Six battery-powered impact wrenches were bench tested in this month's Research Report, focusing on their ability to get nuts done up and undone.
Mice remain a significant issue for cropping regions and the June Research Report, supported by an investment from the Grains Research and Development Corporation, brings together the latest research and practical recommendations for bait spreading and machinery performance to help growers improve mouse control strategies.
Farm labour, whether temporary, casual, contract or permanent staff, is an essential part of agriculture. This Research Report provides insights to help better source and manage one of the farm’s most valuable assets – its people.
This month's Research Report includes more than a dozen case studies of new sheep yard builds and renovations from around the country. There are plenty of ideas to make the handling of stock more efficient and stress-free.
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Live lamb cutting? Now we've heard it all.
Animal activists have invented a creative new term for mulesing. And they want farmers to use it.
Animal activists want the term mulesing, a definition widely accepted and defined in the Macquarie Dictionary, to be replaced with "live lamb cutting." Credit: Jenna Santos.
ANIMAL activist groups are once again calling for the end of mulesing, except this time are creatively referring to the practice as "live lamb cutting". The Australian Alliance for Animals, Four Paws...
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