MEAT & Livestock Australia and the Federal Goverment will invest $5.4 million in new research projects investigating pasture dieback after it re-emerged following widespread rain across parts of Queensland and was confirmed on New South Wales’ north coast…Read More
Sheep Central, April 15, 2020
HAY from failed crops with high nitrate levels could be kill livestock this year, recent testing data from the NSW Department of Primary Industries has shown…Read More
Sheep Central, October 31, 2019
A QUEENSLAND wool grower’s son working in Victoria has taken out the 2019 Rabobank Business Development Prize from a field of some of Australia and New Zealand’s leading young farmers…Read More
Sheep Central, July 15, 2019
MORE than 25 percent of pasture productivity could be lost by not matching stocking rate to carrying capacity during dry times, according to grazing consultant Bart Davidson…Read More
Sheep Central, June 12, 2019
A FREE test service to determine the oestrogen content of sub clover pastures is being offered to southern Australian sheep producers keen to maximise their lamb production…Read More
SHEEP and beef producers are being advised to assess the extent of plant deaths in their pastures before releasing stock from feedlots and sacrifice paddocks, and especially in high rainfall..Read More
Sheep Central, April 15, 2019
AGRICULTURE Victoria will support beef and sheep producers affected by difficult seasonal conditions with a phone/online seminar on pasture recovery next week…Read More
Sheep Central, April 12, 2019
RURAL crime and how to steal some benefit from the tough dry season will be addressed at a Perennial Pasture Systems update at Stawell in Victoria next week…Read More
Sheep Central, March 27, 2019
MEAT & Livestock Australia has welcomed a $3 million grant for further pasture dieback research from the Minister for Agriculture & Water Resources, committing to match the Commonwealth Government’s investment dollar for dollar…Read More
Sheep Central, March 25, 2019
THE world’s biggest pasture grass and clover seed company – DLF Seeds — is set to increase its market reach after it received important Australian and New Zealand regulatory approvals for its NZ$421 million acquisition of PGW Seeds this week…Read More
Sheep Central, February 15, 2019
NEW South Wales graziers have been advised that drought-stressed sorghum could contain unsafe levels of prussic acid potentially leading to livestock poisoning and death…Read More
Sheep Central, February 11, 2019
MAJOR national chemical use training group ChemCert has applied to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to review the expiry of its registration with the Australian Skills Quality Authority…Read More
Terry Sim, February 11, 2019