Beef

Monitoring best for early intervention during calving season

REGULARLY monitoring cows is one of the best ways to reduce “unavoidable” tricky births during calving season, according to Agriculture Victoria (AgVic). AgVic livestock development officer Hannah Manning said monitoring can help farmers pick up...

SA Farmer

December 2024

Ag News

Have your say on future research priorities

Producers have until 1 December 2023 to provide their input through the SALRC

SA Farmer

November 2023

Beef

Bull Oak Well Angus goes from strength to strength

IN 1997, Pinnaroo farmers Heath and Amanda Nickolls registered their first calves. Now, 25 years later, Bull Oak Well Angus calves about 240 stud calves each year, while selling 60 bulls at its annual February sale and another 30 to 40 privately...

Deirdre Graham

October 2022

Livestock

Stay alert for three-day sickness this season

WITH heavy rain experienced in many production regions recently, South Australian cattle farmers are being encouraged to keep a close eye out for three-day sickness. Three-day sickness, or bovine ephemeral fever, is a viral disease of cattle that is...

SA Farmer

June 2022

Beef

Weathering the storms at Roseleigh Angus

ROSELEIGH Angus is one of South Australia’s oldest Angus studs. The third-generation farm located near Pinnaroo has weathered the ups and downs of the industry since it was founded by Charles Cowley in 1954. These days the property is run by...

Deirdre Graham

February 2022

Beef

Schmeks Beef Jerky: Riverland’s best kept secret?

AN iconic product sold in pubs and clubs, service stations and supermarkets nationwide might just be the Riverland’s best kept secret. Schmeks Beef Jerky is a proud, Riverland family business, made just outside of Loxton for the past 24 years...

Stephanie Thompson

February 2022

Beef

Red meat industry urges people to get more facts

RED Meat, Green Facts, a ‘fast-facts’ resource to promote the red meat industry’s credentials and empower Australia’s red meat advocates, has been launched at Beef Australia 2021 by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA). The new producer...

SA Farmer

February 2022