ON-FARM same-day footrot testing is a step closer after successful testing of a new method on several sheep properties across Victoria…Read More
Terry Sim, March 18, 2019
LIVE sheep exports from Australia to the Middle East would be formally banned in June, July and August this year in a new law, as part of proposed conditions released for comment by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources…Read More
LABOR’s agriculture minister-in-waiting, Joel Fitzgibbon has shut down speculation that his party’s intention to close live sheep exports out of Australia within three or four years will inevitably lead to similar actions on live cattle…Read More
Jon Condon, February 11, 2019
A LIVE sheep export transparency initiative launched yesterday to promote trust in the trade has been branded a PR stunt and “desperate industry propaganda” by RSPCA Australia…Read More
Terry Sim, February 6, 2019
SOUTH Australian farmer Leith Tilley and Victorian research scientist Stephanie Muir are the winners of the 2019 Sheep Industry Ambassador Award…Read More
Sheep Central, March 13, 2019
FALLING sheep and lamb prices, exclusion fencing growth and an expected short season providing short-term grazing has prompted limited sheep purchases by Queensland producers…Read More
Terry Sim, March 8, 2019
FODDER support for fire-affected farmers in south-west Victoria has been extended until May 15 this year…Read More
Sheep Central, May 10, 2018
SOUTH Australian livestock producers are urged to have their say on water issues as part of a new, joint project between Livestock SA and Primary Industries and Regions SA…Read More
Sheep Central, October 18, 2017
AUSTRALIAN farmers can apply for grants of up to $4 million to implement innovative and sustainable land management practices…Read More
Sheep Central, October 18, 2017
NEW Grassland Society of Southern Australia president, Hamilton livestock consultant Steve Cotton, says farmers should consider themselves first and foremost as grass growers…Read More
Sheep Central, September 11, 2017
NORTH-EAST Victorian farmers will be challenged to increase their stocking rates to improve profitability, at the Grassland Society of Southern Australia’s annual conference at Nagambie this week…Read More
Sheep Central, September 4, 2017
LOWER rainfall in two of the past three years has forced Heywood district prime lamb and beef producer Georgina Gubbins to increase forward management planning…Read More
Sheep Central, August 21, 2017