NSW Farmers Biosecurity Chair Ian McColl has criticised politicians and pundits stoking outrage about foot and mouth disease, saying it is a serious issue that needs unity, not division. The Balinese outbreak of FMD – a highly-infectious disease that could cost Australia $80 billion – is rightly concerning, Mr McColl (righ) said, but he warned […]
This position statement has taken note of the statements by Bali resident and long-time cattle industry vet Dr Ross Ainsworth. He believes that the risk of foot and mouth disease entering Australia is now 50-50. PRA chair Shay Dougall It is far better to stop Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) entering Australia against the mammoth […]
One week out from the multi-sport event getting underway in Birmingham, Harkin has revealed she’ll represent Australia in all three breaststroke distances (50, 100, 200 metres) as well as the 200m individual medley. A spot in the women’s 4x100m medley relay could also eventuate. Click to check the original article.
It’s been more than 1000 days since cattle have been shown at the Ekka. Click to check the original article.
Victoria’s top vet says the situation with FMD and the Melbourne Royal Show is being reviewed daily. Click to check the original article.
Shareholders awaiting dividends are told investing in AACo’s $1.2 billion asset base will utilise land efficiently and sustainably boost beef herd numbers Click to check the original article.
Ukraine Grain Association president Mykola Gorbachov. THE movement of grain out of Ukraine has been reduced to an evacuation rather than an export program as Russia’s invasion continues to throttle shipments out of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, according to Ukraine Grain Association president Mykola Gorbachov. As a guest speaker at the Australian Grains Industry Conference […]
A look back at the rich history of the Birdsville races. Click to check the original article.
The presence of Lumpy Skin Disease was officially confirmed in Riau province in east-central Sumatra on the 22nd of March 2022. This suggests that it could have been present a month or so earlier before it was formally identified and then notified to the OIE. The disease can spread rapidly and is transmitted by insect […]
Scholarship students from the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation have learned about employment pathways in the mining industry in a Careers Experience Day at the South32 Cannington mine. Click to check the original article.
Unfortunately Dr Mather doesn’t know what cave system the fossils were found in. Click to check the original article.
“You never waste a good crisis. And for us, we’re trying to expose the funding system that hasn’t been put in place. The fact that multiple governments – not just the current one, or the past one, or the one before that – have not put in place a sustainable model,” Mr Jochinke said. Click […]