John Ellicott
The Land
Australia
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Kangaroo harvesters, pastoralists win small business rebate fight
Pastoralists have fought hard to get the cost of kangaroo harvest licences and royalty tags included in the NSW Government's $3000 Small Business Rebate Scheme. → Read More
Return Unwanted Medicines project allows free disposal of vet medicines at pharmacies
Pharmacy system can help you dispose of leftover farm animal medicines. → Read More
$164m biosecurity spend leads 2022 ag NSW Budget initiatives
Vaccine for lumpy skin disease possible 'by end of year' → Read More
Big $149m boost to isolated residents' medical travel scheme
Up to 26,000 more regional people to benefit from new subsidies → Read More
Croppers battle mounds of stubble and wet paddocks
Burns not uncommon in north to reduce stubble load and disease → Read More
Ewe scanning rates rise 100 per cent in Far West
It's a golden era in western NSW with high scanning rates but other areas see worm threat to... → Read More
A Bourke property transformed with smart advice over two years
Two-years of professional advice to help western farms prosper. → Read More
Click go the shears as interstate shearers fill huge void
Why wouldn't you be a shearer or a shed hand ? Look what you get just for afternoon tea at Bangate Station woolshed near Goodooga. An influx of interstate shearers for late autumn and winter has helped fill a shearer shortage in NSW - but the end of the year will be problematic for contract staff. → Read More
Ridgy-Didge: big photo gallery of Lightning Ridge races
A love of horses at Lightning Ridge mounting yard. Photos by Samantha Thompson. A large crowd gathered for the Lightning Ridge races and despite a barrier failure, forcing flag starts for all except one race, it was a huge day. → Read More
Give us a break: family poultry farms demand a "fair go"
NSW Farmers back new code of conduct for poultry industry. → Read More
Divided farms as coal seam gas threat looms on prime ag land
Concerned at the PEL renewal are Kate Broughton, Margaret Fleck, Kathy Rankin, Helen Strang, and Greg Broughton at Tambar Springs. "Why us?" That's the view of Tambar Springs farmers caught in a new Petroleum Exploration Licence fight they say is dividing farmers on the Liverpool Plains. → Read More
Telstra says no one left hanging on the line in march to 4G
A senior Telstra executive has vowed no rural customers will be left without a phone service as the 3G mobile network is phased out for 4G over the next two years. → Read More
World-leading eye on chickens to boost welfare and production
Dr Jian Zhang demonstrates the new chicken AI technology developed by the University of Technology Sydney. It is world-leading technology. A world-leading artificial intelligence system to monitor free range chickens is set to revolutionise the Australian egg and poultry industry. → Read More
Mega gallery of all the fun and fashions at Grenfell races
On the podium at Fashions on the Field at Grenfell. Photos by Simon Thompson. Grenfell Picnic Race Club raced for the first time in three years and held a top meeting even though the weather gods did not work in their favour. → Read More
Eye on roos: new technology to help manage grazing
A new drone system will allow station holders in the west of NSW to get a better idea of roo numbers on their property and allow better decisions on where to graze their sheep. Drone technology is helping western NSW farmers ascertain grazing pressures caused by kangaroo numbers so they can better plan farm production. → Read More
Salivating as best cakes on show as CWA celebrates 100 years
Chomping at the bit as cakes hit the flavour notes at CWA. → Read More
Brewarrina farmer faces heavy fines for water theft
NRAR uses satellite images over time to launch case against farmer → Read More
God, royalty may go in move to remake CWA's 100-year-old motto
CWA's motto for royalty and God, 'out of date', say some members. → Read More
Big sorghum crops of over 10 tonnes per hectare on plains
Tracking well above average. The Claas combine at the property owned by Claas owner Cathrina Claas-Muhlhauser, at Bundella, with manager Andrew Mitchell in the middle of the sorghum harvest with yields averaging 9t/ha. Jack Mitchell, 6, is pictured on front page. Photo by Elisa Mitchell. Bringing home the sorghum 'bacon' is a Claas act out on the plains near Bundella. → Read More
CWA's big 100th birthday celebrations start at Randwick
Members of the Kyogle branch get ready for the opening of the CWA's 100th birthday celebration conference at Royal Randwick in Sydney. Photo by John Ellicott. Julie Kilpatrick, the grand-daughter of one of the CWA founders Florence Laver is sitting bottom left. The largest conference held so far kicked off at Royal Randwick on Monday for the Country Women's Association's 100th year anniversary. → Read More