prices have rallied to $821/tonne in Victoria and wheat is tracking at $342/tonne. See how grain and oilseed prices are performing this week >>> bit.ly/4h56okO

📶 Farmers are reporting worse phone coverage months on from the 3G network shutdown, despite assurances from Telstra and...
22/01/2025

📶 Farmers are reporting worse phone coverage months on from the 3G network shutdown, despite assurances from Telstra and Optus that no coverage has been lost. 👉 bit.ly/3E6xLws

📌 Animals Australia is making a Supreme Court bid to end dingo control in Eastern Victoria, delivering statewide protect...
22/01/2025

📌 Animals Australia is making a Supreme Court bid to end dingo control in Eastern Victoria, delivering statewide protection. See the details 👉 bit.ly/4apsiwA

🏉 Geelong superstar Tom Hawkins has confirmed his return to country footy in 2025. This is when you can see him in actio...
22/01/2025

🏉 Geelong superstar Tom Hawkins has confirmed his return to country footy in 2025. This is when you can see him in action >>> bit.ly/3E5Xoxi

📍 Rural councils are waiting on the Allan Government to pass on federal recovery funds for the February 2024 storms and ...
22/01/2025

📍 Rural councils are waiting on the Allan Government to pass on federal recovery funds for the February 2024 storms and fires. See the details >>> bit.ly/40G5m94

📍 The state farming organisation’s newly elected president is looking to undo many of the changes ushered in over the pa...
21/01/2025

📍 The state farming organisation’s newly elected president is looking to undo many of the changes ushered in over the past few years. 👉 bit.ly/4h7xQ1C

🐑 Has the traditional way of looking at sheep production shifted and is that starting to shape store values? We delve in...
21/01/2025

🐑 Has the traditional way of looking at sheep production shifted and is that starting to shape store values? We delve into an analysis of recent sales 👉 bit.ly/3Wtrr8B

🐑 Heavy lamb prices are not expected to find ground until at least the end of February, but there were positive signs fo...
21/01/2025

🐑 Heavy lamb prices are not expected to find ground until at least the end of February, but there were positive signs for sellers at Bendigo on Monday. 👉 bit.ly/4g1nhf7

🐄 Glencoe, SA, teenager Shae Tweddle’s interstate travel led her to a grand win at International Dairy Week. See the pho...
21/01/2025

🐄 Glencoe, SA, teenager Shae Tweddle’s interstate travel led her to a grand win at International Dairy Week. See the photos from the event >>> bit.ly/3Wr5gQo

📍 The Red Sea crisis that has caused havoc for international trade and the shipping industry for the best part of 12 mon...
21/01/2025

📍 The Red Sea crisis that has caused havoc for international trade and the shipping industry for the best part of 12 months may be coming to an end, after Houthi forces announced they would no longer attack US and UK ships. See the details >>> bit.ly/3CtK5pQ

📍 While weaner prices held up well as thousands of young cattle were sold from southern farms, margins are tight for som...
21/01/2025

📍 While weaner prices held up well as thousands of young cattle were sold from southern farms, margins are tight for some producers. See the details: bit.ly/3CiA6nu

🐑 Elmore farmer Dianne Trewick says a good ewe base is crucial, as new data shows a win for prime lamb production and re...
21/01/2025

🐑 Elmore farmer Dianne Trewick says a good ewe base is crucial, as new data shows a win for prime lamb production and replacement purchases. Read on: bit.ly/4hp8zPW

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Angus and Hereford weaner steers scarcely tipped below 400 cents a kilogram at Yea, with “phenomenal” quality and a large backgrounding order. See the sale recap >>> bit.ly/3DJYcI4

Selling agent Will Nolan from SAL Naracoorte wraps up Naracoorte's 5000 weaner steers and heifers. >>> bit.ly/3DJYcI4

Jeff Garland from Grant Daniel Long at Toowoomba speaks to The Weekly Times from the Wodonga weaner sale on Thursday. See the latest from our rolling coverage across sale centres >>> bit.ly/3DJYcI4

Hear from Corcoran Park director Justin Keane after the weaner sale at Wodonga on Wednesday. See all the action and recap here >>> bit.ly/3DJYcI4

Victorian Farmers Federation vice-president Peter Starr talks to The Weekly Times as the annual weaner sales kick off at Wodonga. See all the action here >>> bit.ly/3DJYcI4

🐐 Dimboola’s Beck Walker and her energetic Australian miniature goats strive to help others. Her herd is now 57 strong, including seven new kids born just two weeks ago.⁠ See more pics of these cute kids here >>> bit.ly/4g4hYvF

🐑 “Fear of missing out” drove ewe-hungry buyers to bid up, especially on seconds and thirds at Naracoorte’s major sale, with ewes making $30 more than expected. See the full sale report >>> bit.ly/3YG4saA

☀️ Nominations for the 2024 Shine Awards are now open! If you know an outstanding regional woman that deserves to be recognised for the work that they do, head to this link to nominate them ✨️⁠ bit.ly/4dEIsTb Reporter: Madeleine Stuchbery

📍 Wangaratta Rovers have accepted a one-match ban for playing coach Sam Murray for this incident on Saturday. He will miss the second semi-final. See the details >>> bit.ly/3Mzrr1a Credit: Ovens and Murray Football Netball League

🏉 At 41 years-of-age and playing in his first grand final, Chris Willis has finally won his first premiership for Bullioh in the Upper Murray league. Hear from him after the game >>> bit.ly/3Z4S2uR

📌 Hundreds of farmers have rallied in Bendigo to protest against the Allan Government's approach to the Western Renewables Link, VNI West and proposed mineral sands mines. See the details here >>> bit.ly/4cBUv2H

Hundreds of frustrated farmers and regional Victorians are protesting Jacinta Allan in Bendigo, taking aim at green-energy transmission lines and a Big Build program focused on Melbourne.

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