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Loddon HERALD Vol 4 No 28, THURSDAY JULY 25, 2024 ISSN 2653-1550
$25K TOP RAM
MARKET confidence has risen after a champion Loddon ram sold for $25,000 at a national auction on Sunday.
Terrick West stud principal Ross McGauchie said he was “a bit shocked” after the stud’s newlycrown Australian all-purpose champion Merino topped the Australian Sheep and Wool Show ram sale. “A lot of potential buyers were looking at the auction as a guide to what might happen at the stud
By CHRIS EARL
ram sale season that kicks off next month,” Mr McGauchie said. “Hopes may have been lifted a bit ... the sale clearance and average prices were pretty similar to last year. “For us, the auction exceeded expectations at a time when wool prices are not wonderful and the season has been tough. We were hoping our rams would sell okay but never expected these prices.” Terrick West also had the sec-
ond top price of $20,000 for one of its rams that had earlier win its class and finished in the top nine all-purpose Merinos at the show against studs from all Australian states. First-time New South Wales buyers swooped on the Terrick West progeny at Sunday’s auction. Breeders of large square framed sheep near Parkes, Overland Merinos, paid the top price and Demondrille Merino Stud, near Yass, second best on a weekend of continued success on the
national stage for Loddon studs. John Humbert, of Kedleston Stud near Calivil, won his second consecutive national commercial fleece award and also picked up the Victorian championship. Mr Humbert’s champion fleece received the highest score across all sections. In the commercial fleece event, he collected first, third and fourth with the stud’s three entries. He chose to enter the Marchshorn clips for their qualities of evenness and colour. “They had a wonderful even
crimp.” Mr Humbert said. And Longdale Park Stud, Berrimal, was a major winner in horned Merino section at the show held at Bendigo’s Prince of Wales Showgrounds. “We keep flying the flag for the horned sheep,” said stud principal Rod Kirk. “We’re seeing some farmers bounce back to the horned after the strong move over recent years to polls.”
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Flu vax rate ‘too low’
Marley Hutchins And Bruce Bennie are gloved up and ready for their three planting expedition tomorrow. The Bridgewater Primary School duo will be among dozens of Loddon students taking part in National Tree Day activities in an education partnership with Loddon Plains Landcare Network. National Tree Day started in 1996 and has grown into Australia’s largest community tree planting and nature care event. AP PHOTO
FLU vaccination rates in the Loddon Shire for people aged over 65 years is under the state average. It is also lower among children aged between six months and five years.. Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit has issued a call for people in the age groups to become vaccinated. “Most people experience a relatively mild illness when infected but this age group (65 plus) is one that is at a higher risk of severe disease,” said medical director Naveen Tenneti said. “Vaccination is key to protecting yourself and those around you from the flu. “The flu vaccination is free under the National Immunisation Program for children aged six months to under five years. “The flu vaccination is free for anyone aged 65 years and older.”
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