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Genetic test could deliver hornless cattle

Australian beef producers could be breeding the horns off their cattle.

01 March 2006

Price cuts needed to make Bioclip viable

As the wool industry confronts widespread shearer shortages and serious health and safety issues affect

01 February 2006

Spring calving still offers best financial returns

At first glance split-calving systems seem to solve labour shortages, reduce bull costs and spread risk.

01 February 2006

Changing shearing date attacts hidden costs

Stocking rate, not time of shearing, is the primary profit driver in fine wool production systems.

01 February 2006

Strategic feeding lifts flock fertility

Victorian producers Charles and Liz de Fegely are currently evaluating the findings of the Lifetime Wool

01 January 2006

High growth rate lambs lift profits

Most lamb producers would be happy selling 23-kilogram lambs at 20 weeks of age but for Rod and Margaret

01 January 2006

Diet design lifts sheep growth on salt land

Salt-tolerant shrubs such as saltbush provide an economically viable way to revegetate saline land while

01 December 2005

Yard weaning secures markets for cattle

Feedlotters who buy yard-weaned cattle can pocket a whopping $33 gross margin per head extra compared

01 December 2005

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

Research Report: Mobile Phones (December 2025)

With the closure of Telstra’s 3G network, Kondinin Group engineers Josh Giumelli and Ben White put several popular 4G phones to the test to see how they stacked up. Our standard test protocol applied over the past two decades was maintained as each handset was measured by the maximum distance a two-way call could be made from a phone tower.

Research Report: Side-by-side Vehicles (November 2025)

Kondinin Group’s research team dives into the side-by-side market for this report, looking at popular diesel models, a few petrol versions and a couple of electric vehicles.

Research Report: Farming Inputs (October 2025)

Inputs are unavoidable in any farming system. This Research Report focuses on several key farming inputs with a view to maximising outputs, production and profit.

Research Report: Self-Propelled Sprayer Testing (September 2025)

Kondinin Group’s Mark Saunders, Ben White and Josh Giumelli have rounded up five of the latest self-propelled sprayers to cast a discerning eye over them for this month’s Research Report. The sprayers were run over our regular test track and thoroughly inspected to see what makes these million-dollar machines tick.

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