AUSTRALIA’S first online bootcamp for sheep farmers will meet the COVID-19 pandemic head on with a series of free webinars from Lambs Alive and Sheep Central next week to help producers boost returns in today’s markets…Read More
Sheep Central, March 25, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
A DUNKELD working dog enthusiast’s passion to boost community spirit and resilience with her four-legged friends has won her the 2020 Victorian AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award…Read More
Sheep Central, March 25, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
APPLYING on-farm research within a new paddock/containment system has transformed the performance of the mixed cropping and sheep enterprise Wirrinourt at Lake Bolac in western Victoria…Read More
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
A NEW world record for a sheep dog has been set with a collie bitch selling for £18,900 or just over A$37,000 at the Skipton Auction Mart in England last..Read More
Terry Sim, February 24, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
A DRAFT national standard for livestock ramps has been released for feedback, with submissions due by 27 April 2020…Read More
Sheep Central, February 24, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
LAMB and beef producers feature in a series of new on-farm videos designed to showcase the Australian industries’ strong environmental, social and animal welfare credentials to consumers…Read More
Sheep Central, February 21, 2020
AUSTRALIA’S media regulator has backed a national hub of agricultural research knowledge with a $230,000 grant…Read More
Sheep Central, February 21, 2020
SHEEP producers in Victoria have access to a free mobile phone app that makes veterinarians more accessible, overcomes free advice issues and has obvious exotic disease notification and animal welfare benefits…Read More
Terry Sim, February 17, 2020
NEW South Wales livestock producers are again being urged to vaccinate their stock against anthrax after a case was confirmed in a sheep flock on a property with no previous record of the disease…Read More
Sheep Central, February 13, 2020
WESTERN New South Wales livestock producers are being reminded to review their animal health management following recent rain events…Read More
Sheep Central, February 12, 2020
PRODUCERS, researchers and industry stakeholders wanting to keep up to date with the latest in red meat research and development will now have access to a new, easy-to-read e-newsletter focused on the latest Meat & Livestock Australia research…Read More
Sheep Central, February 10, 2020
A NEW group of potential wool industry leaders will commune in South Australia next week for an intensive program of leadership development…Read More
Sheep Central, February 3, 2020