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

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

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

Feedgrain Focus: Grower selling slows in falling market

PRICES for prompt and new-crop wheat and barley have fallen by up to $15 per tonne in the past week to curb grower interest in selling…Read More

Liz Wells, July 12, 2024

Call to recognise fodder as a national resilience tool

A NEW fodder sourcing web page for livestock producers battling the difficult season has been launched by the sector’s peak body…Read More

Sheep Central, July 8, 2024

Feedgrain Focus: Nearby values firm despite patchy rain

FEED wheat and barley has traded sideways to firmer in the past week as rain creates a few logistics headaches in the north, and unseasonal demand from sheep producers kicks up values in the south…Read More

Liz Wells, July 5, 2024

Feedgrain Focus: Grazier demand bolsters easing values

AS GLOBAL markets respond to the weight of the Northern Hemisphere harvest, feedgrain values in south-eastern Australia are finding support from grazier demand…Read More

Liz Wells, July 1, 2024

Feedgrain Focus: Prices drop as south’s season gains ground

SOFTENING world values, southern rain, and the impending end of free warehousing at GrainCorp have all pushed more grain on to the market last week…Read More

Liz Wells, June 24, 2024

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