Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
A GIPPSLAND farmer Jeremy Rich has failed recently in his attempt to have his conviction and sentence relating to sheep care concerns overturned in the County Court of Victoria…Read More
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
TENS of millions of sheep in Australia could be at risk of compromised welfare from short-docked tails, according to the results of a recent survey and previous research…Read More
Sheep Central, July 31, 2024
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
A CHEMICAL-FREE method of controlling flystrike in sheep with the potential to reduce or eliminate the need for mulesing or combat cattle ticks and buffalo fly is a step closer, according to University of Queensland research…Read More
Sheep Central, July 15, 2024
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
AUSTRALIA’S Sheep Sustainability Framework is looking for business professionals with experience in wool processing and retail to join its steering group. The independent steering group guides the Framework in its..Read More
Sheep Central, June 12, 2024
MEN’S Australian middleweight boxing champion Mitch Leek handled his first working dog auction at Casterton with aplomb and persistence at the weekend…Read More
Terry Sim, June 11, 2024
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
ENVIRONMENTAL management was again the strongest driver of social license for rural industries in 2023, a new report has found…Read More
Sheep Central, March 25, 2024
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
A ONE-STOP shop for livestock transport information has been launched by Meat & Livestock Australia at the combined Queensland and Australian Livestock Transporters’ Associations’ National Conference in Toowoomba this week…Read More
Sheep Central, March 22, 2024
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
FEDERAL, state, and territory agriculture ministers have today confirmed a commitment to jointly lead the renewal of the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy and to develop a National Statement on Animal Welfare…Read More
Sheep Central, March 8, 2024
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
A WESTERN Australian sheep farmer has been hit with a fine and legal costs exceeding $40,000 after pleading guilty to four counts of animal cruelty, in the Narrogin Magistrates Court last week…Read More
Sheep Central, February 26, 2024
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has been withholding a key survey report on market mulesed/non-mulesed wool sentiments from the nation’s peak grower body, WoolProducers Australia…Read More
Sheep Central, November 13, 2023
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
ITALY’S wool trade has told Australia’s superfine growers it is facing a crisis with customers soon to cease accepting products originating from mulesed Merino sheep…Read More
Terry Sim, July 26, 2023
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
THE Wools of New Zealand Shearing Sports New Zealand team is closing in on the last stages of its 2023 UK tour with hopes of scoring its first win in the last two tests against Wales…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, July 26, 2023