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Stanley Vale in Pictures

Stanley Vale in Pictures
At Stanley Vale we often have a couple of UNE students helping out in busy periods. Recently Kelly Taylor has got behind the lens and captured some shots of Stanley Vale in November. Amazingly she managed to get Tim in front of the camera!   ...
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Main Shearing @ Stanley Vale 2016

August rolling around not only signals the end of winter it also means it's time for the main shearing.Shearing was a family affair with siblings Amanda and Karl shearing alongside their Dad, Phil. Now in his early 60s Phil still does 60 sheep a run so it's clear where Amanda and Karl inherited their talent from! The family affair continued w...
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Autumn Crutching 2016

Autumn Crutching 2016
​We have spent this week in the woolshed giving some of our ewes (& wethers) a haircut (otherwise known as crutching).Our shearing team is getting through about 1500 sheep a day depsite the unseasonably warm weather we've been having.Below are some of the sheep waiting their turn in the yards this morning.This year's crutching team of 3 in...
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2016 Stanley Vale On-Property Sale

​Our annual on-property sale is fast approaching so it's time to share a little bit more information about the sires whose progeny appear in our 2016 Sale Catalogue. Our breeding goal is to increase fleece weights and body weights while maintaining the traditional wool style and micron sought by the Italian Spinners market. As such in recent y...
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2016 New England Merino Field Days @ Stanley Vale

2016 New England Merino Field Days @ Stanley Vale
Things are getting pretty busy around here as we gear up for the 2016 Field Days. The New England Merino Field Days are held every two years in the New England. Over two days, Merino studs of the New England open up their woolsheds to visitors from near and far. Stanley Vale will be open on Friday 15th January from 11am until 5pm. We...
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Stanley Vale Merino Stud Live ASBV Values

Stanley Vale Merino Stud Live ASBV Values
Australian Sheep Breeding Values are now available directly from our website - live. Please check these out and feel free to leave us any comments or questions you may have. Click HERE for more information!
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Australian chilled beef to be Sold online to Chinese consumers

28 August 2015

Chinese consumers will soon be able to buy Australian chilled beef direct online for the first time in a ground breaking partnership between a premium meat exporter and China’s largest online retailer. 

Premium meat exporter Bindaree Beef Group and their meat sales and marketing business, Sanger Australia, have partnered with JD.com, the largest online direct sales company in China, to launch packed-in-Australia chilled retail-ready beef into the Chinese market. 

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Teletruk hits the road

STRADDLING agricultural, construction and industrial markets, JCB’s Teletruk range is top of the agenda in a roadshow to improve awareness of the nifty machine.

The crossover machine design features a forklift style body with a telehandler style boom instead of a mast providing added flexibility to a range of applications.

Australian JCB dealers have been hosting UK teletruck product specialist, Simon Cubitt on a educational roadshow with a particular focus on the agricultural segment.

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Beef will continue bull run says MLA chief

STRONG global demand and a positive outlook for the WA beef industry should continue into the future, according to experts at the WAFarmers annual beef conference.

MLA international business manager Andrew McCallum said the robust beef industry globally had great potential for the WA beef sector.

He said MLA was forecasting that Australian supplies post the current high turn-off period would be constrained going forward, and that it would take time for the herd to build back up nationally.

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Sisters are ag's Tall Poppies

THE work of University of Southern Queensland (USQ) mechatronic engineers Cheryl and Alison McCarthy is not only kicking goals in the agriculture sector but winning awards in the process.

This week, the sisters won the 2015 Young Tall Poppy Science Awards for their work, which is helping to improve productivity and sustainability in agriculture.

An initiative of the Australian Institute for Policy and Science (AIPS), the awards recognise Australia’s outstanding young scientific researchers and communicators, and the Queensland winners were announced at the 2015 Science Celebration in Brisbane recently.

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