At one stage it was said that Australia rode on the sheep’s back. Over the years there have been ups and downs with wool prices, from the “pound for a pound” prices of the golden years of wool in the 1950s, to the wool stockpile crisis and the abolition of the Reserve Price Scheme in […]
The sheep industry is very busy in the springtime, with studs holding sales all around the country. Caroline Telfer photographed the Anderson Rams merino ram sale near Kojonup last year, and the day has come around again for this year’s sale. With wool prices currently doing well, average prices at merino ram sales this year […]
I had a great time with the this farming family when I visited their farm at Karridale, near Augusta. They have the good fortune to lease a farm only ten kilometres out of Augusta, on the south coast, so they can live close to the beach while enjoying a farming lifestyle. (My kids would love […]
Despite the fact that the farm has turned green after the rains, which brought on the germination of pastures, there is still not enough bulk in that paddocks for the pregnant ewes to keep up their feed requirements prior to lambing. So the sheep are being trail feed with a mix of oats and lupins. […]