Nutrition & Animal Health

Feedgrain Focus: South firms as yield outlook slips

A crop of wheat at Milguy, north-east of Moree, in the later stages of grain fill and looking at above-average yield potential. PRICES for new-crop wheat and barley in the..Read More

Liz Wells, September 13, 2024

APVMA reveals fate for sheep blowfly chemical diazinon

A RANGE of agricultural products containing the active constitutent diazinon, including widely used insecticidal cattle ear tags and sheep blowfly and lice treatments, will be removed from the market despite wool grower opposition…Read More

James Nason, September 11, 2024

Feedgrain Focus: Offshore bounce, northern freight lifts values

A BOUNCE in United States wheat values has fed through to eastern Australian prices for feed wheat and barley…Read More

Liz Wells, September 9, 2024

Feedgrain Focus: China news adds to northern price slide

UNCONFIRMED news that China is halting imports of barley and sorghum has fed into the stockfeed market as new-crop barley gets closer, and sorghum planting starts…Read More

Liz Wells, September 2, 2024

Farmers urged to replenish depleted hay supplies + WEBINAR

AUSTRALIAN farmers are being urged to fill their sheds with hay this season as stockpiles run low and future production is expected to be down…Read More

Sheep Central, August 28, 2024

Feedgrain Focus: Prices plunge on offshore moves

PRICES for feed grain have fallen by up to $25 per tonne in the past week as global markets sink under the weight of the Northern Hemisphere new crop…Read More

Liz Wells, August 27, 2024

Survey call to aid new research on sheep pneumonia

A NEW research project could lay the foundation for easing the growing problem of pneumonia impacting Australian sheep flocks. Pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae is emerging as a serious production and welfare..Read More

Sheep Central, August 23, 2024

Feedgrain Focus: Prices soften despite concerns in south

PRICES for wheat and barley have generally softened in line with the global move, despite a dry and unusually warm few days in the south which is fueling concerns about a moisture deficit going into spring…Read More

Liz Wells, August 19, 2024

Feedgrain Focus: Tight hay stocks fuel jump in local wheat

THE GRAIN market is abuzz with talk of the unseasonally warm temperatures — exactly what crops low on moisture don’t want — coming to south-eastern Australia next week…Read More

Liz Wells, August 12, 2024

Feedgrain Focus: Trade thin as growers bite bearish bullet

A crop of Calibre wheat in WA’s Corrigin district which was sown and germinated in early May. Photo – Ashley Jacobs A CONSOLIDATING season and weaker global prices have seen..Read More

Liz Wells, August 5, 2024

Feedgrain Focus: Growers give sagging market cold shoulder

PRICES for feed grains have dropped by up to $20 per tonne this week to reflect the pressure of the Northern Hemisphere harvest on global values…Read More

Liz Wells, July 22, 2024

Need for Feed fodder arrives for Merino livestock producers

WESTERN Victorian livestock producers will receive more than 1000 bales of hay and silage from the Lions Club’s Need for Feed project after a convoy of trucks arrived in Merino west of Hamilton on the weekend…Read More

Terry Sim, July 15, 2024

More Nutrition & Animal Health News

    Get Sheep Central's news headlines emailed to you -
    FREE!