PLANS to upgrade European Union animal welfare laws to potentially ban tail docking and castration or introduce mandatory pain relief are pointing WoolProducers Australia toward new policy development…Read More
Terry Sim, December 3, 2021
OLD-FASHIONED face-to-face sheep selling without the back-up of an online interface returned to the Riverina today with the dispersal of the Avenel Station flock at the Deniliquin saleyards…Read More
Terry Sim, December 3, 2021
PREMIUM lamb and beef processor Argyle Foods Group is utilising the integration of livestock enterprise management platform AgriWebb with blockchain-based track-and-trace provider KPMG Origins to focus on new markets and value-adding opportunities…Read More
Sheep Central, December 3, 2021
AUSTRALIA’S wool auction market was slightly dearer this week and the gross value of clips sold this season passed the billion dollar mark to $1,021.81bn, 10 weeks earlier than last year…Read More
Sheep Central, December 2, 2021
LAST week’s auction market rally after months of rollercoaster prices was followed by a firm tone this week and more forward trading…Read More
Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner, December 3, 2021
NEW South Wales livestock farmers with flood-affected land are being urged to test stock water quality…Read More
Sheep Central, December 3, 2021
THE Australian White sheep breed has received a major accolade for its eating quality, winning the champion lamb award at the 2021 Sydney Royal Fine Food show…Read More
Eric Barker, December 1, 2021
RAIN was widespread throughout the eastern two-thirds of the continent over the past week with parts of Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory recording more than 100 millimetres…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, December 1, 2021
VICTORIAN farmers will be protected from animal activism by increased penalties for trespassers breaching farm biosecurity plans, in legislation introduced into parliament today…Read More
VICTORIA’S court system and legal fraternity would need to be educated on the importance of farm biosecurity with the introduction of increased penalties for animal activist trespassers, a leading farmer said today…Read More
Terry Sim, December 1, 2021
CARCOAR’S working dog challenge has set itself up to be one of Australia’s leading trial and sale events with a successful inaugural effort last weekend…Read More
Terry Sim, December 1, 2021
DECEMBER to February rainfall is likely to be above median for northern and eastern Queensland, eastern and central NSW, western Victoria and eastern Tasmania, according to the bureau’s latest three monthly seasonal climate outlook statement. ..Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, November 30, 2021