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
TRANGIE wool grower Tim Burns has paid just $230 for the first offering of short-tailed Merino ewes in Australia and he believes he got the deal of the day…Read More
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
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
SHEEP shearers are being offered more than double the award rate for shearing by producers urgently seeking workers to avoid flystrike and grass infestation issues…Read More
Terry Sim, December 4, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
RESEARCH showing that sheep shorn more frequently have lower stress levels has been welcomed by Merino growers shearing more than once a year…Read More
Sheep Central, December 4, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
ONLY 25 responses had been received to a feedback survey on Australia’s first Sheep Sustainability Framework up to this week…Read More
Sheep Central, December 4, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
VICTORIA’S livestock producers have less than two weeks to give feedback on Victorian Government proposals for a new animal welfare Act…Read More
Sheep Central, December 2, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
NEW South Wales producers mulesing sheep without pain relief could face the harshest cruelty penalties in Australia next year with the introduction of mooted fine increases…Read More
Terry Sim, November 30, 2020
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
VICTORIAN farmers have been reminded of the importance of being prepared and having a bushfire plan in place for their livestock…Read More
Sheep Central, November 30, 2020