NEW South Wales livestock producers have been promised electronic identification ear tags for sheep and goats for a net cost of $1, under a discounting program announced today…Read More
WESTERN Australian sheep and cattle producers have been given an extra week to complete a seasonal and market conditions survey…Read More
Sheep Central, May 1, 2024
LIONS charity Need for Feed has been denied access to Victoria’s Apollo Bay port for a shipment of fodder and cattle pellets destined for drought-stricken King Island farmers…Read More
Sheep Central, May 1, 2024
RAINFALL was last week limited to the far north of Australia, parts of the eastern and southern coasts, Tasmania, and patchy areas in the inland west of Western Australia…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, May 1, 2024
TOTAL standing dry matter conditions remain average to good in New South Wales, but have declined significantly in Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands, and areas with low levels were expanding in South Australia and Western Australia…Read More
Al Rayner, Cibo Labs, May 1, 2024
A NEW national study of the prevalence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Australian livestock on pastures fertilised with sewage biosolids or wastewater is seeking farmer collaborators…Read More
Sheep Central, May 1, 2024
A LOWER House inquiry into the impact of urban sprawl and population growth on farming and food manufacturing on the peri-urban fringe starts in Melbourne on Friday 3 May…Read More
Sheep Central, May 1, 2024
AN $8.6 million Western Australian government assistance package for the state’s struggling sheep industry would not go far and was a “drop in the ocean” to what would be needed,..Read More
Terry Sim, April 29, 2024
MORE than 500 tonnes of fodder bound for drought-affected livestock producers on King Island has passed biosecurity checks, but Victorian authorities are yet to decide what port it will be shipped from…Read More
Sheep Central, April 29, 2024
ONLINE sheep purchasers paid more for selected lines of scanned in-lamb and joined ewes on AuctionsPlus last week…Read More
Sheep Central, April 29, 2024
GRAZIERS and dairy farmers as well as grain growers and advisors are invited to register for an online fall armyworm update information being held on Wednesday 1 May this week…Read More
Sheep Central, April 29, 2024
Latest listings on AgJobs Central recruitment page: General manager, Brisbane Qld (Santa Gertrudis Breeders Association) Livestock partnerships manager, Rockhampton Qld (CQ University) Manager, levied industries (Honey Bees), Wagga Wagga NSW..Read More
Terry Sim, April 29, 2024
