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AgForce’s AgCarE natural capital tool set to launch: TropAg

AgForce senior policy advisor Greg Leach presented at the TropAg Conference last week. AFTER working on the program for five years, Queensland agriculture advocacy organisation AgForce is next week hard-launching its natural capital certification system. Developed for a range of commodities including grain, beef, sheep, goats and sugarcane, the AgCarE model aims to offer a […]

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Weekly kill: Drier conditions in some areas see kills on the rise

AFTER weeks, and in many cases months of saturated conditions, grazing paddocks across some parts of eastern Australia are starting to dry out enough for slaughter cattle movements to resume. The effect has been a lift in throughput at many sites this week, with fewer disruptions in sight. The weekly NLRS slaughter report for the […]

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Are methane-reducing additives palatable for lotfeeders?

Raw dried Asparagopsis seaweed before it is refined into a feed supplement. THE cost of methane-reducing feed additives has been on high on the agenda in recent weeks, as the products form a big part of Government and industry plans to drastically reduce emissions before 2030. Feedlots appear to be the easiest place to use […]

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Warrnambool yards to close, despite ground- swell of support from farmers and stock agents

WARRNAMBOOL’S livestock saleyards will close next year after the city’s council voted to cease the cattle-selling centre’s operation despite a groundswell of support from farmers and stock agents. With mayor Debbie Arnott casting the deciding vote before about 150 protesting residents, farmers and stock agents, a motion to cease operating the South-West Victorian Livestock Exchange […]

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Three days left to nominate for Cattle Australia board positions

Grassfed cattle transaction levy payers intending to stand for election on the inaugural board of Cattle Australia now have just over three days left to submit their nomination. Nominations for the Cattle Australia board opened on Friday, November 4 and close this Friday, November 11. Cattle transaction levy payers are currently to entitled to free […]

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