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Stories tagged: sheep

Black sheep in the Mangione family

The Southern Farmer
January 2020
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MARILYN Mangione’s grandparents on both sides were farmers working the land in the Clyde and Cranbourne region. Marilyn’s mother as a child always had to…

Featured story, Insight & People, Livestock, Marilyn Mangione, sheep, Shropshire, Strahbogie

Black is the new black

The Southern Farmer
October 2018
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A DESIRE for equal standing is what turned Steph Bechaz into a sheep breeder. She is no rights activist; rather, Steph has a keen eye…

Livestock, Beylor Black Sheep Stud, Ryan Bechaz, sheep, Steph Bechaz

Spring lamb sales open $50 dearer than predicted

The Southern Farmer
September 2018
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LAMB prices have smashed records across the state – and it may just be the saving grace for farmers doing it tough in New South…

Livestock, News, lamb, markets, prices, sales, sheep

Straight from the farm

The Southern Farmer
December 2017
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PADDOCK to plate is a term heard a lot these days, but hidden away in the hills of Yarra Glen sits a farming business that…

Insight & People, Livestock, cattle, Chickens, Melissa White, pigs, sheep, Yarra Valley Custom Meats

Babydoll sheep solve vineyard problem

The Southern Farmer
October 2017
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PETER Congdon had a problem. He had purchased a small boutique winery, but didn’t want all the inter-row mowing required.

Livestock, News, Viticulture, Old English Babydoll Southdowns, Peter Congdon, Ponda Estate Vineyard, sheep, southdown, winery

It’s war and fleece

The Southern Farmer
July 2017
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WHEN Noel Henderson and his wife Lyndsay founded Avington Merino in 1996 they wanted nothing less than an elite ultrafine wool stud, produced at the…

Insight & People, Livestock, News, Avington Merino, fleece, Lyndsay Henderson, merino, mulesing, Noel Henderson, sheep, wool

Success with the milk of a different kind

The Southern Farmer
June 2017
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The 1990 Australian wool crisis certainly threw a spanner in the works for Julie and Sandy Cameron, but it was far from disaster.

Dairy, Insight & People, Livestock, cheese, milk, sheep, White Suffolk

Doing time behind bars and farm fences

The Southern Farmer
April 2017
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HER Majesty’s Prison Langi Kal Kal in the rolling hills of Trawalla, 40km west of Ballarat, is one of several low-security penitentiaries in country Victoria.

Livestock, cattle, Langi Kal Kal, prison, sheep, Trawalla

Sheep, goats on the radar

August 2016

SHEEP and goats born in Victoria after January 1, 2017 will require an electronic identification tag.

Livestock, News, sheep

Sheep grazier warning after death of lambs

July 2014

AN Everton livestock producer has put out a warning to other sheep graziers.

News, sheep

Cold snap danger to sheared sheep

September 2013

SHEEP graziers across Wangaratta district are being reminded to watch for upcoming cold snaps.

News, sheep

Finer fleece flourishes

June 2013

A SOUTHERN NSW farmer got the best out of his sheep at the three-year Ovens Valley Best Wool, Best Lamb Wether Production Trial.

News, sheep

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