Many dairy herds are implementing a beef-dairy crossbreeding program for all or a portion of their lactating cows in order to add value to newborn calves. In beef cattle, there is a moderate to high correlation between heritability of growth traits and their genetic correlations with birth weight (e.g., yearling body weight has a heritability […]
Best outdoor furniture, decorations and more, as selected by Amelia Thorpe. Under the trees Inspired by her own garden, Susie Watson offers a charming range of outdoor furniture and accessories, including wrought-iron garden benches, from £795 each, and garden chair, £425, Pale Rose Cambridge Stripe tablecloth, from £52, and selection of cushions, from £48 each.0344 […]
Max Armstrong shares that macroeconomic factors impact agriculture and rising inflation is impacting demand. Max reports that consumer sentiment is worth watching and in June those numbers were some of the lowest in recorded history. For food products and other basic goods consumer sentiment does not have the same impact as it does with higher […]
West Midlands Group representatives, beef industry development officer Erin OBrien (left), executive officer Nathan Craig and mixed farmings systems project officer Melanie Dixon chatted at The University of Western Australias postrgraduate research presentation last week. Click to check the original article.
It makes it three straight victories for Queensland in ACM’s Sire Shootout competition. Click to check the original article.
Ms Jane-Bird covered her area of expertise, discussing diseases that are not necessarily commonly known, but have been causing underlying production losses, such as: campylobacter, Bovine Johne’s disease, worm burdens and new metabolic diseases in sheep. Click to check the original article.
Three more cases of Varroa Mite have been reported in NSW with a new biosecurity zone created. Click to check the original article.
Negotiations are continuing on Currareva Station on Cooper Creek, which was passed in at a Nutrien Harcourts GDL auction. Click to check the original article.
More cases of Varroa Mite have been reported in NSW with a new emergency biosecurity zone created south of Newcastle. Click to check the original article.
It started out as a simple trip. We wanted a little ice cream. Two of my kids and I were at our junior national cattle show this past week in Madison, Wis. After working in the barns all day, we went out for Mexican one night and then decided a little ice cream would really […]
Most Aussies wouldn’t have heard the name Brendon Buitenhuis but plenty would have heard of Bouta_NT. Click to check the original article.
The chef and food writer Tom Parker Bowles on the culinary highlights of July, from artichoke to watercress — plus a recipe which will persuade you that broad beans aren’t all bad. Well, we’re deep into summer now — not that the weather seems to pay much heed. A few blazing days, perhaps, then back into […]