Sheep

Rebate to assist eID equipment costs

THE State Government will see reduced costs in transitioning to electronic identification (eID) tags for sheep and farmed goats under a recent rebate announcement. Livestock agents could receive a 75 per cent rebate on eligible essential equipment...

SA Farmer

January 2025

Sheep

SA’s agriculture research and innovation to drive net zero by 2050

RESEARCH into lowering greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural practices will be spearheaded by South Australia through an $8.4m commitment alongside partnerships between the State and Federal Governments and industry. Led by the South Australian...

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

Agriculture

Cody thrilled and fulfilled after swapping aged care for agriculture

ON a friend’s farm in dry 35 degree Australian heat, 27-year-old Cody Lee Jane Brighurst herds sheep with a charismatic smile on her face. Despite sweat dripping from her forehead and the overpowering smell of hay and sheep in the air, Cody...

Ashlea Miller-Pickersgill

April 2023

Sheep

Teaching young dogs new tricks… Lee’s right-hand men

WORKING dogs are often one of the most valuable assets on a livestock property – and Pyap’s Lee Mickan has his own army by his side every day. Lee was just 19 when he got his first black and tan kelpie, an interest that started from an early...

Alexandra Bull

March 2023

Ag News

New South Australian technology for sheep diseases

For further information on the Sheep EAD AR tool, visit www. pir. sa. gov. au/sheep-ead

SA Farmer

January 2023

Sheep

Family manufacturing business lifts after Covid

AN innovative Riverland family business is back to making the jobs of graziers across Australia safer and simpler, after being heavily impacted by Covid-19 border closures. Rod Holland (pictured), of Cooltong, has spent more than a decade...

Josh Brine

June 2022

Sheep

Turning passion into success: Glenlea Park goes from strength to strength

PETER Wallis (pictured) has always had a passion for sheep breeding, and the success of his Glenlea Park stud near Pinnaroo is testament to that passion. Two years ago he sold a ram, lovingly named ‘Smithy’ after Australian cricketer Steve...

Deirdre Graham

February 2022

Sheep

104 years of Newbold: Family first for sheep farming dynasty

NEWBOLD Studs has been in Gawler River for 104 years, and while it is known for its high-quality poll dorset and white suffolk rams and ewes, the backbone of the business is family. Since being founded in October 1917, Newbold Studs has been at the...

Vanessa Rose

February 2022

Sheep

Shear your way to success with labour shortage expected on sheep farms

SHEEP and shearing go hand in hand. Both are ingrained in the national psyche in films and art such as Tom Roberts’ 1890 Shearing the Rams painting or the 1975 film Sunday Too Far Away that propelled Jack Thompson into acting royalty. These days...

Deirdre Graham

February 2022