Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
AUSTRALIA’S top sheep and cattle working dog handlers will compete for the nation’s biggest prize purse of $20,000 in a series of trials at Carcoar in November…Read More
Sheep Central, October 5, 2021
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
A VICTORIAN sheep farmer has been disqualified from owning sheep for ten years after he pleaded guilty to three charges of animal cruelty…Read More
Sheep Central, July 23, 2021
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
TOP young meat sheep judges from across Australia and New Zealand will compete at Queensland’s Ekka show next month…Read More
Sheep Central, July 7, 2021
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
EAR marking of sheep, and the ear marking and branding of cattle, are set to become optional in Western Australia in 2022, following consultation with WA producers and industry stakeholders…Read More
James Nason, June 17, 2021
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
EDENHOPE livestock contractor David Lee has set a new world and Australian record price for Kelpie dog when he was paid $35,200 for 26 month-old Eulooka Hoover at the Coprice Casterton Working Dog Auction on Sunday…Read More
VICTORIAN Mallee town Ouyen expects to increase its sheep saleyard throughput after a $111,000-plus upgrade that was officially opened yesterday…Read More
Sheep Central, April 16, 2021
FARM quality assurance programs could one day specify the use of drones rather than dogs or motorbikes to muster livestock, after research showing mustering with an unmanned aerial vehicle was less stressful for sheep and goats…Read More
Sheep Central, April 12, 2021
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
STRONG demand pushed working dog prices to a new level at the annual Jerilderie auction on Saturday, with almost half the dogs making $10,000 or more…Read More
Terry Sim, March 1, 2021
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
NEW South Wales dog owners are being advised to be alert, but not alarmed, after a deadly tick disease was reported in dogs brought into the state from the Northern Territory…Read More
Sheep Central, February 15, 2021
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
Sheep Central, December 16, 2020
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
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