A SMALL green snail has slowed the movement of urgently needed Western Australian hay into South Australia, but fodder expert Tim Ford believes defining national demand is a bigger issue. Sheep and ...
In this week’s episode of the Weekly Grill podcast, host Kerry Lonergan sits down with respected leader for change and 2024 Nuffield Scholar, Catherine Marriott who presented at the BeefEx feedlot ...
A WESTERN Australian move to mandate pain relief when mulesing lambs has been welcomed by the state’s leading farmer body and the nation’s peak sheep and wool producer bodies. WAFarmers has welcomed ...
A SLEEPY Kelpie taking a break in a shearing shed has helped a photographer win the 2025 National Agriculture Day photography and video competition. The competition attracted record entries, but it ...
AUSTRALIA’S largest sheep station has returned to the market after Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group walked away from the sale. The 10,117sq km Rawlinna Station, spanning an area roughly the ...
NEW South Wales sheep research scientist Dr. Sue Mortimer has been awarded a fellowship with the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics for her Merino work. The NSW Department ...
A $12 MILLION loan to Western Australia’s farmer-owned sheep meat processor WAMMCO will support timely processing of livestock at its Katanning plant, according to chief executive officer Coll MacRury ...
TASMANIANS might not yet be sure they are going to get a new football stadium, but they have their jumpers, courtesy of the wool industry. The Tasmania Football Club and Woolmark have partnered for ...
SURFACE troughs and tropical moisture throughout the week brought thunderstorms across much of central, northern, and eastern Australia down to northern New South Wales. Weekly rainfall totals of more ...
SHEEP Producers Australia has generated around $6 million in Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry funded grants in recent times, raising questions about the peak sheep meat body’s ability ...
RESEARCH by the CSIRO shows Australia’s sheep meat sector, despite having increased production over the past 30 years, is making no contribution to global temperature increases and its impact is ...
SEVERE Tropical Cyclone Fina developed north of the Northern Territory on November 19, passed around 50km north of Darwin on November 22, and reached category 4 intensity on November 23. Fina brought ...