Social Value of Saleyards

09/05/2023

The social value of saleyards in the news

There's dust in the air, dirt on the boots, and the booming voices of auctioneers break through the cattle-dung-scented air, but farmers don't want to let go of saleyards despite the boom in online sales.

18/04/2023

Roma Saleyards welcomes the Royal Flying Doctor Service for the next Charity Sale! 🛩

The Royal Flying Doctor Service - Queensland Section is coming back to the Roma Saleyards for the Tuesday, 23 May 2023 Store Sale.

50% of live weight and open auction selling fees for each head of cattle sold will be donated to the Flying Doctor! You can also help out by donating a (tax deductible) beast on the day (please contact your preferred selling agent).

If you require further information, please phone Council on 1300 007 662.

10/02/2023

An Australian Livestock Markets Association Initiative. For further information visit www.australiansaleyards.com.au

03/11/2022

22/09/2022

Recently, Olivia Agar from Mecardo – a Nutrien Ag Solutions business conducted an interview with Heather Ellis from BlueWren Connections about the SVOS findings.

Connections in the saleyards - 21st September 2022
Commodity Conversations
Listen on apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/connections-in-the-saleyards-21st-september-2022/id1454472230?i=1000580135615

Online: https://mecardo.podbean.com/e/connections-in-the-saleyards-21st-september-2022/

Australian Saleyards

Saleyards are the hive of activity for many regional areas. For hundreds of years, they have been an important connection and community interaction point for people living in rural areas. Heather Ellis from BlueWren connections, has produced a report on th...

28/06/2022

10/06/2022

Active saleyards = vibrant rural communities

This and other findings from the Social Value of Saleyards research project can be found 👇bit.ly/SVOSbyALMA



BlueWren Connections
Social Value of Saleyards
Meat & Livestock Australia
Australian Livestock and Property Agents Association Ltd
ALRTA
National Farmers' Federation
Australian Lot Feeders' Association
Red Meat Advisory Council
Cattle Council of Australia
WoolProducers Australia
Sheep Producers Australia
AgForce Queensland
Nsw Farmers
Victorian Farmers Federation
WAFarmers
Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association
Tasmanian Farmers & Graziers Association
Livestock SA

08/06/2022

Research found that catching up with mates and having a laugh at saleyards was up top on the list of things to do when people were not actually doing business.

Interested in other findings from the Social Value of Saleyards research 👇bit.ly/SVOSbyALMA


BlueWren Connections
Social Value of Saleyards

08/06/2022