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Story Added Mon, 13th of May 2013
RECENT research indicates that repeated application of herbicides with the same mode of action is the single greatest risk factor that causes herbicide resistance.
A concern for many farmers, the ...
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Story Added Mon, 13th of May 2013
AN accreditation to conduct mulesing could soon be made compulsory as the Australian Livestock Contractors Association (LCA) and industry lobby for change.
LCA president Jack Briscoe said the ...
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Story Added Fri, 10th of May 2013
Have you ever wondered why the wool industry seems to spend most of its time struggling hand-to-mouth?
Well, let me tell you – it’s because everyone involved in running it is so busy ...
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Story Added Fri, 10th of May 2013
JUST days after Animals Australia aired graphic footage of cattle being mistreated in Egypt, the Department of Agriculture has received a complaint alleging breaches of the Exporter Supply Chain ...
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Story Added Fri, 10th of May 2013
If there is one thing farmers know for sure, it’s that Australian weather is as unpredictable as a Kevin Rudd comeback, but technology is allowing them to stay half a step ahead of the ...
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Story Added Fri, 10th of May 2013
A NEW Australian-made mobile application, iHerd, has been developed to help farmers manage livestock from the palm of their hand.
Virbac Australia and MandraIT joined forces to bring the app to ...
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Story Added Fri, 10th of May 2013
ANOTHER Australian company may fold if the government does not intervene, with SPC Ardmona struggling to keep afloat.
Queensland politician Bob Katter recently wrote to the prime minister pleading ...
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Story Added Fri, 10th of May 2013
A LOCUST plague may be on the horizon in Western Australia, with recent survey results revealing relatively high numbers of adult locusts and nymphs.
Landholders in the central agricultural region ...
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Story Added Fri, 10th of May 2013
LIVESTOCK producers are being reminded not to transport any weak stock as persistent dry conditions throughout much of Victoria make it a high-risk operation.
Victoria’s Department of ...
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Story Added Fri, 10th of May 2013
CONSUMER demand is strong for quality meat and a team of white suffolk breeders has banded together to use genetic selection during ram breeding to achieve a competitive sheep meat product.
The ...
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Story Added Thu, 9th of May 2013
DEMAND for Australian beef exports to China remains high, but dry conditions continue to put pressure on pastoralists, according to Rabobank’s April agribusiness report.
China remains ...
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Story Added Thu, 9th of May 2013
QUEENSLAND Agriculture Minister John McVeigh has accused his federal counterpart of giving up on the live cattle trade.
His comments come just days before he will travel to Indonesia to ramp up ...
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Story Added Thu, 9th of May 2013
NEW winter crop variety trials in South Australia, recently published in the 2012 Crop Harvest Reports, found all aspects of grain acquisition quality were greatly improved.
A higher yielding feed ...
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Story Added Thu, 9th of May 2013
SOUTH Australian barley pools are down $5 a tonne, according to the latest Estimated Pool Returns (EPRs) figures from the grain marketer AWB.
The 2012/13 Victorian pool EPRs remain ...
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Story Added Thu, 9th of May 2013
AN investigation is underway by WorkSafe into the death of a 65-year-old truck driver at a potato farm near Pemberton, Western Australia.
The man was believed to have been run over by a truck when ...
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