Mark Talbot, Wedderburn Transport, Brunswick Junction, representing the Livestock and Rural Transport Association of WA (LRTAWA), told an FMD information session after last week’s WAFarmers dairy conference at Busselton, that stock transport drivers are terrified they will be responsible for spreading an FMD outbreak. Click to check the original article.
Nutrien agent Joe Keppel calls retirement after a 56 year career. Click to check the original article.
The 2022 National Saleyards Expo is currently underway in Cairns. Click to check the original article.
Mitchell goat producer Bruce Foott is one of a number of small livestock owners in Queensland recognising the importance and inevitability of electronic tagging for their animals. Click to check the original article.
Perhaps the most successful drought program to date from the NSW Government, containment lots could help farmers get stock off pastures, not just in drought, but when pastures need a rest, during floods, fire recovery, or as an area for biosecurity management. Click to check the original article.
Last week USDA published the July Cattle Inventory, which showed lower year-over-year inventories for most reported categories. While inventories posted a year-over-year decline, NASS estimates were higher than pre-report expectations, with analysts expecting larger decreases in cattle numbers. The full report is available on the USDA-NASS website. Related: When should hay be tested? Total cattle inventories […]
Verility Inc., led by co-founder and CEO Liane Hart, has closed Series A funding worth $3.5 million. The round was led by Mountain Group Partners of Nashville, Tennessee, and includes a previous investment from Purdue Foundry. Verility has created a global platform called Fertile-Eyez that provides fertility analysis products that enable livestock producers and breeders to […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it will indefinitely extend the deadline for producers to return the pre-filled applications for Phase One of the Emergency Relief Program. A new deadline will be announced after the last Phase One applications are mailed and will be at least 30 days following the mailing. Continuing to build on […]
USDA announced an additional investment of more than $14 million to support agricultural workforce training in historically underserved communities that will increase the resilience of the U.S. meat and poultry processing sector. The funds were allocated under the American Rescue Plan to strengthen the nation’s food supply chain by promoting fair and competitive agricultural markets. […]
Beef producers who know the nutrient profile of the hay they are feeding their herds are better able to match the right supplement strategy to meet the needs of the cow, said the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute experts on a recent Cattle Chat podcast. “For a dry cow, the nutrient needs are much […]
The shrinking Texas cattle herd is likely to translate into higher calf and beef prices years beyond a break in the 2022 drought, according to David Anderson, AgriLife Extension economist, Bryan-College Station. Texas cattle producers have culled earlier and deeper than normal this year due to drought, said Anderson. He suspects the number of culls, and […]
Lithe, opportunistic and with a predilection for poultry, these elusive, often pocket-sized predators have long raised a stink for farmers and gamekeepers, but not all of them deserve such an otterly bad rap, believes John Lewis-Stempel. A mustelid by another name would whiff as bad. The mammalian Mustelidae family comes in all sorts of shapes, […]