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$650,000 grant to commercialise methane-busting livestock feed supplements

AUSTRALIAN climate technology company Rumin8 has received a $650,000 grant from AusIndustry’s Entrepreneur’s Program to accelerate the commercialisation of its next generation of feed supplements to reduce methane emissions from livestock. Rumin8 CEO David Messina The Entrepreneur’s Program provides small and medium businesses, start-ups, entrepreneurs and researchers with access to expert advice and funding to […]

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“What’s going on folks?”: Vet highlights Pestivirus conundrum

Dr Enoch Bergman addressing the 2022 Australian Wagyu Association conference in Melbourne. EXPOSURE of feedlot cattle to persistently infected carriers of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV), or Pestivirus, results in average costs of US $67.49 per head through immune suppression, lost gain and mortalities, according to research. Yet many herds are still not vaccinating feedlot-destined […]

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Gunnedah saleyards $17.6M rebuild | The Land

The two councils were amalgamated in 1980, and the Gunnedah Saleyards became the domain of the Gunnedah Shire Council. It continued to break records, with cattle yardings of 5102 on March 15, 2002, and then 5335 on December 8, 2009. The record sheep yarding was 27,360 on April 23, 1968. Prices for cattle hit a […]

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