Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
VIRTUAL fencing of sheep using audio signals and electric pulses to train the animals to respect a boundary is far less stressful than other standard farming practices, University of New England researchers have found…Read More
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
A VICTORIAN sheep farmer has escaped jail by pleading guilty to four charges of animal cruelty in the Bendigo Magistrates Court…Read More
Sheep Central, December 16, 2020
A COMPARISON of New Zealand’s latest lamb performance figures with Australian data indicates there is still huge potential for improved lamb survival in this country…Read More
Sheep Central, December 14, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
EWE containment has served up big benefits for New South Wales prime lamb producers Derk and Fiona Meurs, including maintaining sheep condition, pasture conservation and reduced labour costs…Read More
Sheep Central, December 14, 2020
SHEEP, beef and crop farmers now have an app to help them understand their potential opportunities from carbon-reducing activities…Read More
Sheep Central, December 11, 2020
A LEADER in the development of snake antivenom believes a protective vaccine for dogs and cats could be developed using proven science and new COVID-19 inspired methods…Read More
Terry Sim, December 7, 2020
HIGHER Australian crop production is expected to help cropping products take over from livestock in export volumes in 2020-21, according to ABARES’ December quarter 2020 Agriculture Commodities report…Read More
Sheep Central, December 7, 2020
DISEASES spread by feral cats can cost Australian agriculture up to almost $12 million each year and sheep producers can be the hardest hit, new research has found…Read More
Sheep Central, December 4, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
ONLY 25 responses had been received to a feedback survey on Australia’s first Sheep Sustainability Framework up to this week…Read More
Sheep Central, December 4, 2020
BEEF and dairy genetics cooperative Genetics Australia aims to expand its sheep services after its $5.8 million purchase of the Total Livestock Genetics at Camperdown in south-west Victoria…Read More
Terry Sim, December 2, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
VICTORIA’S livestock producers have less than two weeks to give feedback on Victorian Government proposals for a new animal welfare Act…Read More
Sheep Central, December 2, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
NEW South Wales producers mulesing sheep without pain relief could face the harshest cruelty penalties in Australia next year with the introduction of mooted fine increases…Read More
Terry Sim, November 30, 2020