AUSTRALIA currently did not have enough government staff to manage a year-long Foot and Mouth Disease or Lumpy Skin Disease outbreak, a senior government biosecurity officer said this week…Read More
Terry Sim, October 7, 2022
SHEEP producers need to consider the production benefits, consumer preference and market access implications of using pain relief at lamb marking, according to a Hamilton veterinary consultant…Read More
Terry Sim, October 7, 2022
SEPTEMBER has been a big month with agency training at Wodonga in the first week, Queen Elizabeth moving on, King Charles moving in and stud bulls and rams setting new records…Read More
Chris Howie, October 7, 2022
TEN of Victoria’s best young auctioneers will compete in the 2022 Australian Livestock & Property Agents Association’s Victorian Young Auctioneers Competition at Pakenham on Monday…Read More
Terry Sim, October 7, 2022
SCIENTISTS at the University of Queensland are developing a protein-based vaccine to protect Australia’s beef industry from Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)…Read More
Sheep Central, October 7, 2022
VICTORIA’S Sheepvention Rural Expo will return to a two-day format next year after receiving feedback against continuing with a three-day program…Read More
Sheep Central, October 7, 2022
AUSTRALIAN wool prices dropped further this week, with fine Merino fleece recording the largest falls…Read More
Sheep Central, October 7, 2022
IT was another tough week for all markets as the spot wool auction market continued its search for a base…Read More
Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner, October 7, 2022
SHEEP meat and wool businesses making misleading sustainability claims in selling goods directly to consumers may be picked up by internet sweeps launched by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission this week…Read More
A NATIONAL sheep producer survey indicates most Australian sheep producers don’t use pain management for castration or tail docking, despite readily available options…Read More
Terry Sim, October 5, 2022
EARLIER in the week, a low pressure system that developed over the south-eastern Australia brought showers, rain and isolated thunderstorms to Victoria, Tasmania and much of New South Wales…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, October 5, 2022
AMERICAN animal scientist and autism advocate Dr Temple Grandin heads up the speakers at the Meat Business Women Conference in Sydney on Wednesday 26 October…Read More
Sheep Central, October 5, 2022
