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Tough times before price rise

Primary Producer 08 September 2023

Cattle and sheep prices may have plummeted since last year's Gippsland Red Meat (GRMC) conference but two of Australia's most respected red meat industry market analysts are predicting they will start to make a comeback in 2025, peaking in 2027, at higher than previous rates. The headline act of the Gippsland Red Meat Conference held in Sale last week, Simon Quilty and Rob Herrmann, outlined the...

Assisting foreign workers

Primary Producer 31 August 2023

TAFE Gippsland is working with one of the region's leading vegetable and salad leaf growers to provide English language lessons for a group of international workers. Ten Kiribati and Timor Leste team members from Bulmer Farms are one month into a three-month intensive English language course at TAFE Gippsland's Bairnsdale campus. The course content, created by the TAFE Gippsland team in...

Shear smart, shear early

Primary Producer 10 August 2023

Local sheep farmers, John and Leanne White, of Lindenow South, have the smarts. The couple who run a few thousand sheep on their property have managed to avoid the ongoing drought of shearer availability by arranging their flock to be shorn earlier than most. “Our shearing was completed a month ago, we’re done and dusted,” Mr White, who is also an East Gippsland Shire councillor, told Primary...

Embracing the technology

Primary Producer 03 August 2023

Commercial beef producers will be able to market and sell their cattle through FarmGate Auctions (FarmGate) with verified data backed by genomic testing and on a new digital platform, taking them to next-level marketing and product branding. The new platform will allow producers to add their biodiversity credentials, emission reduction programs, previous product performance, product branding and...

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Primary Producer 27 July 2023

Gippsland Agricultural Group (GAgG) in conjunction with Melbourne University has been trialling a project at an East Gippsland farm aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The ‘Nexus’ project explored how sheep and beef farms can adapt to the changing climatic conditions the world, including Australia, is experiencing and how farmers can play a leading role in reducing emissions. With the...

Shifting away from mulesing

Primary Producer 20 July 2023

The Australian arm of Humane Society International (HSI) has launched the latest edition of its ‘Better Wool Guide’ which features over 200 brands that are part of the growing movement to phase out mulesing. HSI Australia’s guide highlights 221 brands available to Australian consumers with a commitment to remove mulesed wool from their supply chains, with many already claiming to be mulesing...

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