Family Farms and Gains Tax
It is most unlikely that family farms will be included ii the Federal legislation for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1975
18 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
Herdsmen’s Notes Farmers cannot afford to feed unproductive cattle
Dairy farmers throughout the district, presently labouring under dry unseasonal conditions, have the added problem of losing as much as one-third of their income owing to low cattle prices For bobby calves, vealers and cracker cows. Perhaps if we have a little better appreciation of what has happened, our management…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grain Dryer Saves Crops
The only positive action a farmer could take to prevent loss of crops when harvesting was to install a grain dryer. The agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers Living in State of Poverty
At least 15 percent and possibly as many as 24 percent of North Coast dairy farmers were living in a state of poverty in 1972. These figures and others determined by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrong Shire Can Affect Dairy Herd Production Herdsmen’s News
Farmers in the Coffs Harbour district buying or breeding replacement sires should be aware that the dairy sire can play a significant role in economic dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Report on Fodder Crops
Oats and ryegrass crops were planted during April and those planted early have made good growth,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Less Butter Produced
World butter production continued to fall in 1974, as a result of reduced milk supplies and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strengthen Dairy Board Powers
Legislation to strengthen the powers of the Australian Dairy produce Board has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Industry Chairman to Speak at Symposium
The chairman of the NSW Dairy Industry Authority, Mr. D. W. Crowfoot, will address the North Coast Dairy Symposium at Lismore this month. Mr. Crowfoot will speak on the future of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of retired farmer at Sawtell
A Sawtell man, Stanley Fisher, died recently at his home in 17th Avenue. Mr. Fisher had lived at the Sawtell…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →No Good News For Dairymen
A producers’ representative on the Dairy Industry Authority (Mr. L. J. Ballard) told dairymen in Kempsey last week he had nothing but had news for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Subsidies for Farm Water Storage
Subsidies of 25 percent of the cost of water storage component of soil erosion control…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poet’s Corner the Farmer
He’s rather enigmatic And can be energetic, He drives a standard tractor, A most important factor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Compensation Scheme for Beef Farmers
Cattlemen whose stock has to be slaughtered because of brucella infection will be paid $25 compensation per head by the NSW Government. The Minister for Agriculture , Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying Conditions Are ‘Near Perfect’
Excellent conditions prevailed for dairying during the month of November and must now be rated as near perfect, the district dairy officer, Mr. C. K. Hart, said in his monthly report. Mr. Hart said November 1975 would be remembered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Herdsmen’s notes: Dairymen Must Learn More About Breeding
The influence of environment and breeding on milk composition within breeds must be recognised by dairymen in the Coffs Harbour district. Just as the amount of milk produced by a cow is…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dairy Farmers Fear Future
Victorian dairy farmers have launched a campaign for government assistance for the dairy industry,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Herdsmen’s notes: Incentives for cattle breeders
The Department of Agriculture and Dairy Herd Improvement Committee have offered incentives to obtain farmer assistance in the Sire Evaluation Plan…
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