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Australians buy cows and sheep with a mouseSydney (AFP) Dec 20, 2010 Buying sheep and cattle in Australia used to be a tough business - drovers would herd livestock thousands of kilometres across the hot and remote Outback for auction. Now ranchers can buy a herd with just a few clicks of a mouse from the comfort of a tractor cab. Some farmers faced a three to five day trip to buy sheep - "now they do it in the hour," said Gary Dick, general manager of livestock sale site AuctionsPlus. With just a few clicks, buyers around Australia, even farmers working in the ... read more |
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